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Book of Exodus, Chapter 14

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Exodus 14 NASB - New American Standard BibleExodus 14 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 14 of Exodus—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
  2. “Tell the sons of Israel to turn back and camp before 1Pi-hahiroth, between 2Migdol and the sea; you shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea.
  3. For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’
  4. Thus 3I will [a]harden Pharaoh’s heart, and 4he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and 5the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” And they did so.
  5. ¶ When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, [b]Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”
  6. So he made his chariot ready and took his people with him;
  7. and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.
  8. 6The LORD [c]hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he chased after the sons of Israel as the sons of Israel were going out [d]7boldly.
  9. Then 8the Egyptians chased after them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, 9beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.
  10. ¶ As Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel [e]looked, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very frightened; 10so the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD.
  11. Then 11they said to Moses, “Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt with us in this way, [f]bringing us out of Egypt?
  12. 12Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘[g]Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
  13. ¶ But Moses said to the people, “13Do not fear! [h]Stand by and see 14the salvation of the LORD which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever.
  14. 15The LORD will fight for you while 16you keep silent.”
  15. ¶ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward.
  16. As for you, lift up 17your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, and the sons of Israel shall [i]go through the midst of the sea on dry land.
  17. As for Me, behold, 18I will [j]harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.
  18. 19Then the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots and his horsemen.”
  19. 20The angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.
  20. So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud [k]along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night.
  21. 21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD [l]swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into 22dry land, so 23the waters were divided.
  22. 24The sons of Israel [m]went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and 25the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
  23. Then 26the Egyptians took up the pursuit, and all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots and his horsemen went in after them into the midst of the sea.
  24. At the morning watch, 27the LORD looked down on the [n]army of the Egyptians [o]through the pillar of fire and cloud and brought the [p]army of the Egyptians into confusion.
  25. He [q]caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians said, “Let [r]us flee from Israel, 28for the LORD is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”
  26. ¶ Then the LORD said to Moses, “29Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen.”
  27. So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and 30the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing [s]right into it; then the LORD [t]31overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
  28. The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, [u]even Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; 32not even one of them remained.
  29. But the sons of Israel walked on 33dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
  30. 34Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel 35saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
  31. When Israel saw the great [v]power which the LORD had [w]used against the Egyptians, the people [x]feared the LORD, and 36they believed in the LORD and in His servant Moses.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit make strong
  2. ^ Lit the heart of Pharaoh...was changed
  3. ^ Lit made strong
  4. ^ Lit with a high hand
  5. ^ Lit lifted up their eyes
  6. ^ Lit so as to bring
  7. ^ Lit Cease from us
  8. ^ Or Take your stand
  9. ^ Lit enter the
  10. ^ Lit make strong
  11. ^ Lit and the darkness
  12. ^ Lit caused to go
  13. ^ Lit entered the
  14. ^ Lit camp
  15. ^ Or in
  16. ^ Lit camp
  17. ^ Or removed
  18. ^ Lit me
  19. ^ Lit to meet it
  20. ^ Lit shook off
  21. ^ Lit in respect to
  22. ^ Lit hand
  23. ^ Lit done
  24. ^ Or revered

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Nu 33:7
  2. ^ Je 44:1
  3. ^ Ex 4:21; 7:3; 14:17
  4. ^ Ex 14:23
  5. ^ Ex 7:5; 14:25
  6. ^ Ex 14:4
  7. ^ Nu 33:3; Ac 13:17
  8. ^ Ex 15:9; Jos 24:6
  9. ^ Ex 14:2
  10. ^ Jos 24:7; Ne 9:9; Ps 34:17; 107:6
  11. ^ Ex 5:21; 15:24; 16:2; Ps 106:7, 8
  12. ^ Ex 6:9
  13. ^ Ge 15:1; 46:3; Ex 20:20; 2Ch 20:15, 17; Is 41:10, 13, 14
  14. ^ Ex 14:30; 15:2
  15. ^ Ex 14:25; 15:3; De 1:30; 3:22; Jos 23:3; 2Ch 20:29; Ne 4:20
  16. ^ Is 30:15
  17. ^ Ex 4:17, 20; 7:19; 14:21, 26; 17:5, 6, 9; Nu 20:8, 9, 11; Is 10:26
  18. ^ Ex 14:4, 8
  19. ^ Ex 14:25
  20. ^ Ex 13:21, 22
  21. ^ Ex 7:19; 14:16
  22. ^ Ps 66:6; 106:9; 136:13, 14
  23. ^ Ex 15:8; Jos 3:16; 4:23; Ne 9:11; Ps 74:13; 78:13; 114:3, 5; Is 63:12, 13
  24. ^ Ex 15:19; Jos 3:17; 4:22; Ne 9:11; Ps 66:6; 78:13; Heb 11:29
  25. ^ Ex 14:29; 15:8
  26. ^ Ex 14:4, 17
  27. ^ Ex 13:21
  28. ^ Ex 14:4, 14, 18
  29. ^ Ex 14:16
  30. ^ Jos 4:18
  31. ^ Ex 15:1, 7; De 11:4; Ne 9:11; Ps 78:53; Heb 11:29
  32. ^ Ps 78:53; 106:11
  33. ^ Ex 14:22; Ps 66:6; Is 11:15
  34. ^ Ex 14:13; Ps 106:8, 10; Is 63:8, 11
  35. ^ Ps 58:10; 59:10
  36. ^ Ex 4:31; 19:9; Ps 106:12; Jn 2:11; 11:45

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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