## Exodus Chapter 14

###### Exodus 14:1
[Exodus 14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:1)

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe saying:

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd said to Moses, saying:


###### Exodus 14:2
[Exodus 14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:2)

דַּבֵּר֮ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וְיָשֻׁ֗בוּ וְיַחֲנוּ֙ לִפְנֵי֙ פִּ֣י הַחִירֹ֔ת בֵּ֥ין מִגְדֹּ֖ל וּבֵ֣ין הַיָּ֑ם לִפְנֵי֙ בַּ֣עַל צְפֹ֔ן נִכְח֥וֹ תַחֲנ֖וּ עַל־הַיָּֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
“Speak to the B’nei Yisrael and have them turn back and camp before Pi haChiros, between Migdol and the sea, facing Ba’al Tzephon. Camp opposite it, near the sea.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Speak to the children of Yisra᾽el, that they turn and encamp before Pi-haĥirot, between Migdol and the sea, over against Ba῾al-żefon: before it shall you encamp by the sea.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Speak to the children of Israel that they return [The L-rd turned them back to Egypt to deceive Pharaoh into thinking they had lost their way (3)] and encamp before Pi Hachiroth [Pithom, called "Pi Hachiroth" because the Jews became freemen (bnei chorin) there], between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Tzefon [the only remaining Egyptian idol (left over to deceive the Egyptians into relying on its potency)]. Over against it shall you encamp by the sea.


###### Exodus 14:3
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וְאָמַ֤ר פַּרְעֹה֙ לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נְבֻכִ֥ים הֵ֖ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ סָגַ֥ר עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Pharaoh will then say of the B’nei Yisrael, “They are confused in the land, the desert has shut [trapped] them in.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Par῾o will say of the children of Yisra᾽el, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut them in.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Pharaoh will say about the children of Israel: They are trapped in the land; the desert has shut them in.


###### Exodus 14:4
[Exodus 14:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:4)

וְחִזַּקְתִּ֣י אֶת־לֵב־פַּרְעֹה֮ וְרָדַ֣ף אַחֲרֵיהֶם֒ וְאִכָּבְדָ֤ה בְּפַרְעֹה֙ וּבְכׇל־חֵיל֔וֹ וְיָדְע֥וּ מִצְרַ֖יִם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵֽן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I will harden Pharaoh’s heart and he will pursue them. and I will be glorified through Pharaoh and his entire army. Egypt will [then] know that I am Adonoy.” They [the B’nei Yisrael] did just that.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will harden Par῾o’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will gain honour by Par῾o, and by all his host; that Miżrayim may know that I am the Lord. And they did so.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I shall strengthen Pharaoh's heart and he will pursue them, and I will be honored through [the downfall of] Pharaoh and all of his host [(Pharaoh being mentioned first in that he was the "initiator")], and Egypt will know that I am the L-rd. And they did so. [(a tribute to Israel, who did not ask: "How can we turn back towards our pursuers!")]


###### Exodus 14:5
[Exodus 14:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:5)

וַיֻּגַּד֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם כִּ֥י בָרַ֖ח הָעָ֑ם וַ֠יֵּהָפֵ֠ךְ לְבַ֨ב פַּרְעֹ֤ה וַעֲבָדָיו֙ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ מַה־זֹּ֣את עָשִׂ֔ינוּ כִּֽי־שִׁלַּ֥חְנוּ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מֵעׇבְדֵֽנוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The king of Egypt was told that the people had fled. Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart regarding the people, and they said, “What have we done? [How did] we release Israel from serving us?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it was told the king of Miżrayim that the people had fled: and the heart of Par῾o and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Yisra᾽el go from serving us?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was told to the king of Egypt [on the fourth day, by officers that he had sent with them (after seeing that they did not return to Egypt on the stipulated third day)] that the people had fled. [(On the fifth and sixth days they pursued them; on the night of the seventh Israel went down to the sea; and in the morning — the seventh day of Pesach — they sang (15:1)], and the heart of Pharaoh (12:31) and of his servants (10:7) was reversed against the people. [Now they pursued them for the wealth that they had lent them], and they said: What is this that we did in sending Israel away from serving us!


