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Book of Exodus, Chapter 14

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Chapter 14 of Exodus—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Jehovah[a] now spoke to Moses, saying:
  2. “Speak to the sons of Israel, that they should turn back and encamp before Pi·ha·hiʹroth between Migʹdol and the sea in view of Baʹal-zeʹphon.1 In front of it YOU are to encamp by the sea.
  3. Then Pharʹaoh will certainly say respecting the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering in confusion in the land. The wilderness has closed in upon them.’2
  4. So I shall indeed let Pharʹaoh’s heart become obstinate,3 and he will certainly chase after them and I shall get glory for myself by means of Pharʹaoh and all his military forces;4 and the Egyptians will certainly know that I am Jehovah.”5 Accordingly they did just that.
  5. ¶ Later it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had run away. Immediately the heart of Pharʹaoh as well as his servants was changed regarding the people,6 so that they said: “What is this that we have done, in that we have sent Israel away from slaving7 for us?”
  6. So he proceeded to make his war chariots ready, and he took his people with him.8
  7. And he proceeded to take six hundred chosen chariots9 and all the other chariots of Egypt and warriors[b] upon every one of them.
  8. Thus Jehovah[c] let the heart of Pharʹaoh the king of Egypt become obstinate,10 and he went chasing after the sons of Israel, while the sons of Israel were going out with uplifted hand.11
  9. And the Egyptians went chasing after them, and all the chariot horses of Pharʹaoh and his cavalrymen12 and his military forces were overtaking them while camping by the sea, by Pi·ha·hiʹroth in view of Baʹal-zeʹphon.13
  10. ¶ When Pharʹaoh got close by, the sons of Israel began to raise their eyes and here the Egyptians were marching after them; and the sons of Israel got quite afraid and began to cry out to Jehovah.14
  11. And they proceeded to say to Moses: “Is it because there are no burial places at all in Egypt that you have taken us here to die in the wilderness?15 What is this that you have done to us in leading us out of Egypt?
  12. Is this not the word we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than for us to die in the wilderness.”16
  13. Then Moses said to the people: “Do not be afraid.17 Stand firm and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will perform for YOU today.18 For the Egyptians whom YOU do see today YOU will not see again, no, never again.19
  14. Jehovah will himself fight for YOU,20 and YOU yourselves will be silent.”
  15. ¶ Jehovah now said to Moses: “Why do you keep crying out to me?21 Speak to the sons of Israel that they should break camp.
  16. As for you, lift up your rod22 and stretch your hand out over the sea and split it apart,23 that the sons of Israel may go through the midst of the sea on dry land.24
  17. As for me, here I am letting the hearts of the Egyptians become obstinate,25 that they may go in after them and that I may get glory for myself by means of Pharʹaoh and all his military forces, his war chariots and his cavalrymen.26
  18. And the Egyptians will certainly know that I am Jehovah when I get glory for myself by means of Pharʹaoh, his war chariots and his cavalrymen.”27
  19. ¶ Then the angel28 of the [true] God who was going ahead of the camp of Israel departed and went to their rear, and the pillar of cloud departed from their van and stood in the rear of them.29
  20. So it came in between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel.30 On the one hand it proved to be a cloud together with darkness. On the other hand it kept lighting up the night.31 And this group did not come near that group all night long.
  21. ¶ Moses now stretched his hand out over the sea;32 and Jehovah began making the sea go back by a strong east wind all night long and converting the sea basin into dry ground,33 and the waters were being split apart.34
  22. At length the sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on dry land,35 while the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.36
  23. And the Egyptians took up the pursuit, and all the horses of Pharʹaoh, his war chariots and his cavalrymen began going in after them,37 into the midst of the sea.
  24. And it came about during the morning watch[d] that Jehovah began to look out upon the camp of the Egyptians from within the pillar of fire and cloud,38 and he went throwing the camp of the Egyptians into confusion.39
  25. And he kept taking wheels off their chariots so that they were driving them with difficulty;40 and the Egyptians began to say: “Let us flee from any contact with Israel, because Jehovah certainly fights for them against the Egyptians.”41
  26. ¶ Finally Jehovah said to Moses: “Stretch your hand out over the sea,42 that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, their war chariots and their cavalrymen.”
  27. Moses at once stretched his hand out over the sea, and the sea began to come back to its normal condition at the approaching of morning. All the while the Egyptians were fleeing from encountering it, but Jehovah shook the Egyptians off into the midst of the sea.43
  28. And the waters kept coming back.44 Finally they covered the war chariots and the cavalrymen belonging to all of Pharʹaoh’s military forces and who had gone into the sea after them.45 Not so much as one among them was let remain.46
  29. ¶ As for the sons of Israel, they walked on dry land in the midst of the seabed,47 and the waters were for them a wall on their right hand and on their left.48
  30. Thus on that day Jehovah saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians,49 and Israel got to see the Egyptians dead on the seashore.50
  31. Israel also got to see the great hand that Jehovah put in action against the Egyptians; and the people began to fear Jehovah and to put faith in Jehovah and in Moses his servant.51

