Exodus 14:21-31

New American Standard Bible 1995

^21 (A)Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord ^[a]swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into ^(B)dry land, so ^(C)the waters were divided. ^22 (D)The sons of Israel ^[b]went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and ^(E)the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. ²³ Then ^(F)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. ²⁴ At the morning watch, ^(G)the Lord looked down on the ^[c]army of the Egyptians ^[d]through the pillar of fire and cloud and brought the ^[e]army of the Egyptians into confusion. ²⁵ He ^[f]caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians said, “Let ^[g]us flee from Israel, ^(H)for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”

²⁶ Then the Lord said to Moses, “^(I)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 ^(J)the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing ^[h]right into it; then the Lord ^[i](K)overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. ²⁸ The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, ^[j]even Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; ^(L)not even one of them remained. ²⁹ But the sons of Israel walked on ^(M)dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

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