18. The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I am honored for what I did to Pharaoh, his chariots, and his cavalry.”
19. The Messenger of God, who had been in front of the Israelites, moved behind them. So the column of smoke moved from in front of the Israelites and stood behind them
20. between the Egyptian camp and the Israelite camp. The ⌊column of⌋ smoke was there when darkness came, and it lit up the night. Neither side came near the other all night long.
21. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. All that night the Lord pushed back the sea with a strong east wind and turned the sea into dry ground. The water divided,
22. and the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground. The water stood like a wall on their right and on their left.
23. The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and cavalry followed them into the sea.
24. Just before dawn, the Lord looked down from the column of fire and smoke and threw the Egyptian camp into a panic.
25. He made the wheels of their chariots come off so that they could hardly move. Then the Egyptians shouted, “Let’s get out of here! The Lord is fighting for Israel! He’s against us!”
26. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the water will flow back over the Egyptians, their chariots, and their cavalry.”
27. Moses stretched his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the water returned to its usual place. The Egyptians tried to escape, but the Lord swept them into the sea.
28. The water flowed back and covered Pharaoh’s entire army, as well as the chariots and the cavalry that had followed Israel into the sea. Not one of them survived.
29. Meanwhile, the Israelites had gone through the sea on dry ground while the water stood like a wall on their right and on their left.
30. That day the Lord saved Israel from the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the seashore.
31. When the Israelites saw the great power the Lord had used against the Egyptians, they feared the Lord and believed in him and in his servant Moses.