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Exodus 14 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Pharaoh in Pursuit

Exo 14:1

Exo 14:1Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Exo 14:2

Exo 14:2“Tell the sons of Israel to turn back and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea.

Exo 14:3

Exo 14:3“For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’

Exo 14:4

Exo 14:4“Thus I will [fn]harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” And they did so.

Exo 14:5

Exo 14:5When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, [fn]Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”

Exo 14:6

Exo 14:6So he made his chariot ready and took his people with him;

Exo 14:7

Exo 14:7and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.

Exo 14:8

Exo 14:8The LORD [fn]hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he chased after the sons of Israel as the sons of Israel were going out [fn]boldly.

Exo 14:9

Exo 14:9Then the Egyptians chased after them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.

Exo 14:10

Exo 14:10As Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel [fn]looked, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD.

Exo 14:11

Exo 14:11Then they said to Moses, “Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt with us in this way, [fn]bringing us out of Egypt?

Exo 14:12

Exo 14:12“Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘[fn]Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

The Sea Is Divided

Exo 14:13

Exo 14:13But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! [fn]Stand by and see the salvation of the LORD which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever.

Exo 14:14

Exo 14:14“The LORD will fight for you while you keep silent.”

Exo 14:15

Exo 14:15Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward.

Exo 14:16

Exo 14:16“As for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, and the sons of Israel shall [fn]go through the midst of the sea on dry land.

Exo 14:17

Exo 14:17“As for Me, behold, I will [fn]harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.

Exo 14:18

Exo 14:18“Then the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots and his horsemen.”

Exo 14:19

Exo 14:19The 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.

Exo 14:20

Exo 14:20So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud [fn]along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night.

Exo 14:21

Exo 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD [fn]swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided.

Exo 14:22

Exo 14:22The sons of Israel [fn]went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

Exo 14:23

Exo 14:23Then 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.

Exo 14:24

Exo 14:24At the morning watch, the LORD looked down on the [fn]army of the Egyptians [fn]through the pillar of fire and cloud and brought the [fn]army of the Egyptians into confusion.

Exo 14:25

Exo 14:25He [fn]caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians said, “Let [fn]us flee from Israel, for the LORD is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”

Exo 14:26

Exo 14:26Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen.”

Exo 14:27

Exo 14:27So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing [fn]right into it; then the LORD [fn]overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

Exo 14:28

Exo 14:28The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, [fn]even Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them remained.

Exo 14:29

Exo 14:29But the sons of Israel walked on 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.

Exo 14:30

Exo 14:30Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

Exo 14:31

Exo 14:31When Israel saw the great [fn]power which the LORD had [fn]used against the Egyptians, the people [fn]feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in His servant Moses.
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: make strong
Literally: the heart of Pharaoh...was changed
Literally: made strong
Literally: with a high hand
Literally: lifted up their eyes
Literally: so as to bring
Literally: Cease from us
Or, Take your stand
Literally: enter the
Literally: make strong
Literally: and the darkness
Literally: caused to go
Literally: entered the
Literally: camp
Or, in
Or, removed
Literally: me
Literally: to meet it
Literally: shook off
Literally: in respect to
Literally: hand
Literally: done
Or, revered
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