###### Exodus 14:6
[Exodus 14:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:6)

וַיֶּאְסֹ֖ר אֶת־רִכְבּ֑וֹ וְאֶת־עַמּ֖וֹ לָקַ֥ח עִמּֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He [Pharaoh] harnessed his chariot and he took his people with him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he [Pharaoh himself] harnessed his chariot, and he "took" [by suasion] his people with him.


###### Exodus 14:7
[Exodus 14:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:7)

וַיִּקַּ֗ח שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת רֶ֙כֶב֙ בָּח֔וּר וְכֹ֖ל רֶ֣כֶב מִצְרָ֑יִם וְשָׁלִשִׁ֖ם עַל־כֻּלּֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He took six hundred elite chariots [and crews], and all the [other] chariots of Egypt, and commanders over all of them.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Miżrayim, and captains over every one of them.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he took six hundred choice chariots and all [the other] chariots of Egypt, and officers upon all of them.


###### Exodus 14:8
[Exodus 14:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:8)

וַיְחַזֵּ֣ק יְהֹוָ֗ה אֶת־לֵ֤ב פַּרְעֹה֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם וַיִּרְדֹּ֕ף אַחֲרֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יֹצְאִ֖ים בְּיָ֥ד רָמָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he pursued the B’nei Yisrael. The B’nei Yisrael went out high handedly [in triumph].

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord hardened the heart of Par῾o king of Miżrayim, and he pursued after the children of Yisra᾽el: and the children of Yisra᾽el went out with a high hand.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd strengthened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt [Pharaoh wavering between pursuing and not pursuing] and he pursued the children of Israel, and the children of Israel went out with a high hand [i.e., with manifest might].


###### Exodus 14:9
[Exodus 14:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:9)

וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּ מִצְרַ֜יִם אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם וַיַּשִּׂ֤יגוּ אוֹתָם֙ חֹנִ֣ים עַל־הַיָּ֔ם כׇּל־סוּס֙ רֶ֣כֶב פַּרְעֹ֔ה וּפָרָשָׁ֖יו וְחֵיל֑וֹ עַל־פִּי֙ הַֽחִירֹ֔ת לִפְנֵ֖י בַּ֥עַל צְפֹֽן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The Egyptians pursued them and overtook them as they were encamped by the sea. There were all Pharaoh’s chariot horses, his cavalry and his army [infantry], at Pi haChiros, facing Ba’al Tzephon.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Miżrayim pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Par῾o, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-haĥirot, before Ba῾al-żefon.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Egypt pursued them, and they overtook them camping by the sea, every horse of Pharaoh's chariots and his horsemen and his host, by Pi Hachiroth, before Baal Tzefon.


###### Exodus 14:10
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וּפַרְעֹ֖ה הִקְרִ֑יב וַיִּשְׂאוּ֩ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל אֶת־עֵינֵיהֶ֜ם וְהִנֵּ֥ה מִצְרַ֣יִם**׀** נֹסֵ֣עַ אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם וַיִּֽירְאוּ֙ מְאֹ֔ד וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Pharaoh drew near, and the B’nei Yisrael looked up, and beheld the Egyptians coming after them. They were very frightened, and the B’nei Yisrael cried out to Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when Par῾o drew near, the children of Yisra᾽el lifted up their eyes, and, behold, Miżrayim marched after them; and they were very much afraid: and the children of Yisra᾽el cried out to the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Pharaoh pressed ahead [of the others], and the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and, behold, Egypt coming after them [with one heart, as one man], and they were exceedingly afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the L-rd, ["embracing the trade" (prayer) of their fathers: (Abraham — Genesis 19:27; Isaac — 24:63; Jacob — 28:11)].


