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With thanks, per supercat's request:

Exodus 14:13 Moses answered the people,
"Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see
the deliverance the LORD will bring you today.
The Egyptians you see today you will never
see again.

14 The LORD will fight for you; you need
only to be still."

15 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Why are
you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to
move on.

16 Raise your staff and stretch out
your hand over the sea to divide the water so
that the Israelites can go through the sea on
dry ground.

17 I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians
so that they will go in after them. And I will gain
glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his
chariots and his horsemen.

18 The Egyptians will know that I am the
LORD when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his
chariots and his horsemen."

19 Then the angel of God, who had been
traveling in front of Israel's army, withdrew
and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also
moved from in front and stood behind them,

20 coming between the armies of Egypt and
Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought
darkness to the one side and light to the other
side; so neither went near the other all night
long.

21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over
the sea, and all that night the LORD drove the
sea back with a strong east wind and turned it
into dry land. The waters were divided,

22 and the Israelites went through the sea
on dry ground, with a wall of water on their
right and on their left.

23 The Egyptians pursued them, and all
Pharaoh's horses and chariots and horsemen
followed them into the sea.

24 During the last watch of the night the
LORD looked down from the pillar of fire and
cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into
confusion.

25 He made the wheels of their chariots
come off [b] so that they had difficulty driving.
And the Egyptians said, "Let's get away from
the Israelites! The LORD is fighting for them
against Egypt."

26 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch
out your hand over the sea so that the waters
may flow back over the Egyptians and their
chariots and horsemen."

27 Moses stretched out his hand over the
sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its
place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward [c] it,
and the LORD swept them into the sea.

28 The water flowed back and covered the
chariots and horsemen-the entire army of
Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into
the sea. Not one of them survived.

29 But the Israelites went through the sea
on dry ground, with a wall of water on their
right and on their left.

30 That day the LORD saved Israel from the
hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the
Egyptians lying dead on the shore.

31 And when the Israelites saw the great
power the LORD displayed against the
Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and
put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.

1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this
song to the LORD :

"I will sing to the LORD,

for he is highly exalted.

The horse and its rider

he has hurled into the sea.

2 The LORD is my strength and my song;

he has become my salvation.

He is my God, and I will praise him,

my father's God, and I will exalt him.

3 The LORD is a warrior;

the LORD is his name.

4 Pharaoh's chariots and his army

he has hurled into the sea.

The best of Pharaoh's officers

are drowned in the Red Sea. [a]

5 The deep waters have covered them;

they sank to the depths like a stone.

6 "Your right hand, O LORD ,

was majestic in power.

Your right hand, O LORD ,

shattered the enemy.

7 In the greatness of your majesty

you threw down those who opposed you.

You unleashed your burning anger;

it consumed them like stubble.

8 By the blast of your nostrils

the waters piled up.

The surging waters stood firm like a wall;

the deep waters congealed in the heart of

the sea.

9 "The enemy boasted,

'I will pursue, I will overtake them.

I will divide the spoils;

I will gorge myself on them.

I will draw my sword

and my hand will destroy them.'

10 But you blew with your breath,

and the sea covered them.

They sank like lead

in the mighty waters.

11"Who among the gods is like you,O LORD?

Who is like you-

majestic in holiness,

awesome in glory,

working wonders?

12 You stretched out your right hand

and the earth swallowed them.

13"In your unfailing love you will lead

the people you have redeemed.

In your strength you will guide them

to your holy dwelling.

14 The nations will hear and tremble;

anguish will grip the people of Philistia.

15 The chiefs of Edom will be terrified,

the leaders of Moab will be seized with

trembling, the people [b] of Canaan will

melt away;

16 terror and dread will fall upon them.

By the power of your arm

they will be as still as a stone-

until your people pass by, O LORD ,

until the people you bought [c] pass by.

17 You will bring them in and plant them

on the mountain of your inheritance-

the place, O LORD , you made for your

dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, your

hands established.

18 The LORD will reign

for ever and ever."