Exodus 14:15-30

Legacy Standard Bible

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

^19 (D)Then 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. ²⁰ So 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. Thus the one did not come near the other all night.

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

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

^30 (R)Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel ^(S)saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.