###### Exodus 14:11
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וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה֒ הֲֽמִבְּלִ֤י אֵין־קְבָרִים֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם לְקַחְתָּ֖נוּ לָמ֣וּת בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר מַה־זֹּאת֙ עָשִׂ֣יתָ לָּ֔נוּ לְהוֹצִיאָ֖נוּ מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They said to Moshe, “Were there not enough graves in Egypt that you took us out to die in the desert? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they said to Moshe, Because there were no graves in Miżrayim, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? why hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us out of Miżrayim?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they said to Moses: Is it for lack of graves in Egypt that you have taken us to die in the desert! What is this that you did to us to take us out of Egypt.


###### Exodus 14:12
[Exodus 14:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:12)

הֲלֹא־זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבַּ֨רְנוּ אֵלֶ֤יךָ בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר חֲדַ֥ל מִמֶּ֖נּוּ וְנַֽעַבְדָ֣ה אֶת־מִצְרָ֑יִם כִּ֣י ט֥וֹב לָ֙נוּ֙ עֲבֹ֣ד אֶת־מִצְרַ֔יִם מִמֻּתֵ֖נוּ בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
This is the [exact] thing that we told you in Egypt saying, ‘Leave us alone and let us serve the Egyptians.’ It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than we should die in the desert.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Miżrayim, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve Miżrayim? For it had been better for us to serve Miżrayim, than that we should die in the wilderness.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Is not this the thing that we spoke to you in Egypt [5:21], saying: Let us be and let us serve Egypt, for it is better for us to serve Egypt than to die in the desert.


###### Exodus 14:13
[Exodus 14:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:13)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֣ה אֶל־הָעָם֮ אַל־תִּירָ֒אוּ֒ הִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּ וּרְאוּ֙ אֶת־יְשׁוּעַ֣ת יְהֹוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם כִּ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר רְאִיתֶ֤ם אֶת־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ הַיּ֔וֹם לֹ֥א תֹסִ֛פוּ לִרְאֹתָ֥ם ע֖וֹד עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe said to the people, “Do not be afraid, stand firm and you will see the deliverance of Adonoy, which He will perform for you this day, for the Egyptians you have seen this day you will never again see them, even to eternity.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe said to the people, Fear not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show you today: for as you have seen Miżrayim this day, you shall not see them again any more for ever.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses said to the people: Do not fear. Stand ready to see the salvation of the L-rd, which He shall work for you this day. For your seeing Egypt is [only] this day; you shall see them no more, forever.


###### Exodus 14:14
[Exodus 14:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:14)

יְהֹוָ֖ה יִלָּחֵ֣ם לָכֶ֑ם וְאַתֶּ֖ם תַּחֲרִשֽׁוּן׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy will fight for you, and you [must] remain silent.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord shall fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L-rd will war for you, and you will be still.


###### Exodus 14:15
[Exodus 14:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:15)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה מַה־תִּצְעַ֖ק אֵלָ֑י דַּבֵּ֥ר אֶל־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְיִסָּֽעוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Why do you cry to Me? Speak to the B’nei Yisrael and let them move on.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord said to Moshe, Why dost thou cry to me? speak to the children of Yisra᾽el, that they go forward:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd said to Moses: Why do you cry out to Me? [i.e., Why do you prolong your prayer when Israel are stepped in affliction?] Speak to the children of Israel and have them go forward [(There is nothing standing in their way. The merits of their fathers and their belief in Me will suffice to split the sea.)]


###### Exodus 14:16
[Exodus 14:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:16)

וְאַתָּ֞ה הָרֵ֣ם אֶֽת־מַטְּךָ֗ וּנְטֵ֧ה אֶת־יָדְךָ֛ עַל־הַיָּ֖ם וּבְקָעֵ֑הוּ וְיָבֹ֧אוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּ֖ם בַּיַּבָּשָֽׁה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And you [do as follows], raise your staff and extend your hand over the sea and split it. The B’nei Yisrael will then come [across] in the midst of the sea on dry land.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but lift up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Yisra᾽el shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you, raise your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and split it. And the children of Israel shall come in the midst of the sea on the dry land.


