Exo 14:21-31, 15:22-26 | ESV | STEP | Then 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 .

a[See ver. 16 above]

Exodus 14:21-31

21 Then Moses ^astretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by ^ba strong east wind all night and ^cmade the sea dry land, and the waters were ^ddivided. 22 And ^ethe people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being ^fa wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 23 The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And 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, 25 clogging ^{▼▼Or binding (compare Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac); Hebrew removing} their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the ^hLord fights for them against the Egyptians.”

26 Then the Lord said to Moses, ⁱ“Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.” 27 ^jSo Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea ^kreturned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord ^lthrew ^{▼▼Hebrew shook off} the Egyptians into the midst of the sea. 28 The ⁿwaters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, ^onot one of them remained. 29 But the ^ppeople of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

30 Thus the Lord ^qsaved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. 31 ^rIsrael saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they ^sbelieved in the Lord and in his servant Moses.

Exodus 15:22-26

Bitter Water Made Sweet

22 Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of ^tShur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 When they came to ^uMarah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. ^{▼▼ Marah means bitterness} 24 And the people ^wgrumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 And he ^xcried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log, ^{▼▼Or tree} and he ^zthrew it into the water, and the water became sweet.

There the Lord ^{▼▼Hebrew he} made for them a statute and a rule, and there he ^abtested them, 26 saying, ^ac“If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the ^addiseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, ^aeyour healer.”