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

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.

I will so harden the minds of the Egyptians that they will follow you.

And I will have glory at the expense of Pharaoh, his army, chariots, and horsemen. The Egyptians will know I am the Lord when I gain glory for myself at the cost of Pharaoh and his army!”

The angel of God who had gone ahead of the Israelites now placed himself behind them. The pillar of cloud changed its position

from the front to the rear, between the camps of the Israelites and the Egyptians. For one army, the cloud provided light; for the other, darkness, so that throughout the night, the armies drew no closer to each other.

Moses stretched his hand over the sea, and the Lord made a strong east wind blow all night and dry up the sea. The waters divided

and the sons of Israel went on dry ground through the middle of the sea, with the waters forming a wall to their right and their left.

The Egyptians followed them, and all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and horsemen moved forward in the middle of the sea.

It happened that in the morning watch, the Lord looked towards the Egyptian camp in the pillar of cloud and fire and threw it into confusion.

He so clogged their chariot wheels that they could hardly move. Then the Egyptians said:

“Let us flee from the Israelites, for the Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.”

Then the Lord said to Moses:

“Stretch your hand over the sea and let the waters come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and horsemen.”

Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. At daybreak, the sea returned to its place. The Lord swept them into the sea as the Egyptians tried to flee.

The waters flowed back and engulfed the chariots and horsemen of the whole army of Pharaoh that had followed Israel into the sea. Not one of them escaped.

As for the Israelites, they went forward on dry ground in the middle of the sea, the waters forming a wall on their right and left.

On that day, the Lord delivered Israel from the power of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the seashore.

They understood what wonders the Lord had done for them against Egypt, and the people feared the Lord. They believed in the Lord and Moses, his servant.

Song of Moses

Then Moses and the people sang this song to the Lord:

I will sing to the Lord, the glorious one,

horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.