Shemot, starting at chapter 13
{13:1} The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying, {13:2} "Sanctify to me all
of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of
Yisra'el, both of man and of animal. It is mine."
{13:3} Moshe said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you
came out from Mitzrayim, out of the house of bondage; for by strength
of hand the LORD brought you out from this place. No leavened bread
shall be eaten. {13:4} This day you go forth in the month Aviv. {13:5}
It shall be, when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the
Kana`ani, and the Hittite, and the Amori, and the Hivvi, and the
Yevusi, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing
with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.
{13:6} Seven days you shall eat [1>]matzah[<1], and in the seventh day
shall be a feast to the LORD. {13:7} Unleavened bread shall be eaten
throughout the seven days; and no leavened bread shall be seen with
you, neither shall there be yeast seen with you, in all your borders.
{13:8} You shall tell your son in that day, saying, 'It is because of
that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Mitzrayim.'
{13:9} It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial
between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for
with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Mitzrayim. {13:10}
You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to
year.
{13:11} "It shall be, when the LORD shall bring you into the land of
the Kana`ani, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give
it you, {13:12} that you shall set apart to the LORD all that opens
the womb, and every firstborn which you have that comes from an
animal. The males shall be the LORD's. {13:13} Every firstborn of a
donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it,
then you shall break its neck; and you shall redeem all the firstborn
of man among your sons. {13:14} It shall be, when your son asks you in
time to come, saying, 'What is this?' that you shall tell him, 'By
strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Mitzrayim, from the
house of bondage; {13:15} and it happened, when Par`oh would hardly
let us go, that the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of
Mitzrayim, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal.
Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb, being
males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.' {13:16} It shall be
for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between your eyes: for by
strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Mitzrayim."
{13:17} It happened, when Par`oh had let the people go, that God
didn't lead them by the way of the land of the Pelishtim, although
that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people change their
minds when they see war, and they return to Mitzrayim;" {13:18} but
God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by the Sea of
Suf; and the children of Yisra'el went up armed out of the land of
Mitzrayim. {13:19} Moshe took the bones of Yosef with him, for he had
made the children of Yisra'el swear, saying, "God will surely visit
you, and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you." {13:20}
They took their journey from Sukkot, and encamped in Etam, in the edge
of the wilderness. {13:21} The LORD went before them by day in a
pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar
of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:
{13:22} the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night,
didn't depart from before the people.
{14:1} The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying, {14:2} "Speak to the
children of Yisra'el, that they turn back and encamp before
Pi-Hachirot, between Migdol and the sea, before Ba`al-Tzefon. You
shall encamp opposite it by the sea. {14:3} Par`oh will say of the
children of Yisra'el, 'They are entangled in the land. The wilderness
has shut them in.' {14:4} I will harden Par`oh's heart, and he will
follow after them; and I will get honor over Par`oh, and over all his
host; and the Mitzrim shall know that I am the LORD." They did so.
{14:5} It was told the king of Mitzrayim that the people had fled;
and the heart of Par`oh and of his servants was changed towards the
people, and they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let
Yisra'el go from serving us?" {14:6} He made ready his chariot, and
took his army with him; {14:7} and he took six hundred chosen
chariots, and all the chariots of Mitzrayim, and captains over all of
them. {14:8} The LORD hardened the heart of Par`oh king of Mitzrayim,
and he pursued after the children of Yisra'el; for the children of
Yisra'el went out with a high hand. {14:9} The Mitzrim pursued after
them: all the horses and chariots of Par`oh, his horsemen, and his
army; and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-Hachirot,
before Ba`al-Tzefon.
{14:10} When Par`oh drew near, the children of Yisra'el lifted up
their eyes, and behold, the Mitzrim were marching after them; and they
were very afraid. The children of Yisra'el cried out to the LORD.
{14:11} They said to Moshe, "Because there were no graves in
Mitzrayim, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have
you treated us this way, to bring us forth out of Mitzrayim? {14:12}
Isn't this the word that we spoke to you in Mitzrayim, saying, 'Leave
us alone, that we may serve the Mitzrim?' For it were better for us to
serve the Mitzrim, than that we should die in the wilderness."
{14:13} Moshe said to the people, "Don't be afraid. Stand still, and
see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today: for
the Mitzrim whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again.
{14:14} The LORD will fight for you, and you shall be still."
{14:15} The LORD said to Moshe, "Why do you cry to me? Speak to the
children of Yisra'el, that they go forward. {14:16} Lift up your rod,
and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the
children of Yisra'el shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground.
