1Derefter sagde Herren til Moses:2„Sig til Israels folk, at de skal dreje fra vejen og gå imod Pi-ha-Hirot mellem Migdol* og havet. I skal slå lejr langs kysten, over for Ba’al-Zefon,3så vil Farao nemlig tro, at I er faret vild og gået i en fælde mellem ørkenen og havet.4Og så vil jeg endnu en gang gøre Farao stædig, så han sætter efter jer. Sådan vil jeg få ære og herlighed på bekostning af Farao og hele hans hær, og egypterne vil indse, at jeg er Herren.” Så slog israelitterne lejr, hvor Herren havde sagt.5Da Egyptens konge fik at vide, at israelitterne ikke var kommet tilbage til den fastsatte tid, holdt han rådslagning med sine embedsmænd. De fortrød nu, at de havde ladet alle deres slaver rejse bort.6Så lod Farao sin stridsvogn gøre klar og satte efter dem7i spidsen for et elitekorps på 600 udsøgte stridsvogne. Alle Egyptens øvrige stridsvogne fulgte efter, bemandet med erfarne vognkæmpere.8Herren havde gjort Farao så stædig, at han nu satte efter israelitterne, der var taget af sted i triumf.*9Hele Faraos kavaleri af heste, ryttere og vogne deltog i forfølgelsen, og de indhentede Israels folk, hvor de havde slået lejr ved havet nær Pi-ha-Hirot over for Ba’al-Zefon.10Da nu Farao og hans hær kom nærmere, fik Israels folk øje på dem langt borte. De blev skrækslagne og råbte til Herren om hjælp.11Så vendte de sig imod Moses og sagde: „Har du ført os her ud i ørkenen, for at vi skal dø? Var der ikke gravpladser nok i Egypten? Hvorfor fik du os i det hele taget til at forlade Egypten?12Sagde vi ikke til dig dengang, at du skulle lade os være i fred? Hellere være slaver for egypterne end blive slagtet ned her i ørkenen!”13Men Moses svarede folket: „I skal ikke være bange! Bare bliv stående, hvor I står, for nu skal I få at se, hvordan Herren vil frelse jer. De egyptere, I ser komme imod os i dag, vil I aldrig komme til at se mere!14Herren selv vil tage kampen op for jer. I skal bare tie stille!”15Derpå sagde Herren til Moses: „Der er ikke tid til mere snak. Sig til israelitterne, at de skal bryde op.16Løft din stav og ræk den ud over havet, så der bliver en vej midt igennem. Så kan alle israelitterne gå tørskoet igennem havet og over på den anden side.17Jeg vil gøre egypterne stædige, så de dumdristigt følger efter jer ud i havet. Sådan vil jeg få ære og herlighed på bekostning af Farao og hans hær, alle hans stridsvogne og ryttere.18Når jeg har gjort det af med Farao og hele hans hær, vil egypterne indse, at jeg er Herren!”19Herrens engel, som indtil da havde gået foran israelitterne for at vise vej, gik nu om bag dem. Også skysøjlen flyttede sig fra pladsen foran dem og stillede sig bag ved dem,20så den stod mellem israelitterne og egypterne. Om natten var der således lyst på israelitternes side og bælgmørkt på den egyptiske side. På den måde kom de ikke i nærheden af hinanden hele natten.21Da Moses rakte sin stav ud over vandet, drev Herren vandet bort. Han lod en voldsom østenvind blæse hele natten, så havet delte sig, og en tør sti kom til syne midt i.22Så gik israelitterne gennem havet på den tørre havbund, mens vandet var som en beskyttende mur på begge sider.23Men alle Faraos heste, vogne, og ryttere fulgte efter dem ud i havet.24I den tidlige morgendæmring så Herren fra ild- og skysøjlen ned på egypternes hær og bragte den i uorden.25Han fik vognhjulene til at sidde fast, så de havde stort besvær med at komme fremad. Da råbte egypterne: „Lad os se at komme væk! Det er deres gud, Jahve, der kæmper imod os.”26Da alle israelitterne var kommet over på den anden side, sagde Herren til Moses: „Ræk din hånd ud over havet igen, så vil vandet vende tilbage og oversvømme de egyptiske vogne og ryttere.”27Moses adlød. Da dagen gryede, rakte Moses hånden ud over havet. Vandmasserne drønede tilbage til deres normale leje, og Herren skyllede de skrækslagne egyptere bort med de brusende strømme.28Vandet dækkede alle vognene og rytterne—ja, hele Faraos hær. Af alle de egyptere, der havde forfulgt israelitterne ud i havet, var der ikke en eneste, der overlevede.29Men israelitterne nåede tørskoede gennem havet, mens vandet beskyttede dem på begge sider.30Den dag reddede Herren israelitterne fra den egyptiske hær. De stod og betragtede ligene, der blev skyllet op på stranden.31Da israelitterne så Herrens vældige magt demonstreret på egypterne, blev de fyldt af dyb ærefrygt for Gud, og de gav udtryk for deres tillid til ham—og til hans tjener Moses.
English Standard Version
Crossing the Red Sea
1Then the Lord said to Moses,2“Tell the people of Israel to turn back and encamp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall encamp facing it, by the sea.3For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, ‘They are wandering in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’4And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.5When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the mind of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”6So he made ready his chariot and took his army with him,7and took six hundred chosen chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.8And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the people of Israel while the people of Israel were going out defiantly.9The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamped at the sea, by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.10When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord.11They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt?12Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”13And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.14The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”15The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.16Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground.17And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen.18And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”19Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them,20coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night* without one coming near the other all night.21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.22And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.23The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.24And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic,25clogging* their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.”26Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.”27So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord threw* the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.28The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, not one of them remained.29But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.30Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.31Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.
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