###### Exodus 14:17
[Exodus 14:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:17)

וַאֲנִ֗י הִנְנִ֤י מְחַזֵּק֙ אֶת־לֵ֣ב מִצְרַ֔יִם וְיָבֹ֖אוּ אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם וְאִכָּבְדָ֤ה בְּפַרְעֹה֙ וּבְכׇל־חֵיל֔וֹ בְּרִכְבּ֖וֹ וּבְפָרָשָֽׁיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I will harden the heart of the Egyptians and they will follow after them. I will be glorified through Pharaoh and his entire army, his chariots and his cavalry.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I, behold I will harden the heart of Miżrayim, and they shall follow them: and I will gain honour by Par῾o, and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I, behold, I shall strengthen the heart of Egypt, and they shall come after them, and I shall be glorified through Pharaoh and through all his host, through his chariots and through his horsemen.


###### Exodus 14:18
[Exodus 14:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:18)

וְיָדְע֥וּ מִצְרַ֖יִם כִּי־אֲנִ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה בְּהִכָּבְדִ֣י בְּפַרְעֹ֔ה בְּרִכְבּ֖וֹ וּבְפָרָשָֽׁיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The Egyptians will know that I am Adonoy when I am glorified through Pharaoh, his chariots and cavalry.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Miżrayim shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained honour by Par῾o, by his chariots, and his horsemen.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Egypt will know that I am the L-rd when I am glorified through Pharaoh, through his chariots and through his horsemen.


###### Exodus 14:19
[Exodus 14:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:19)

וַיִּסַּ֞ע מַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים הַהֹלֵךְ֙ לִפְנֵי֙ מַחֲנֵ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּסַּ֞ע עַמּ֤וּד הֶֽעָנָן֙ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The angel of Elohim moved [from its position] when it traveled in front of the camp of Israel, and went behind them. The pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and it stood behind them.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Yisra᾽el, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the angel of G-d (Elokim), who went before the camp of Israel, turned and went behind them [to separate the Israelites from the Egyptians and to receive the projectiles intended for them. ("Elokim" connotes justice. Israel was being judged at that moment for survival or for destruction along with the Egyptians)]. And [when it became dark and the pillar of fire supervened], the pillar of cloud turned from before them and stood behind them [to "darken things" for the Egyptians].


###### Exodus 14:20
[Exodus 14:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:20)

וַיָּבֹ֞א בֵּ֣ין**׀** מַחֲנֵ֣ה מִצְרַ֗יִם וּבֵין֙ מַחֲנֵ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיְהִ֤י הֶֽעָנָן֙ וְהַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ וַיָּ֖אֶר אֶת־הַלָּ֑יְלָה וְלֹא־קָרַ֥ב זֶ֛ה אֶל־זֶ֖ה כׇּל־הַלָּֽיְלָה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
It came between the Egyptian camp and the camp of Yisrael. There was the cloud and darkness [for the Egyptians] and [the pillar of fire] lit up the night. The camps did not approach each other all that night.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and it came between the camp of Miżrayim and the camp of Yisra᾽el; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. And there was a cloud and darkness [for the Egyptians] and it [the pillar of fire] lighted the night [for the Israelites], and the one [camp] did not come close to the other all the night.


###### Exodus 14:21
[Exodus 14:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:21)

וַיֵּ֨ט מֹשֶׁ֣ה אֶת־יָדוֹ֮ עַל־הַיָּם֒ וַיּ֣וֹלֶךְ יְהֹוָ֣ה׀אֶת־הַ֠יָּ֠ם בְּר֨וּחַ קָדִ֤ים עַזָּה֙ כׇּל־הַלַּ֔יְלָה וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת־הַיָּ֖ם לֶחָרָבָ֑ה וַיִּבָּקְע֖וּ הַמָּֽיִם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe extended his hand over the sea and Adonoy turned back the sea with a strong east wind [blowing] all through the night. He made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses stretched his hand over the sea, and the L-rd drove the sea with a strong east wind [(the strongest of the winds)] all the night, and He made the sea into dry land, and the waters [of all the world] were split.


