Exodus 14:1-7 ▼

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and they turn back and encamp before Pi-Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Ba‘al-Zephon; you encamp in front of it by the sea,

3 and Pharaoh has said of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut on them;

4 and I have strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, and he has pursued after them, and I am honored by Pharaoh, and by all his force, and the Egyptians have known that I [am] YHWH”; and they do so.

5 And it is declared to the king of Egypt that the people have fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants is turned against the people, and they say, “What [is] this we have done, that we have sent Israel away from our service?”

6 And he harnesses his chariot, and he has taken his people with him,

7 and he takes six hundred chosen chariots, even all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over them all;