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as the final devastating plague of the
firstborn descended upon the egyptians
at last pharaoh released the israelites
into the care of moses in all
over two million israelite people along
with their flocks and herds
left egypt where they had been held in
bondage
for 430 years to the day
the egyptian people were so anxious for
the israelites to leave
that they gave them their own gold
silver and many
articles of clothing as they began their
journey
to leave egypt now moses
and his brother aaron had no idea what
direction to lead the people
so god provided a pillar of cloud by day
and a pillar of fire by night to guide
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them
neither the pillar of cloud nor the
pillar of fire
ever left their sight
days passed and pharaoh looked about
and saw the ruin and devastation of the
land
and said to his officials
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what have we done we have let the
israelites
go and have no one left to help rebuild
our land
so pharaoh took over 600 of the best
chariots of egypt
along with their officers and quickly
pursued the israelites who were boldly
marching away from
egypt towards the red sea
as pharaoh and his enormous army of
chariots approached
the israelites became terrified
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they cried out to moses what have you
done to us
you should have just left us alone it
would have been better to serve the
egyptians than to die
in the desert moses rebuked the people
and said do not be afraid stand
still and the lord will fight for you
you will never see these egyptians again
then the angel of god who was going
before
israel moved and went behind them the
pillar of cloud
also moved from in front of the
israelites and stood behind them
so that it was between the army of egypt
and israel
moses stretched out his hand over the
red sea
and suddenly a strong and mighty wind
from the east
blew in and parted the waters of the red
sea
the israelites began to travel through
the sea on dry ground
with a wall of water on their right and
on their left
all the egyptians with their chariots
and horsemen
quickly followed them into the water
that the lord had parked
for the israelites the lord looked down
from the pillar of fire and cloud
and began to cause great chaos and
confusion
to the egyptian army he made the wheels
of their chariots come off
so that they had difficulty driving then
the egyptians cried
let's get away from the israelites the
lord is fighting for them against egypt
just as the egyptian army turned to flee
the water came crashing down on them
and every chariot horse and man was
swept into the sea
and drowned not one egyptian
escaped to the water that day
however the israelites went through the
sea
on dry land to safety
that day the lord saved israel
from the hand of the egyptians
when the israelites saw the great power
that god had displayed against their
enemy
the people feared the lord and put their
trust
in him