5. When Egypt’s king was told that the people had run away, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about the people. They said, "What have we done, letting Israel go free from their slavery to us?"
6. So he sent for his chariot and took his army with him.
7. He took six hundred elite chariots and all of Egypt’s other chariots with captains on all of them.
8. The Lord made Pharaoh, Egypt’s king, stubborn, and he chased the Israelites, who were leaving confidently.