- Then the LORD said to Moses, - 1 "Tell the Israelites to turn
about and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea.
You shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, just opposite, by the
sea. - Pharaoh will then say, 'The Israelites are wandering
about aimlessly in the land. The desert has closed in on them.'
- Thus will I make Pharaoh so obstinate that he will pursue
them. Then I will receive glory through Pharaoh and all his
army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD." This the
Israelites did. - When it was reported to the king of Egypt that
the people had fled, Pharaoh and his servants changed their
minds about them. "What have we done!" they exclaimed. "Why, we
have released Israel from our service!" - So Pharaoh made his
chariots ready and mustered his soldiers-- - six hundred first-
class chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt, with
warriors on them all. - So obstinate had the LORD made Pharaoh
that he pursued the Israelites even while they were marching
away in triumph. - The Egyptians