1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4 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.
5 ¶ 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? 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. 8 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. 9 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 Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
10 ¶ 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. 11 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? 12 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.
13 ¶ 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. 14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
15 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 16 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. 17 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. 18 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.
19 ¶ 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: 20 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.
21 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. 22 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.
23 ¶ 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. 24 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, 25 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.
26 ¶ 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. 27 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. 28 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. 29 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. 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. 31 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.
1 locutus est autem Dominus ad Mosen dicens
2 loquere filiis Israhel
reversi castrametentur e regione Phiahiroth
quae est inter Magdolum et mare contra Beelsephon
in conspectu eius castra ponetis super mare
3 dicturusque est Pharao super filiis Israhel
coartati sunt in terra conclusit eos desertum
4 et indurabo cor eius ac persequetur vos
et glorificabor in Pharao et in omni exercitu eius
scientque Aegyptii quia ego sum Dominus
feceruntque ita
5 et nuntiatum est regi Aegyptiorum quod fugisset populus
inmutatumque est cor Pharaonis et servorum eius super populo
et dixerunt quid voluimus facere
ut dimitteremus Israhel ne serviret nobis
6 iunxit ergo currum et omnem populum suum adsumpsit secum
7 tulitque sescentos currus electos
quicquid in Aegypto curruum fuit
et duces totius exercitus
8 induravitque Dominus cor Pharaonis regis Aegypti
et persecutus est filios Israhel
at illi egressi erant in manu excelsa
9 cumque persequerentur Aegyptii vestigia praecedentium
reppererunt eos in castris super mare
omnis equitatus et currus Pharaonis et universus exercitus
erant in Ahiroth contra Beelsephon
10 cumque adpropinquasset Pharao
levantes filii Israhel oculos viderunt Aegyptios post se
et timuerunt valde
clamaveruntque ad Dominum
11 et dixerunt ad Mosen
forsitan non erant sepulchra in Aegypto
ideo tulisti nos ut moreremur in solitudine
quid hoc facere voluisti ut educeres nos ex Aegypto
12 nonne iste est sermo quem loquebamur ad te in Aegypto dicentes
recede a nobis ut serviamus Aegyptiis
multo enim melius est servire eis quam mori in solitudine
13 et ait Moses ad populum nolite timere
state et videte magnalia Domini quae facturus est hodie
Aegyptios enim quos nunc videtis
nequaquam ultra videbitis usque in sempiternum
14 Dominus pugnabit pro vobis
et vos tacebitis
15 dixitque Dominus ad Mosen quid clamas ad me
loquere filiis Israhel ut proficiscantur
16 tu autem eleva virgam tuam
et extende manum super mare et divide illud
ut gradiantur filii Israhel in medio mari per siccum
17 ego autem indurabo cor Aegyptiorum ut persequantur vos
et glorificabor in Pharaone et in omni exercitu eius
in curribus et in equitibus illius
18 et scient Aegyptii quia ego sum Dominus
cum glorificatus fuero in Pharaone et in curribus atque in equitibus
eius
19 tollensque se angelus Dei qui praecedebat castra Israhel
abiit post eos
et cum eo pariter columna nubis priora dimittens post tergum
20 stetit inter castra Aegyptiorum et castra Israhel
et erat nubes tenebrosa et inluminans noctem
ut ad se invicem toto noctis tempore accedere non valerent
21 cumque extendisset Moses manum super mare
abstulit illud Dominus flante vento vehementi et urente tota nocte
et vertit in siccum divisaque est aqua
22 et ingressi sunt filii Israhel per medium maris sicci
erat enim aqua quasi murus a dextra
eorum et leva
23 persequentesque Aegyptii ingressi sunt post eos
omnis equitatus Pharaonis currus eius et equites per medium
maris
24 iamque advenerat vigilia matutina
et ecce respiciens Dominus super castra Aegyptiorum per columnam ignis
et nubis
interfecit exercitum eorum
25 et subvertit rotas curruum ferebanturque in profundum
dixerunt ergo Aegyptii fugiamus Israhelem
Dominus enim pugnat pro eis contra nos
26 et ait Dominus ad Mosen
extende manum tuam super mare
ut revertantur aquae ad Aegyptios super currus et equites eorum
27 cumque extendisset Moses manum contra mare
reversum est primo diluculo ad priorem locum
fugientibusque Aegyptiis occurrerunt aquae
et involvit eos Dominus in mediis fluctibus
28 reversaeque sunt aquae
et operuerunt currus et equites cuncti exercitus Pharaonis
qui sequentes ingressi fuerant mare
ne unus quidem superfuit ex eis
29 filii autem Israhel perrexerunt per medium sicci maris
et aquae eis erant quasi pro muro a dextris et a sinistris
30 liberavitque Dominus in die illo Israhel de manu
Aegyptiorum
31 et viderunt Aegyptios mortuos super litus maris
et manum magnam quam exercuerat Dominus contra eos
timuitque populus Dominum
et crediderunt Domino et Mosi servo eius