12. We told you this would happen! In Egypt we said, ‘Please don’t bother us. Let us stay and serve the Egyptians.’ It would have been better for us to stay and be slaves than to come out here and die in the desert.”
13. But Moses answered, “Don’t be afraid! Don’t run away! Stand where you are and watch the Lord save you today. You will never see these Egyptians again.
14. You will not have to do anything but stay calm. The Lord will do the fighting for you.”
15. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you still crying to me? Tell the Israelites to start moving.
16. Raise the walking stick in your hand over the Red Sea, and the sea will split. Then the people can go across on dry land.
17. I have made the Egyptians brave, so they will chase you. But I will show you that I am more powerful than Pharaoh and all of his horses and chariots.
18. Then Egypt will know that I am the Lord. They will honor me when I defeat Pharaoh and his horse soldiers and chariots.”