²⁴ And during the morning watch, Yahweh looked down to the Egyptian camp from in the column of fire and cloud, and he threw the Egyptian camp into a panic. ²⁵ And he removed^[a] the wheels of their chariots so that they drove them with difficulty, and the Egyptians said, “We must flee away^[b] from Israel because Yahweh is fighting for them against Egypt.”

²⁶ And Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, and let the waters return over the Egyptians, over their chariots, and over their charioteers.”