Exodus 14:13-22

English Standard Version

¹³And Moses said to the people, ^(A)“Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For ^(B)the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. ¹⁴^(C)The Lord will fight for you, and you have only ^(D)to be silent.”

¹⁵The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. ¹⁶^(E)Lift up your staff, and ^(F)stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground. ¹⁷And ^(G)I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and ^(H)I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen. ¹⁸And the Egyptians ^(I)shall know that I am the Lord, ^(J)when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”

¹⁹^(K)Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them, ²⁰coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night^[a] without one coming near the other all night.

²¹Then Moses ^(L)stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by ^(M)a strong east wind all night and ^(N)made the sea dry land, and the waters were ^(O)divided. ²²And ^(P)the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being ^(Q)a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.