21 The Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud(A) to lead them on their way during the day and in a pillar of fire to give them light at night, so that they could travel day or night. 22 The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night never left its place in front of the people.

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19 Then the Angel of God,(A) who was going in front of the Israelite forces, moved and went behind them. The pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and stood behind them.(B) 20 It came between the Egyptian and Israelite forces. The cloud was there in the darkness, yet it lit up the night.[a] So neither group came near the other all night long.

21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The Lord drove the sea back with a powerful east wind all that night and turned the sea into dry land. So the waters were divided,(C) 22 and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with the waters like a wall to them on their right and their left.(D)

23 The Egyptians set out in pursuit—all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen—and went into the sea after them. 24 Then during the morning watch, the Lord looked down on the Egyptian forces from the pillar of fire(E) and cloud, and threw them into confusion. 25 He caused their chariot wheels to swerve[b][c] and made them drive[d] with difficulty. “Let’s get away from Israel,” the Egyptians said, “because Yahweh is fighting for them against Egypt!”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 14:20 Perhaps the cloud brought darkness to the Egyptians but light to the Israelites; Ex 10:22-23; Ps 105:39.
  2. Exodus 14:25 Sam, LXX, Syr read He bound their chariot wheels
  3. Exodus 14:25 Or fall off
  4. Exodus 14:25 Or and they drove them

“I, Yahweh, have called You
for a righteous purpose,[a](A)
and I will hold You by Your hand.(B)
I will keep You and appoint You
to be a covenant for the people(C)
and a light to the nations,(D)

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  1. Isaiah 42:6 Or you by [My] righteousness; lit you in righteousness

He says,
“It is not enough for you to be My Servant
raising up the tribes of Jacob
and restoring the protected ones of Israel.
I will also make you a light for the nations,(A)
to be My salvation to the ends of the earth.”(B)

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19 The sun will no longer be your light by day,
and the brightness of the moon will not shine on you;
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,(A)
and your God will be your splendor.
20 Your sun will no longer set,
and your moon will not fade;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and the days of your sorrow will be over.(B)
21 Then all your people will be righteous;(C)
they will possess the land forever;(D)
they are the branch I planted,
the work of My[a] hands,
so that I may be glorified.(E)
22 The least will become a thousand,
the smallest a mighty nation.
I am Yahweh;
I will accomplish it quickly in its time.

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  1. Isaiah 60:21 LXX, DSS read His

You will flee by My mountain valley,[a] for the valley of the mountains will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled[b] from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah.(A) Then the Lord my God will come and all the holy ones with Him.[c](B)

On that day there will be no light; the sunlight and moonlight[d] will diminish.[e](C) It will be a day known only to Yahweh,(D) without day or night, but there will be light at evening.

On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem,(E) half of it toward the eastern sea[f] and the other half toward the western sea,[g] in summer and winter alike.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 14:5 Some Hb mss, LXX, Sym, Tg read You will be blocked—the valley of My mountains
  2. Zechariah 14:5 LXX reads It will be blocked as it was blocked
  3. Zechariah 14:5 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg, Tg, Syr; other Hb mss read you
  4. Zechariah 14:6 Lit light; the precious things
  5. Zechariah 14:6 LXX, Sym, Syr, Tg, Vg read no light or cold or ice
  6. Zechariah 14:8 = the Dead Sea
  7. Zechariah 14:8 = the Mediterranean Sea

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”(A)

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46 I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me would not remain in darkness.

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