²¹ By day the Lord went ahead^(A) of them in a pillar of cloud^(B) to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night.

²² Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left^(A) its place in front of the people.

²⁸ The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea.^(A) Not one of them survived.^(B)

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