###### Exodus 14:22
[Exodus 14:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:22)

וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּ֖ם בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה וְהַמַּ֤יִם לָהֶם֙ חוֹמָ֔ה מִֽימִינָ֖ם וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The B’nei Yisrael went into the midst of the sea on dry land. The waters were like a wall to them, to their right and to their left.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And 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.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the children of Israel came in the midst of the sea on the dry land. And the water was to them a wall, on their right and on their left.


###### Exodus 14:23
[Exodus 14:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:23)

וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם כֹּ֚ל ס֣וּס פַּרְעֹ֔ה רִכְבּ֖וֹ וּפָרָשָׁ֑יו אֶל־תּ֖וֹךְ הַיָּֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The Egyptians pursued and followed them—all of Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots and his cavalry—into the middle of the sea.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Miżrayim pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Par῾o’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Egypt pursued and came behind them, all horse of Pharaoh [i.e., all of his horses being regarded as (only) one in the eyes of the L-rd], his chariot and his riders into the midst of the sea.


###### Exodus 14:24
[Exodus 14:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:24)

וַֽיְהִי֙ בְּאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת הַבֹּ֔קֶר וַיַּשְׁקֵ֤ף יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מַחֲנֵ֣ה מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּעַמּ֥וּד אֵ֖שׁ וְעָנָ֑ן וַיָּ֕הׇם אֵ֖ת מַחֲנֵ֥ה מִצְרָֽיִם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
It was the morning watch [the end of the night] Adonoy gazed down at the Egyptians camp through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He caused panic in the Egyptian camp.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked to the camp of Miżrayim through the pillar of fire and of the cloud and brought confusion into the camp of Miżrayim.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was in the morning watch that the L-rd looked to the camp of Egypt [to destroy it] with a pillar of fire and cloud [(The pillar of cloud rendered the sea-bed clay, and the pillar of fire made it so hot that the horses' hooves fell off)], and He confounded the camp of Egypt.


###### Exodus 14:25
[Exodus 14:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:25)

וַיָּ֗סַר אֵ֚ת אֹפַ֣ן מַרְכְּבֹתָ֔יו וַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֖הוּ בִּכְבֵדֻ֑ת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מִצְרַ֗יִם אָנ֙וּסָה֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה נִלְחָ֥ם לָהֶ֖ם בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He removed the wheels of their chariots and made them move heavily [clumsily]. The Egyptians said, “Let us flee the [B’nei] Yisrael, for Adonoy is fighting for them against Egypt.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he took off their chariot wheels, that they drove heavily: so that Miżrayim said, Let us flee from the face of Yisra᾽el; for the Lord fights for them against Miżrayim.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He removed their chariot wheels [(They were burnt off, the chariots jolted, and the drivers were broken)], and He led them with [the measure of] hardness, [measure for measure for their hardness (9:34)]. And Egypt said: I shall flee from before Israel; for the L-rd wars for them against the Egyptians.


###### Exodus 14:26
[Exodus 14:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:26)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה נְטֵ֥ה אֶת־יָדְךָ֖ עַל־הַיָּ֑ם וְיָשֻׁ֤בוּ הַמַּ֙יִם֙ עַל־מִצְרַ֔יִם עַל־רִכְבּ֖וֹ וְעַל־פָּרָשָֽׁיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Extend your hand over the sea, and the water will come back over the Egyptians, [over] their chariots and their cavalry.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord said to Moshe, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon Miżrayim, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd said to Moses: Stretch forth your hand over the sea so that the waters [standing like a wall] return [to their place] upon Egypt, upon its chariot, and upon its riders.


