26 Then the Lord said to Moses, “(A)Reach out with your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen.” 27 So Moses reached out with his hand over the sea, and (B)the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing [a]right into it; then the Lord [b](C)overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; (D)not even one of them remained. 29 But the sons of Israel walked on (E)dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right and on their left.

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  1. Exodus 14:27 Lit to meet it
  2. Exodus 14:27 Lit shook off

26 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” 27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place.(A) The Egyptians were fleeing toward[a] it, and the Lord swept them into the sea.(B) 28 The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea.(C) Not one of them survived.(D)

29 But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground,(E) with a wall(F) of water on their right and on their left.

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  1. Exodus 14:27 Or from