14. The Lord will fight for you, and you won't have to do a thing.”
15. The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you keep calling out to me for help? Tell the Israelites to move forward.
16. Then hold your walking stick over the sea. The water will open up and make a road where they can walk through on dry ground.
17. I will make the Egyptians so stubborn that they will go after you. Then I will be praised because of what happens to the king and his chariots and cavalry.
18. The Egyptians will know for sure that I am the Lord.”
19. All this time God's angel had gone ahead of Israel's army, but now he moved behind them. A large cloud had also gone ahead of them,
20. but now it moved between the Egyptians and the Israelites. The cloud gave light to the Israelites, but made it dark for the Egyptians, and during the night they could not come any closer.
21. Moses stretched his arm over the sea, and the Lord sent a strong east wind that blew all night until there was dry land where the water had been. The sea opened up,
22. and the Israelites walked through on dry land with a wall of water on each side.
23. The Egyptian chariots and cavalry went after them.
24. But before daylight the Lord looked down at the Egyptian army from the fiery cloud and made them panic.
25. Their chariot wheels got stuck, and it was hard for them to move. So the Egyptians said to one another, “Let's leave these people alone! The Lord is on their side and is fighting against us.”
26. The Lord told Moses, “Stretch your arm towards the sea—the water will cover the Egyptians and their cavalry and chariots.”