{14:17} I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Mitzrim, and they
shall go in after them: and I will get myself honor over Par`oh, and
over all his host, over his chariots, and over his horsemen. {14:18}
The Mitzrim shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten myself
honor over Par`oh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen." {14:19}
The angel of God, who went before the camp of Yisra'el, moved and went
behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood
behind them. {14:20} It came between the camp of Mitzrayim and the
camp of Yisra'el; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave
it light by night: and the one didn't come near the other all the
night.
{14:21} Moshe stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD
caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and
made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. {14:22} The
children of Yisra'el went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground,
and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their
left. {14:23} The Mitzrim pursued, and went in after them into the
midst of the sea: all of Par`oh's horses, his chariots, and his
horsemen. {14:24} It happened in the morning watch, that the LORD
looked out on the host of the Mitzrim through the pillar of fire and
of cloud, and confused the Mitzrian army. {14:25} He took off their
chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Mitzrim said,
"Let's flee from the face of Yisra'el, for the LORD fights for them
against the Mitzrim!"
{14:26} The LORD said to Moshe, "Stretch out your hand over the sea,
that the waters may come again on the Mitzrim, on their chariots, and
on their horsemen." {14:27} Moshe stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and
the Mitzrim fled against it. The LORD overthrew the Mitzrim in the
midst of the sea. {14:28} The waters returned, and covered the
chariots and the horsemen, even all Par`oh's army that went in after
them into the sea. There remained not so much as one of them. {14:29}
But the children of Yisra'el walked on dry land in the midst of the
sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on
their left. {14:30} Thus the LORD saved Yisra'el that day out of the
hand of the Mitzrim; and Yisra'el saw the Mitzrim dead on the
seashore. {14:31} Yisra'el saw the great work which the LORD did to
the Mitzrim, and the people feared the LORD; and they believed in the
LORD, and in his servant Moshe.
{15:1} Then Moshe and the children of Yisra'el sang this song to the
LORD, and said,
"I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously:
The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
{15:2} The LORD is my strength and song,
He has become my [1>]yeshu`ah[<1]:
This is my God, and I will praise him;
My father's God, and I will exalt him.
{15:3} The LORD is a man of war.
The LORD is his name.
{15:4} Par`oh's chariots and his host has he cast into the sea;
His chosen captains are sunk in the Sea of Suf.
{15:5} The deeps cover them.
They went down into the depths like a stone.
{15:6} Your right hand, LORD, is glorious in power,
Your right hand, LORD, dashes the enemy in pieces.
{15:7} In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who
rise up against you:
You send forth your wrath. It consumes them as stubble.
{15:8} With the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up.
The floods stood upright as a heap.
The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
{15:9} The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide
the spoil.
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.'
{15:10} You blew with your wind.
The sea covered them.
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
{15:11} Who is like you, LORD, among the gods?
Who is like you, glorious in holiness,
Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
{15:12} You stretched out your right hand.
The [2>]eretz[<2] swallowed them.
{15:13} "You, in your lovingkindness, have led the people that you
have redeemed.
You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
{15:14} The peoples have heard.
They tremble.
Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Peleshet.
{15:15} Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed.
Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Mo'av.
All the inhabitants of Kana`an are melted away.
{15:16} Terror and dread falls on them.
By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone;
Until your people pass over, LORD,
Until the people pass over who you have purchased.
{15:17} You shall bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of
your inheritance,
The place, LORD, which you have made for yourself to dwell in;
The sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
{15:18} The LORD shall reign forever and ever."
{15:19} For the horses of Par`oh went in with his chariots and with
his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the
sea on them; but the children of Yisra'el walked on dry land in the
midst of the sea. {15:20} Miryam the prophetess, the sister of Aharon,
took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her
with timbrels and with dances. {15:21} Miryam answered them,
"Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously:
The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."
{15:22} Moshe led Yisra'el onward from the Sea of Suf, and they went
out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the
wilderness, and found no water. {15:23} When they came to Marah, they
couldn't drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter.
Therefore the name of it was called Marah. {15:24} The people murmured
against Moshe, saying, "What shall we drink?" {15:25} Then he cried to
the LORD. The LORD shown him a tree, and he threw it into the waters,
and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an
ordinance for them, and there he tested them; {15:26} and he said, "If
you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and will
do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his
[3>]mitzvot[<3], and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the
diseases on you, which I have put on the Mitzrim; for I am the LORD
who heals you."
{15:27} They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water,
and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
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Footnotes:
[1] {13:6} unleavened bread
[1] {15:2} salvation
[2] {15:12} earth
[3] {15:26} commandments
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