1. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2. “Speak to the Israelites so that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; before Baal Zephon, which is opposite it, you will camp by the sea.
3. And Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering around in the land. The desert has closed in on them.’
4. And I will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and he will chase after them, and I will be glorified through Pharaoh and through all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh.” And they did so.
5. And it was told to the king of Egypt that the people fled, and the heart of Pharaoh was changed and that of his servants toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have released Israel from serving us!”
6. And he harnessed his chariot and took with him his people.
7. And he took six hundred select chariots and all the chariots of Egypt and officers over all of them.