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> 13:17
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led
them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was
near; for God said: 'Lest peradventure the people repent when they
see war, and they return to Egypt.' 13:18 But God led the people
about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children
of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt. 13:19 And Moses
took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had straitly sworn the
children of Israel, saying: 'God will surely remember you; and ye
shall carry up my bones away hence with you.' 13:20 And they took
their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the
wilderness. 13:21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of
cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to
give them light; that they might go by day and by night: 13:22 the
pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not
from before the people.
> 14:1
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 14:2 'Speak unto the children
of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between
Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon, over against it shall ye
encamp by the sea. 14:3 And Pharaoh will say of the children of
Israel: They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them
in. 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he shall follow after
them; and I will get Me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host;
and the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD.' And they did so.
14:5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled; and
the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned towards the
people, and they said: 'What is this we have done, that we have let
Israel go from serving us? 14:6 And he made ready his chariots, and
took his people with him. 14:7 And he took six hundred chosen
chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of
them. 14:8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and he pursued after the children of Israel; for the children of
Israel went out with a high hand. 14:9 And the Egyptians pursued
after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen,
and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside
Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon. 14:10 And when Pharaoh drew
nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the
Egyptians were marching after them; and they were sore afraid; and
the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. 14:11 And they said
unto Moses: 'Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken
us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with
us, to bring us forth out of Egypt? 14:12 Is not this the word that
we spoke unto thee in Egypt, saying: Let us alone, that we may serve
the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than
that we should die in the wilderness.' 14:13 And Moses said unto the
people: 'Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD,
which He will work for you to-day; for whereas ye have seen the
Egyptians to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. 14:14 The
LORD will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.'
>
14:15 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Wherefore criest thou unto Me?
speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward. 14:16 And
lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and
divide it; and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the
sea on dry ground. 14:17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of
the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them; and I will get Me
honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and
upon his horsemen. 14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the
LORD, when I have gotten Me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots,
and upon his horsemen.' 14:19 And the angel of God, who went before
the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of
cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them; 14:20 and it
came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was
the cloud and the darkness here, yet gave it light by night there;
and the one came not near the other all the night. 14:21 And Moses
stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to
go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry
land, and the waters were divided. 14:22 And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground; and the waters
were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 14:23
And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of
the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 14:24
And it came to pass in the morning watch, that the LORD looked forth
upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of
cloud, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians. 14:25 And He took
off their chariot wheels, and made them to drive heavily; so that the
Egyptians said: 'Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD
fighteth for them against the Egyptians.'
> 14:26 And the LORD
said unto Moses: 'Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters
may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their
horsemen.' 14:27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and
the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the
Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in
the midst of the sea. 14:28 And the waters returned, and covered the
chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in
after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.
14:29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of
the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand,
and on their left. 14:30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of
the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the
sea-shore. 14:31 And Israel saw the great work which the LORD did
upon the Egyptians, and the people feared the LORD; and they believed
in the LORD, and in His servant Moses.
> 15:1
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD,
and spoke, saying: I will sing unto the LORD, for He is highly
exalted; the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea. 15:2
The LORD is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation; this
is my God, and I will glorify Him; my father's God, and I will exalt
Him. 15:3 The LORD is a man of war, The LORD is His name. 15:4
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea, and his
chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea. 15:5 The deeps cover
them--they went down into the depths like a stone. 15:6 Thy right
hand, O LORD, glorious in power, Thy right hand, O LORD, dasheth in
pieces the enemy. 15:7 And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou
overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy
wrath, it consumeth them as stubble. 15:8 And with the blast of Thy
nostrils the waters were piled up--the floods stood upright as a
heap; the deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea. 15:9 The
enemy said: 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand
shall destroy them.' 15:10 Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea
covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters. 15:11 Who is
like unto Thee, O LORD, among the mighty? who is like unto Thee,
glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? 15:12 Thou
stretchedst out Thy right hand--the earth swallowed them. 15:13 Thou
in Thy love hast led the people that Thou hast redeemed; Thou hast
guided them in Thy strength to Thy holy habitation. 15:14 The peoples
have heard, they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of
Philistia. 15:15 Then were the chiefs of Edom affrighted; the mighty
men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them; all the inhabitants of
Canaan are melted away. 15:16 Terror and dread falleth upon them; by
the greatness of Thine arm they are as still as a stone; till Thy
people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over that Thou hast
gotten. 15:17 Thou bringest them in, and plantest them in the
mountain of Thine inheritance, the place, O LORD, which Thou hast
made for Thee to dwell in, the sanctuary, O Lord, which Thy hands
have established. 15:18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. 15:19
For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his
horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the
sea upon them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the
midst of the sea.
> 15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the
sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went
out after her with timbrels and with dances. 15:21 And Miriam sang
unto them: Sing ye to the LORD, for He is highly exalted: the horse
and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.
> 15:22 And Moses
led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the
wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and
found no water. 15:23 And when they came to Marah, they could not
drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the
name of it was called (f6) Marah. (Footnote 6: That is, Bitterness)
15:24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying: 'What shall we
drink?' 15:25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a
tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet.
