Exodus 14:21-29

English Standard Version

²¹ Then Moses ^(A)stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by ^(B)a strong east wind all night and ^(C)made the sea dry land, and the waters were ^(D)divided. ²² And ^(E)the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being ^(F)a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. ²³ The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. ²⁴ And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic, ²⁵ clogging^[a] their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the ^(G)Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.”

²⁶ Then the Lord said to Moses, ^(H)“Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.” ^27 (I)So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea ^(J)returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord ^(K)threw^[b] the Egyptians into the midst of the sea. ²⁸ The ^(L)waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, ^(M)not one of them remained. ²⁹ But the ^(N)people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.