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The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing.
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The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.
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With the dough the Israelites had brought from Egypt, they baked loaves of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves.
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Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years.
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Because the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the Lord for the generations to come.
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The whole community of Israel must celebrate it.
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All the Israelites did just what the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.
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And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions.
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“Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”
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So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle.
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Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.”
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“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon.
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Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.’
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And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So the Israelites did this.
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When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!”
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The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.
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The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.
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As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord.
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Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on.
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Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
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Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them,
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coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.
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and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.
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He jammed the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.”
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The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
