The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
“Tell the children of Israel to turn and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and between the sea, before Baal-zephon; Set up camp opposite it by the sea. And Pharaoh will say to his people about the children of Israel: they are lost in this land, the desert has shut them in. But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them, and I will show My glory on Pharaoh and on all his army; and all the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.
And they did so.
And it was told to the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants turned against this people, and they said:
- What did we do? Why did they let the Israelites go so that they would not work for us?
Pharaoh harnessed his chariot and took his people with him; and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and the captains over them all. And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh the king of Egypt and his servants, and he pursued the children of Israel; and the children of Israel walked under a high hand. And the Egyptians chased after them, and all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and the horsemen, and all his army, and overtook them camped by the sea, near Pi-Hahiroth in front of Baal-zephon.
Pharaoh drew near, and the children of Israel looked back, and behold, the Egyptians were coming after them: and the children of Israel were greatly afraid, and cried to the Lord, and said to Moses:
“Are there no coffins in Egypt that you brought us to die in the desert?” What did you do to us when you brought us out of Egypt? Isn’t this what we told you in Egypt when we said: “Leave us, let us work for the Egyptians”? For it is better for us to be slaves to the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.
But Moses said to the people:
- Do not be afraid, stand still - and you will see the salvation of the Lord, which He will bring to you today, for the Egyptians whom you see now, you will never see again; The Lord will fight for you, and you rest assured.
And the Lord said to Moses:
- Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go, and lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it, and the children of Israel will pass through the sea on dry land. But I will harden the heart of Pharaoh and all the Egyptians, and they will follow them; And I will show My glory on Pharaoh and on all his army, on his chariots and on his horsemen; and all the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord, when I show my glory on Pharaoh, on his chariots, and on his horsemen.
And the Angel of God, who walked before the camp of the children of Israel, moved and went behind them; The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them; and he entered into the midst between the camp of Egypt and the camp of the children of Israel, and was a cloud and darkness to some and illuminated the night to others, and the one did not approach the other all the night. And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea with a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters parted. And the children of Israel went up into the midst of the sea on dry land: and the waters were a wall to them on the right hand and on the left.
The Egyptians pursued, and all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots and his horsemen followed them into the middle of the sea. And in the morning watch the Lord looked upon the camp of the Egyptians from a pillar of fire and cloud and threw the camp of the Egyptians into confusion; and he took away the wheels of their chariots, so that they could hardly draw them. And the Egyptians said:
“Let us flee from the Israelites, because the Lord will fight for them against the Egyptians.”
And the Lord said to Moses:
“Stretch out your hand over the sea, and let the waters turn on the Egyptians, on their chariots and on their horsemen.”
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and by morning the water returned to its place; and the Egyptians ran towards the water. Thus the Lord drowned the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the water returned and covered the chariots and horsemen of all the army of Pharaoh, who went into the sea after them; not a single one of them remained.
And the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea: the waters were a wall to them on the right hand and a wall on the left. And the Lord delivered Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and the children of Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. And the Israelites saw the great hand that the Lord showed over the Egyptians, and the people feared the Lord and believed the Lord and Moses His servant.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru