Bible Verses

You will raise your staff and stretch your hand over the sea and divide it to let the Israelites go through the sea on dry ground.

The Lord said to Moses: “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.

The Lord will fight for you and all you have to do is to keep still.”

Moses said to the people: “Have no fear! Stay where you are and see the work the Lord will do to save you today. The Egyptians whom you see today, you will never see again!

What have you done by bringing us out of Egypt? Isn’t this what we said in Egypt: Let us work for the Egyptians. Far better to serve Egypt than to die in the desert!”

Then they said to Moses: “Were there no tombs in Egypt? Why have you brought us to the desert to die?

The Israelites saw the Egyptians marching after them: Pharaoh was drawing near. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord.

The Egyptians—all the chariots and horses of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army—chased and caught up with them when they had encamped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, facing Baal-zephon.

The Lord had hardened the mind of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who set out to pursue the Israelites as they marched forth triumphantly.

There were six hundred of his finest chariots; indeed, he took all the Egyptian chariots, each with its warriors.