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.

²² and the Israelites went through the sea^(A) on dry ground,^(B) with a wall^(C) of water on their right and on their left.

²³ The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen^(D) followed them into the sea. ²⁴ During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud^(E) at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.^{(F) 25} He jammed^[a] the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting^(G) for them against Egypt.”^(H)

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.^(I) The Egyptians were fleeing toward^[b] it, and the Lord swept them into the sea.^{(J) 28} The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea.^(K) Not one of them survived.^(L)

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