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Exodus 14

Pharaoh's army traps Israel against the Red Sea, and the people panic. Moses tells them to stand still and see the LORD's salvation. God parts the sea, Israel crosses on dry ground, and the waters return over the Egyptian chariots.

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Key verses

  • Verse 13In panic, Israel is told to stand still and watch God act.
  • Verse 14The LORD fights for his people.
  • Verse 21God makes a way where there was none.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,SelectedExodus 14:1Ask

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.SelectedExodus 14:2Ask

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.SelectedExodus 14:3Ask

And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.SelectedExodus 14:4Ask

And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?SelectedExodus 14:5Ask

And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:SelectedExodus 14:6Ask

And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.SelectedExodus 14:7Ask

And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.SelectedExodus 14:8Ask

But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.SelectedExodus 14:9Ask

And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.SelectedExodus 14:10Ask

And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?SelectedExodus 14:11Ask

Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.SelectedExodus 14:12Ask

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.SelectedExodus 14:13Ask

The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.SelectedExodus 14:14Ask

And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:SelectedExodus 14:15Ask

But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.SelectedExodus 14:16Ask

And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.SelectedExodus 14:17Ask

And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.SelectedExodus 14:18Ask

And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:SelectedExodus 14:19Ask

And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.SelectedExodus 14:20Ask

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.SelectedExodus 14:21Ask

And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.SelectedExodus 14:22Ask

And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.SelectedExodus 14:23Ask

And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,SelectedExodus 14:24Ask

And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.SelectedExodus 14:25Ask

And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.SelectedExodus 14:26Ask

And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.SelectedExodus 14:27Ask

And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.SelectedExodus 14:28Ask

But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.SelectedExodus 14:29Ask

Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.SelectedExodus 14:30Ask

And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.SelectedExodus 14:31Ask

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