Exodus 14:15-31

New International Version

¹⁵Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me?^(A) Tell the Israelites to move on. ¹⁶Raise your staff^(B) and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water^(C) so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. ¹⁷I will harden the hearts^(D) of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them.^(E) And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. ¹⁸The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord^(F) when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.”

¹⁹Then the angel of God,^(G) who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud^(H) also moved from in front and stood behind^(I) them, ²⁰coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness^(J) to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.

²¹Then Moses stretched out his hand^(K) over the sea,^(L) and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind^(M) and turned it into dry land.^(N) The waters were divided,^(O) ²²and the Israelites went through the sea^(P) on dry ground,^(Q) with a wall^(R) of water on their right and on their left.

²³The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen^(S) followed them into the sea. ²⁴During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud^(T) at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.^(U) ²⁵He jammed^[a] the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting^(V) for them against Egypt.”^(W)

²⁶Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” ²⁷Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place.^(X) The Egyptians were fleeing toward^[b] it, and the Lord swept them into the sea.^(Y) ²⁸The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea.^(Z) Not one of them survived.^(AA)

²⁹But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground,^(AB) with a wall^(AC) of water on their right and on their left. ³⁰That day the Lord saved^(AD) Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. ³¹And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand^(AE) of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared^(AF) the Lord and put their trust^(AG) in him and in Moses his servant.

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Exodus 14:15-31

New American Standard Bible

¹⁵Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward. ¹⁶As for you, lift up ^(A)your staff and reach out with your hand over the sea and divide it, and the sons of Israel shall ^[a]go through the midst of the sea on dry land. ¹⁷And as for Me, behold, ^(B)I will ^[b]harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. ¹⁸^(C)Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots, and through his horsemen.”

¹⁹Then ^(D)the angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them. ²⁰So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud ^[c]along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Therefore the one did not approach the other all night.

²¹^(E)Then Moses reached out with his hand over the sea; and the Lord ^[d]swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and turned the sea into ^(F)dry land, and ^(G)the waters were divided. ²²So ^(H)the sons of Israel ^[e]went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and ^(I)the waters were like a wall to them on their right and on their left. ²³Then ^(J)the Egyptians took up the pursuit, and all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen went in after them into the midst of the sea. ²⁴But at the morning watch, ^(K)the Lord looked down on the ^[f]army of the Egyptians ^[g]through the pillar of fire and cloud, and brought the ^[h]army of the Egyptians into confusion. ²⁵He ^[i]caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians each said, “Let me flee from Israel, ^(L)for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”

²⁶Then the Lord said to Moses, “^(M)Reach out with your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen.” ²⁷So Moses reached out with his hand over the sea, and ^(N)the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing ^[j]right into it; then the Lord ^[k]^(O)overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. ²⁸The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; ^(P)not even one of them remained. ²⁹But the sons of Israel walked on ^(Q)dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right and on their left.

³⁰^(R)So the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel ^(S)saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. ³¹When Israel saw the great ^[l]power which the Lord had ^[m]used against the Egyptians, the people ^[n]feared the Lord, and ^(T)they believed in the Lord and in His servant Moses.