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Heb., Yeho·wahʹ. See App 1A.
  2. ^ “And warriors.” Lit., “and third men.” Heb., wesha·li·shimʹ; Gr., tri·staʹtas. Though Egyptian monuments usually do not show it, three men rode in a war chariot, one of whom managed the horses while the other two fought from the chariot; also, Assyrian bas-reliefs show a third man as an armor-bearer or an umbrella-bearer.
  3. ^ Heb., Yeho·wahʹ. See App 1A.
  4. ^ The third and last watch according to the Hebrews, from about 2 a.m. to 6 a.m.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ex 13:18; Nu 33:7
  2. ^ Ps 71:11
  3. ^ Ex 4:21; 7:13; Ro 9:18
  4. ^ Ex 9:16; 15:11; 18:11; Jos 2:10; Ne 9:11; Is 2:11; Ro 9:17
  5. ^ Ex 7:5; 8:22; Ps 83:18; Eze 26:6
  6. ^ Ex 12:33; Ps 105:25
  7. ^ Jg 6:8; 1Sa 2:27; 6:6
  8. ^ Ex 14:23
  9. ^ Jos 17:16; Jg 4:3
  10. ^ Ex 7:3; De 2:30; Jos 11:20; Ps 10:2; Pr 16:18
  11. ^ Nu 33:3
  12. ^ Ex 15:19
  13. ^ Ex 15:9; Jos 24:6
  14. ^ Jos 24:7; Ne 9:9; Ps 34:17; 107:6
  15. ^ Ex 16:3; 17:3; Nu 14:2; Ps 106:7
  16. ^ Ex 5:21; 6:9; Heb 3:16; 10:38
  17. ^ Nu 14:9; De 20:3; 2Ch 20:15; Ps 27:1; 46:1; Is 41:10
  18. ^ 2Ch 20:17; Pr 29:25
  19. ^ Ex 14:30; 15:5; Ps 136:15; Pr 16:4; Ne 9:11
  20. ^ De 1:30; 20:4; 2Ch 20:29
  21. ^ Jos 7:10
  22. ^ Ex 4:20; 17:9
  23. ^ Ps 78:13
  24. ^ Ne 9:11
  25. ^ Ex 4:21; 7:13; Ro 9:18
  26. ^ Ex 9:16; Jos 24:6; Ro 9:17
  27. ^ Ex 14:4
  28. ^ Ge 48:16; Ex 32:34; Nu 20:16; Jd 9
  29. ^ Ex 13:21; Ps 34:7; Is 52:12
  30. ^ Jos 24:7
  31. ^ Ps 105:39
  32. ^ Ex 14:16; Ac 7:36
  33. ^ Jos 2:10; Ps 66:6; 106:9; 114:3; Is 51:10
  34. ^ Ne 9:11; Ps 78:13; 136:13; Is 63:12
  35. ^ Ex 15:19; Nu 33:8; Is 63:13; 1Co 10:1; Heb 11:29
  36. ^ Ex 15:8
  37. ^ Ex 14:17; Ps 10:2
  38. ^ Ex 13:21
  39. ^ Ex 23:27; 1Sa 5:11; Ps 18:14
  40. ^ Ps 76:6
  41. ^ Ex 14:4; De 3:22; 1Sa 4:8
  42. ^ Ex 7:19; 8:5
  43. ^ Ex 15:1
  44. ^ Ex 15:10; De 11:4; Ne 9:11; Ps 78:53; Heb 11:29
  45. ^ Ge 15:14; Ex 14:23; Jos 24:7
  46. ^ Ex 14:13; Ps 106:11; 136:15
  47. ^ Ps 66:6; 77:19
  48. ^ Ex 14:22; 15:8
  49. ^ De 4:20; Ps 106:8
  50. ^ Ps 58:10; 59:10; 91:8; Pr 16:4
  51. ^ Ex 4:31; 19:9; Ps 106:12

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. 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

  4. 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. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

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

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

  5. 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.”

  6. 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

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. 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

  9. 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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