Exo 6:1, 6, Exo 14-15, 32:11, 1Ki 8:51, Neh 1:10, Jer 32:20-23 | ESV | STEP | But the Lord said to Moses , Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh ; for with a strong hand he will send them out , and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land .

1 But the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with ^aa strong hand he will ^bdrive them out of his land.”

Exodus 6:6

6 Say therefore to the people of Israel, ^c‘I am the Lord, and ^dI will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and ^eI will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.

Exodus 14

Crossing the Red Sea

1 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 “Tell the people of Israel to ^fturn back and encamp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between ^gMigdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall encamp facing it, by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, ‘They are wandering in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’ 4 And ^hI will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them, and I will ⁱget glory over Pharaoh and all his host, ^jand the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.

5 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the ^kmind 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?” 6 So he made ready his chariot and took his army with him, 7 and took ^lsix hundred chosen chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them. 8 And ^mthe Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the people of Israel while ⁿthe people of Israel were going out defiantly. 9 The ^oEgyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them ^pencamped at the sea, by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.

10 When 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 ^qcried out to the Lord. 11 They ^rsaid 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? 12 Is not this what ^swe 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.” 13 And Moses said to the people, ^t“Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For ^uthe Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. 14 ^vThe Lord will fight for you, and you have only ^wto be silent.”

15 The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. 16 ^xLift up your staff, and ^ystretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground. 17 And ^zI will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and ^aaI will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians ^abshall know that I am the Lord, ^acwhen I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”

19 ^adThen 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, 20 coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night ^{▼▼Septuagint and the night passed} without one coming near the other all night.

21 Then Moses ^afstretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by ^aga strong east wind all night and ^ahmade the sea dry land, and the waters were ^aidivided. 22 And ^ajthe people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being ^aka 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 ^amLord fights for them against the Egyptians.”

26 Then the Lord said to Moses, ^an“Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.” 27 ^aoSo Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea ^apreturned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord ^aqthrew ^{▼▼Hebrew shook off} the Egyptians into the midst of the sea. 28 The ^aswaters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, ^atnot one of them remained. 29 But the ^aupeople 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 ^avsaved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. 31 ^awIsrael saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they ^axbelieved in the Lord and in his servant Moses.

Exodus 15

The Song of Moses

1 Then Moses and the people of Israel ^aysang this song to the Lord, saying,

^az“I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider ^{▼▼Or its chariot; also verse 21} he has thrown into the sea.
2 ^bbThe Lord is my strength and my ^bcsong,
and he has become ^bdmy salvation;
this is my God, and I will praise him,
^bemy father’s God, and ^bfI will exalt him.
3 The Lord is ^bga man of war;
^bhthe Lord is his name.
4 ^bi“Pharaoh’s chariots and his host he cast into the sea,
and his chosen ^bjofficers were sunk in the Red Sea.
5 The ^bkfloods covered them;
they ^blwent down into the depths like a stone.
6 ^bmYour right hand, O Lord, glorious in power,
your right hand, O Lord, ^bnshatters the enemy.
7 In the ^bogreatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries;
you send out your fury; it ^bpconsumes them like stubble.
8 At the ^bqblast of your nostrils the waters piled up;
the ^brfloods stood up in a heap;
the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said, ^bs‘I will pursue, I will overtake,
I ^btwill divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them.
I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’
10 You ^bublew with your wind; the ^bvsea covered them;
they sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 ^bw“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?
Who is like you, majestic in holiness,
awesome in ^bxglorious deeds, ^bydoing wonders?
12 You stretched out ^bzyour right hand;
the earth swallowed them.
13 “You have ^caled in your steadfast love the people whom ^cbyou have redeemed;
you have ^ccguided them by your strength to your holy abode.
14 ^cdThe peoples have heard; they tremble;
pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 Now are the chiefs of Edom ^cedismayed;
trembling seizes the leaders of ^cfMoab;
^cgall the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
16 Terror and ^chdread fall upon them;
because of the greatness of your arm, they are still ^cias a stone,
till your people, O Lord, pass by,
till the people pass by whom ^cjyou have purchased.
17 You will bring them in and ^ckplant them on your own mountain,
the place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode,
^clthe sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.
18 ^cmThe Lord will reign forever and ever.”
19 For when ^cnthe horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, ^cothe Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. 20 Then ^cpMiriam ^cqthe prophetess, the ^crsister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and ^csall the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. 21 And Miriam sang to them:

^ct“Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”

Bitter Water Made Sweet

22 Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of ^cuShur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 When they came to ^cvMarah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. ^{▼▼ Marah means bitterness} 24 And the people ^cxgrumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 And he ^cycried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log, ^{▼▼Or tree} and he ^dathrew 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 ^dctested them, 26 saying, ^dd“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 ^dediseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, ^dfyour healer.”

27 Then ^dgthey came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water.

Exodus 32:11

11 But ^dhMoses implored the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

1 Kings 8:51

51 ( ^difor they are your people, and your heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, ^djfrom the midst of the iron furnace).

Nehemiah 1:10

10 ^dkThey are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand.

Jeremiah 32:20-23

20 You have shown ^dlsigns and wonders in the land of Egypt, and to this day in Israel and among all mankind, ^dmand have made a name for yourself, as at this day. 21 ^dnYou brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and ^dooutstretched arm, ^dpand with great terror. 22 And you gave them this land, ^dqwhich you swore to their fathers to give them, ^dra land flowing with milk and honey. 23 And they entered and took possession of it. ^dsBut they did not obey your voice or walk in your law. They did nothing of all you commanded them to do. Therefore you have made all this disaster come upon them.