There He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He
proved them; 15:26 and He said: 'If thou wilt diligently hearken to
the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His
eyes, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His
statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put
upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD that healeth thee.'
>
15:27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and
three score and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there by the
waters.
> 16:1
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of
the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is
between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month
after their departing out of the land of Egypt. 16:2 And the whole
congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and
against Aaron in the wilderness; 16:3 and the children of Israel said
unto them: 'Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread
to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to
kill this whole assembly with hunger.'
> 16:4 Then said the
LORD unto Moses: 'Behold, I will cause to rain bread from heaven for
you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every
day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in My law, or not.
16:5 And it shall come to pass on the sixth day that they shall
prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as
they gather daily.' 16:6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the
children of Israel: 'At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath
brought you out from the land of Egypt; 16:7 and in the morning, then
ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that He hath heard your
murmurings against the LORD; and what are we, that ye murmur against
us?' 16:8 And Moses said: 'This shall be, when the LORD shall give
you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the
full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur
against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but
against the LORD.' 16:9 And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Say unto all the
congregation of the children of Israel: Come near before the LORD;
for He hath heard your murmurings.' 16:10 And it came to pass, as
Aaron spoke unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel,
that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the
LORD appeared in the cloud. 16:11 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 16:12 'I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel.
Speak unto them, saying: At dusk ye shall eat flesh, and in the
morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am
the LORD your God.' 16:13 And it came to pass at even, that the
quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a
layer of dew round about the camp. 16:14 And when the layer of dew
was gone up, behold upon the face of the wilderness a fine,
scale-like thing, fine as the hoar-frost on the ground. 16:15 And
when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another: (f7)
'What is it?' --for they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto
them: 'It is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
(Footnote 7: Hebrew: Man hu) 16:16 This is the thing which the LORD
hath commanded: Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an
omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take
it, every man for them that are in his tent.' 16:17 And the children
of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less. 16:18 And when
they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing
over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every
man according to his eating. 16:19 And Moses said unto them: 'Let no
man leave of it till the morning.' 16:20 Notwithstanding they
hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the
morning, and it bred worms, and rotted; and Moses was wroth with
them. 16:21 And they gathered it morning by morning, every man
according to his eating; and as the sun waxed hot, it melted. 16:22
And it came to pass that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much
bread, two omers for each one; and all the rulers of the congregation
came and told Moses. 16:23 And he said unto them: 'This is that which
the LORD hath spoken: To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto
the LORD. Bake that which ye will bake, and seethe that which ye will
seethe; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until
the morning.' 16:24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses
bade; and it did not rot, neither was there any worm therein. 16:25
And Moses said: 'Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto the
LORD; to-day ye shall not find it in the field. 16:26 Six days ye
shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there
shall be none.' 16:27 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that
there went out some of the people to gather, and they found none.
16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'How long refuse ye to keep My
commandments and My laws? 16:29 See that the LORD hath given you the
sabbath; therefore He giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two
days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place
on the seventh clay.' 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
16:31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof (f8) Manna; and
it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like
wafers made with honey. (Footnote 8: Hebrew: Man) 16:32 And Moses
said: 'This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Let an
omerful of it be kept throughout your generations; that they may see
the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you
forth from the land of Egypt.' 16:33 And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Take
a jar, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before the
LORD, to be kept throughout your generations.' 16:34 As the LORD
commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be
kept. 16:35 And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years,
until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until
they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. 16:36 Now an omer
is the tenth part of an ephah.
> 17:1
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the
wilderness of Sin, by their stages, according to the commandment of
the LORD, and encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the
people to drink. 17:2 Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and
said: 'Give us water that we may drink.' And Moses said unto them:
'Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye try the LORD?' 17:3 And the
people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against
Moses, and said: 'Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to
kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?' 17:4 And Moses
cried unto the LORD, saying: 'What shall I do unto this people? they
are almost ready to stone me.' 17:5 And the LORD said unto Moses:
'Pass on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of
Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thy
hand, and go. 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the
rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come
water out of it, that the people may drink.' And Moses did so in the
sight of the elders of Israel. 17:7 And the name of the place was
called (f9) Massah, and (f10) Meribah, because of the striving of the
children of Israel, and because they tried the LORD, saying: 'Is the
LORD among us, or not?' (Footnote 9: That is, Trying) (Footnote 10:
That is, Strife)
> 17:8 Then came Amalek, and fought with
Israel in Rephidim. 17:9 And Moses said unto Joshua: 'Choose us out
men, and go out, fight with Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on the top
of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.' 17:10 So Joshua did as
Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and
Hur went up to the top of the hill. 17:11 And it came to pass, when
Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down
his hand, Amalek prevailed. 17:12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and
they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and
Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the
other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going
down of the sun. 17:13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people
with the edge of the sword.
> 17:14 And the LORD said unto
Moses: 'Write this for a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in the
ears of Joshua: for I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek
from under heaven.' 17:15 And Moses built an altar, and called the
name of it (f11) Adonai-nissi. (Footnote 11: That is, The LORD is my
banner) 17:16 And he said: 'The hand upon the throne of the LORD: the
LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.'
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