²⁷ By faith he left Egypt,^(A) not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.

¹³ All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;^(A) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,^(B) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.^(C)

¹⁸ So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen,^(A) since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Faith in Action

11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for^(A) and assurance about what we do not see.^(B)

¹⁴ The man said, “Who made you ruler and judge over us?^(A) Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “What I did must have become known.”

¹⁵ When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill^(B) Moses, but Moses fled^(C) from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian,^(D) where he sat down by a well.

¹¹ As you know, we count as blessed^(A) those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance^(B) and have seen what the Lord finally brought about.^(C) The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.^(D)

¹⁷ Now to the King^(A) eternal, immortal,^(B) invisible,^(C) the only God,^(D) be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.^(E)

¹⁰ As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried^(A) out to the Lord. ¹¹ They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die?^(B) What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? ¹² Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”^(C)

¹³ Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid.^(D) Stand firm and you will see^(E) the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see^(F) again.

⁸ All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go,^(A) you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will leave.”^(B) Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.