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Exodus 14

    ²Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the [Red] Sea, before ^[a]Baal-zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea.

    ³For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, They are entangled in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.

    ⁴I will harden (make stubborn, strong) Pharaoh's heart, that he will pursue them, and I will gain honor and glory over Pharaoh and all his host, and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so.

    ⁵It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, What is this we have done? We have let Israel go from serving us!

    ⁶And he made ready his chariots and took his army,

    ⁷And took 600 chosen chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.

    ⁸The Lord made hard and strong the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, for [they] left proudly and defiantly.^(A)

    ⁹The Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamped at the [Red] Sea by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.

    ¹⁰When Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked up, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and the Israelites were exceedingly frightened and cried out to the Lord.

    ¹¹And they said to Moses, Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way and brought us out of Egypt?

    ¹²Did we not tell you in Egypt, Let us alone; let us serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.

    ¹³Moses told the people, Fear not; stand still (firm, confident, undismayed) and see the salvation of the Lord which He will work for you today. For the Egyptians you have seen today you shall never see again.

    ¹⁴The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace and remain at rest.

    ¹⁵The Lord said to Moses, Why do you cry to Me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward!

    ¹⁶Lift up your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, and the Israelites shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

    ¹⁷And I, behold, I will harden (make stubborn and strong) the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go [into the sea] after them; and I will gain honor over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and horsemen.

    ¹⁸The Egyptians shall know and realize that I am the Lord when I have gained honor and glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.

    ¹⁹And the ^[b]Angel of God Who went before the host of Israel moved and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before them and stood behind them,

    ²⁰Coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. It was a cloud and darkness to the Egyptians, but it gave light by night to the Israelites; and the one host did not come near the other all night.

    ²¹Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night and made the sea dry land; and the waters were divided.

    ²²And the Israelites went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

    ²³The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

    ²⁴And in the morning watch the Lord through the pillar of fire and cloud looked down on the host of the Egyptians and discomfited [them],

    ²⁵And bound (clogged, took off) their chariot wheels, making them drive heavily; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians!

    ²⁶Then the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and horsemen.

    ²⁷So Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength and normal flow when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled into it [being met by it]; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians and shook them off into the midst of the sea.

    ²⁸The waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that pursued them; not even one of them remained.

    ²⁹But the Israelites walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

    ³⁰Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seashore.

    ³¹And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did against the Egyptians, and the people [reverently] feared the Lord and trusted in (relied on, remained steadfast to) the Lord and to His servant Moses.

Exodus 15

    ²The Lord is my Strength and my Song, and He has become my Salvation; this is my God, and I will praise Him, my father's God, and I will exalt Him.

    ³The Lord is a Man of War; the Lord is His name.

    ⁴Pharaoh's chariots and his host has He cast into the sea; his chosen captains also are sunk in the Red Sea.

    ⁵The floods cover them; they sank in the depths [clad in mail] like a stone.

    ⁶Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power; Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.

    ⁷In the greatness of Your majesty You overthrow those rising against You. You send forth Your fury; it consumes them like stubble.

    ⁸With the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up, the floods stood fixed in a heap, the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.

    ⁹The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

    ¹⁰You [Lord] blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; [clad in mail] they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

    ¹¹Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, awesome in splendor, doing wonders?

    ¹²You stretched out Your right hand, the earth's [sea] swallowed them.

    ¹³You in Your mercy and loving-kindness have led forth the people whom You have redeemed; You have guided them in Your strength to Your holy habitation.

    ¹⁴The peoples have heard of it; they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.

    ¹⁵Now the chiefs of Edom are dismayed; the mighty men of Moab [renowned for strength], trembling takes hold of them; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away--little by little.

    ¹⁶Terror and dread fall upon them; because of the greatness of Your arm they are as still as a stone--till Your people pass by and over [into Canaan], O Lord, till the people pass by whom You have purchased.

    ¹⁷You will bring them in [to the land] and plant them on Your own mountain, the place, O Lord, You have made for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.

    ¹⁸The Lord will reign forever and ever.

    ¹⁹For the horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the Israelites walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea.

    ²⁰Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and dancing.

    ²¹And Miriam responded to them, Sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously and is highly exalted; the horse and his rider He has thrown into the sea.

    ²²Then Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea and they went into the Wilderness of Shur; they went three days [thirty-three miles] in the wilderness and found no water.

    ²³When they came to Marah, they could not drink its waters for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah [bitterness].

    ²⁴The people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

    ²⁵And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree which he cast into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There [the Lord] made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them,

    ²⁶Saying, If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God and will do what is right in His sight, and will listen to and obey His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I brought upon the Egyptians, for I am the Lord Who heals you.

    ²⁷And they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters.

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Matthew 17

    ²And His appearance underwent a change in their presence; and His face shone ^[a]clear and bright like the sun, and His clothing became as white as light.

    ³And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, who kept talking with Him.

    ⁴Then Peter began to speak and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good and delightful that we are here; if You approve, I will put up three booths here--one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah.

    ⁵While he was still speaking, behold, a shining cloud [^[b]composed of light] overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, This is My Son, My Beloved, with Whom I am [and ^[c]have always been] delighted. Listen to Him!^(A)

    ⁶When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were ^[d]seized with alarm and struck with fear.

    ⁷But Jesus came and touched them and said, Get up, and do not be afraid.

    ⁸And when they raised their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.

    ⁹And as they were going down the mountain, Jesus cautioned and commanded them, Do not mention to anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.

    ¹⁰The disciples asked Him, Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?

    ¹¹He replied, Elijah does come and will get everything restored and ready.

    ¹²But I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know or recognize him, but did to him as they liked. So also the Son of Man is going to be treated and suffer at their hands.

    ¹³Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them about John the Baptist.^(B)

    ¹⁴And when they approached the multitude, a man came up to Him, kneeling before Him and saying,

    ¹⁵Lord, do pity and have mercy on my son, for he has epilepsy (is ^[e]moonstruck) and he suffers terribly; for frequently he falls into the fire and many times into the water.

    ¹⁶And I brought him to Your disciples, and they were not able to cure him.

    ¹⁷And Jesus answered, O you unbelieving (^[f]warped, wayward, rebellious) and ^[g]thoroughly perverse generation! How long am I to remain with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to Me.

    ¹⁸And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly.

    ¹⁹Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked privately, Why could we not drive it out?

    ²⁰He said to them, Because of the littleness of your faith [that is, your lack of ^[h]firmly relying trust]. For truly I say to you, if you have faith [^[i]that is living] like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, Move from here to yonder place, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.

    ^21[j]But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.

    ²²When they were going about here and there in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of Man is going to be turned over into the hands of men.

    ²³And they will kill Him, and He will be raised [to life] again on the third day. And they were deeply and exceedingly grieved and distressed.

    ²⁴When they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the half shekel [the temple tax] went up to Peter and said, Does not your Teacher pay the half shekel?^(C)

    ²⁵He answered, Yes. And when he came home, Jesus spoke to him [about it] first, saying, What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly rulers collect duties or tribute--from their own sons or from others ^[k]not of their own family?

    ²⁶And when Peter said, From other people ^[l]not of their own family, Jesus said to him, Then the sons are exempt.

    ²⁷However, in order not to give offense and cause them to stumble [that is, to cause them ^[m]to judge unfavorably and unjustly] go down to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find there a shekel. Take it and give it to them to pay the temple tax for Me and for yourself.