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Then I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.” So the Israelites did this.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">The Egyptian Pursuit</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about the people and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So he got his chariot ready and took his troops<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Exodus.14.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> with him; <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>he took six hundred of the best chariots and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, with officers in each one. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, who were going out defiantly.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Exodus.14.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The Egyptians — all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, his horsemen,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Exodus.14.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and his army — chased<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> after them and caught up with them as they camped by the sea beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and there were the Egyptians coming after them! The Israelites were terrified and cried out<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> for help. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Isn’t this what we told you in Egypt: Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand firm and see<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s salvation that he will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> will fight for you, and you must be quiet.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">Escape through the Red Sea</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to break camp. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>As for you, lift up your staff, stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>As for me, I am going to harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them, and I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh, all his army, and his chariots and horsemen. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The Egyptians will know that I am the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> when I receive glory through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then the angel of God,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> who was going in front of the Israelite forces, moved and went behind them. The pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and stood behind them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.19.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>It came between the Egyptian and Israelite forces. There was cloud and darkness, it lit up the night, and neither group came near the other all night long.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> drove the sea back with a powerful east wind all that night and turned the sea into dry land. So the waters were divided,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with the waters like a wall to them on their right and their left.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The Egyptians set out in pursuit — all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen — and went into the sea after them. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>During the morning watch, the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> looked down at the Egyptian forces from the pillar of fire<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and cloud, and threw the Egyptian forces into confusion. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He caused their chariot wheels to swerve<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Exodus.14.25.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Exodus.14.25.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> and made them drive<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Exodus.14.25.3"><span class="fnAlphabet">C</span></a> with difficulty. “Let’s get away from Israel,” the Egyptians said, “because the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> is fighting for them against Egypt! ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the water may come back on the Egyptians, on their chariots and horsemen.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal depth. While the Egyptians were trying to escape from it, the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> threw them into the sea.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The water came back and covered the chariots<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and horsemen, plus the entire army of Pharaoh that had gone after them into the sea. Not even one of them survived.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with the waters like a wall to them on their right and their left. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>That day the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> saved Israel from the power of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.14.31" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/14-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>When Israel saw the great power that the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> used against the Egyptians, the people feared the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> and believed<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.14.31.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in him and in his servant Moses.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Exodus.14" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Exodus.14.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.6">14:6</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">people</span></aside><aside id="fn.Exodus.14.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.8">14:8</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">with a raised hand</span></aside><aside id="fn.Exodus.14.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.9">14:9</a></span> Or <span class="italic">chariot drivers</span></aside><aside id="fn.Exodus.14.25.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.25">14:25</a></span> Sam, LXX, Syr read <span class="italic">He bound their chariot wheels</span></aside><aside id="fn.Exodus.14.25.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.25">14:25</a></span> Or <span class="italic">fall off</span></aside><aside id="fn.Exodus.14.25.3"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.25">14:25</a></span> Or <span class="italic">and they drove them</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Exodus.14" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.2">14:2</a></span> Ex 13:18; Nm 33:7; Jr 44:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.4">14:4</a></span> Ex 4:21; 7:5; Rm 9:17,22–23</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.8">14:8</a></span> Ex 6:1; 13:9; Nm 33:3; Ac 13:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.9">14:9</a></span> Ex 15:9; Jos 24:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.10">14:10</a></span> Jos 24:7; Neh 9:9; Ps 34:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.12">14:12</a></span> Ex 5:21; Ps 106:7–8</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.13">14:13</a></span> Gn 15:1; 46:3; Ex 20:20; 2Ch 20:15,17; Is 41:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.14">14:14</a></span> Ex 14:25; Dt 1:30; 3:22; Jos 10:14; 2Ch 20:29; Is 30:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.16">14:16</a></span> Ex 4:17; Nm 20:8–9; Is 10:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.19">14:19</a></span> Ex 23:20,23; 32:34; 33:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.19.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.19">14:19</a></span> Ex 13:21; Is 63:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.21">14:21</a></span> Ex 15:8; Jos 3:16; Neh 9:11; Ps 74:13; 114:3,5; Is 63:12–13</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.22">14:22</a></span> Ex 15:19; Ps 66:6; Is 63:13; Hab 3:10; 1Co 10:1; Heb 11:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.24">14:24</a></span> Ex 13:21; Nm 14:14; Neh 9:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.27">14:27</a></span> Ex 5:1,7; Jos 4:18; Ps 78:53; Heb 11:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.28">14:28</a></span> Ps 106:11; Heb 3:8,13</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.14.31.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.14.31">14:31</a></span> Ps 106:12; Jn 2:11</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Exodus.14" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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