###### Exodus 14:27
[Exodus 14:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:27)

וַיֵּט֩ מֹשֶׁ֨ה אֶת־יָד֜וֹ עַל־הַיָּ֗ם וַיָּ֨שׇׁב הַיָּ֜ם לִפְנ֥וֹת בֹּ֙קֶר֙ לְאֵ֣יתָנ֔וֹ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם נָסִ֣ים לִקְרָאת֑וֹ וַיְנַעֵ֧ר יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶת־מִצְרַ֖יִם בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe extended his hand over the sea, and, toward morning, the sea returned to its strength while the Egyptians were fleeing toward it. Adonoy overturned the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and Miżrayim fled towards it; and the Lord overthrew Miżrayim in the midst of the sea.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses stretched forth his hand upon the sea, and the sea returned towards morning to its [original] strength, and Egypt [in distraction] fled towards it, and the L-rd shook out Egypt into the midst of the sea.


###### Exodus 14:28
[Exodus 14:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:28)

וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ הַמַּ֗יִם וַיְכַסּ֤וּ אֶת־הָרֶ֙כֶב֙ וְאֶת־הַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים לְכֹל֙ חֵ֣יל פַּרְעֹ֔ה הַבָּאִ֥ים אַחֲרֵיהֶ֖ם בַּיָּ֑ם לֹֽא־נִשְׁאַ֥ר בָּהֶ֖ם עַד־אֶחָֽד׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The waters returned and covered the chariots, and the cavalry, including Pharaoh’s entire army which had followed them into the sea. Not one of them remained [alive].

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Par῾o that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the waters returned and covered the chariot and the riders of all the host of Pharaoh that came after them in the sea; not so much as one remained of them.


###### Exodus 14:29
[Exodus 14:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:29)

וּבְנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הָלְכ֥וּ בַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה בְּת֣וֹךְ הַיָּ֑ם וְהַמַּ֤יִם לָהֶם֙ חֹמָ֔ה מִֽימִינָ֖ם וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The B’nei Yisrael walked on dry land in the midst of the sea. For them the waters were a wall to their right and to their left.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
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.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the children of Israel walked on the dry land in the midst of the sea. And the water was to them a wall, on their right and on their left.


###### Exodus 14:30
[Exodus 14:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:30)

וַיּ֨וֹשַׁע יְהֹוָ֜ה בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֛וּא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִיַּ֣ד מִצְרָ֑יִם וַיַּ֤רְא יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־מִצְרַ֔יִם מֵ֖ת עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיָּֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
On that day Adonoy delivered [B’nei] Yisrael from the hand of Egypt. [B’nei] Yisrael saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus the Lord saved Yisra᾽el that day out of the hand of Miżrayim; and Yisra᾽el saw Miżrayim dead upon the sea shore.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd saved Israel on that day from the hand of Egypt, and Israel saw Egypt dead on the shore of the sea, [the Egyptians having been cast up there so that Israel not say: Just as we came up on this side, so they came up on another side and will pursue us].


###### Exodus 14:31
[Exodus 14:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/14:31)

וַיַּ֨רְא יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־הַיָּ֣ד הַגְּדֹלָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם וַיִּֽירְא֥וּ הָעָ֖ם אֶת־יְהֹוָ֑ה וַֽיַּאֲמִ֙ינוּ֙ בַּֽיהֹוָ֔ה וּבְמֹשֶׁ֖ה עַבְדּֽוֹ׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
[B’nei] Yisrael saw the great hand which Adonoy wielded against Egypt. The people feared Adonoy, and believed in Adonoy and [that] Moshe [was] His servant.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yisra᾽el saw that great work which the Lord did upon Miżrayim: and the people feared the Lord, and believed in the Lord, and in his servant Moshe.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Israel saw the great hand by which the L-rd wrought against Egypt, and the people feared the L-rd, and they believed in the L-rd and in Moses, His servant.