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And it came to pass that YHVHa spake unto Moses and Zipporah, saying: Speak unto my children, Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon; ye shall encamp by the sea before it;
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For Pharaoh will say of Israel: They are entangled in the land; the wilderness hath shut them in.
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And Pharaoh will harden his heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be fierce upon Pharaoh and upon all his host, that the Egyptians may know that I am YHVH.
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And Israel did even as they were told.
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¶ And it came to pass that the king of Egypt was told that the people fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people;
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And the Egyptians said: Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
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And Pharaoh hardened his heart, and he made ready his chariot and took his army with him;
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And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
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And Pharaoh pursued after Israel; and Israel went out with a high handa.
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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.
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¶ And it came to pass that when Pharaoh drew nigh, Israel lifted up their eyes; and behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid; and Israel cried out unto YHVH.
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And they said unto Moses and Zipporah: Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? Wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
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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.
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And Zipporah said unto the people, Fear ye not! Stand still and see the salvation of YHVH, which he will show to you today;
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The Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more forever, for YHVH shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
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¶ And it came to pass that YHVH said unto Moses and Zipporah: Wherefore criest thou unto me? Speak unto my children, Israel, that they go forward;
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But lift thou, Moses, up thy roda, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it; and Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
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And I say unto thee: The hearts of the Egyptians shall be hardened, and they shall follow them; and I will weigh heavily upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his army, and upon his horsemen.
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And the Egyptians shall know that I am YHVH when I have laid my burdens upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
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¶ And it came to pass that the angel of YHVHa, 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;
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And the pillar of the cloud came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to the Egyptians:
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But the pillar of the cloud gave unto the Israelites light by night so that the one came not near the other all the night.
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And Moses stretched out the rod in his hand over the sea; and YHVH 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.
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And 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.
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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.
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¶ And it came to pass that in the morning, YHVH looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud and was against the host of the Egyptians, and took off their chariot wheels,
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And behold, as the wheels of their chariots spun out of control the Egyptians said: Let us flee from the face of Israel; for YHVH fighteth for them against us.
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And YHVH said unto Moses: Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, and upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
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¶ And it came to pass that Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea did return to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and YHVH overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
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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.
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But Israel walked upon dry landa in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left.
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¶ And it came to pass that YHVH saved Israel out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seashore.
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And Israel saw that great work which YHVH did upon the Egyptians; and the people feared YHVH and believed YHVH and His servants, Moses and Zipporah.