Shmot (Exodus) - Chapter 14

14:1 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying, 14:2 "Speak to the B'nai Yisrael, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea. 14:3 Pharaoh will say of the B'nai Yisrael, 'They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.' 14:4 I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honour over Pharaoh, and over all his armies; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Mar-Yah." They did so.

14:5 It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let Yisrael go from serving us?" 14:6 He made ready his chariot, and took his army with him; 14:7 and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them. 14:8 Mar-Yah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the B'nai Yisrael; for the B'nai Yisrael went out with a high hand. 14:9 The Egyptians pursued after them: all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army; and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.

14:10 When Pharaoh drew near, the B'nai Yisrael lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid. The B'nai Yisrael cried out to Mar-Yah. 14:11 They said to Mosha, "Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us forth out of Egypt? 14:12 Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?' For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness."

14:13 Mosha said to the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Mar-Yah, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again. 14:14 Mar-Yah will fight for you, and you shall be still."

14:15 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, "Why do you cry to me? Speak to the B'nai Yisrael, so that they move on! 14:16 Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the B'nai Yisrael shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground. 14:17 I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them: and I will get myself honour over Pharaoh, and over all his armies, over his chariots, and over his horsemen. 14:18 The Egyptians shall know that I am Mar-Yah, when I have gotten myself honour over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen." 14:19 The angel of God, who went before the camp of Yisrael, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them. 14:20 It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Yisrael; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one did not come near the other the entire night.

14:21 Mosha stretched out his hand over the sea, and Mar-Yah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 14:22 The B'nai Yisrael went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left. 14:23 The Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea: all of Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 14:24 It happened in the morning watch, that Mar-Yah looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and began to destroy the Egyptian army. 14:25 He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, "Let's flee from the face of Yisrael, for Mar-Yah fights for them against the Egyptians!"

14:26 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen." 14:27 Mosha stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it. Mar-Yah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 14:28 The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even all Pharaoh's army that went in after them into the sea. There remained not so much as one of them. 14:29 But the B'nai Yisrael walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left. 14:30 Thus Mar-Yah saved Yisrael that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Yisrael saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. 14:31 Yisrael saw the great work which Mar-Yah did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Mar-Yah; and they believed in Mar-Yah, and in his servant Mosha.