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1 Jehovah said to Moses:
2 »Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the Red Sea, near Baal Zephon.
3 »The king will think that the Israelites are wandering around in the country and are closed in by the desert.
4 »I will make him stubborn. He will pursue you. My victory over the king and his army will bring me honor. Then the Egyptians will know that I am Jehovah!« The Israelites did as they were told.
5 The king of Egypt was told that the people had escaped. He and his officials changed their minds and said: »What have we done? We have let the Israelites escape, and we have lost them as our slaves!«
6 The king got his war chariot and army ready.
7 He commanded his officers in charge of his six hundred best chariots and all his other chariots to start after the Israelites.
8 Jehovah made the king so stubborn that he went after them. The Israelites proudly went on their way.
9 The king’s horses and chariots and soldiers caught up with them while they were camping by the Red Sea near Pi-Hahiroth and Baal-Zephon.
10 The Israelites saw the king coming with his army. They were frightened and begged Jehovah for help.
11 They also complained to Moses: Was there not enough room in Egypt to bury us? Is that why you brought us out here to die in the desert? Why did you bring us out of Egypt?
12 »Did we not say in Egypt: Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert.«
13 But Moses said to the people: »Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of Jehovah. He will accomplish this for you today. The Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever.
14 »Jehovah will fight for you while you keep silent.«
15 Jehovah said to Moses: »Why are you crying out to me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward.