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So he made ready his chariot and took his army with him,

And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen.

clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from before Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians."

So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.

Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord , and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.

So Moses and Aaron said to all the people of Israel, "At evening you shall know that it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less.

So they laid it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them, and it did not stink, and there were no worms in it.

So the people rested on the seventh day.

Moses said, "This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.'"

As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the testimony to be kept.

So Moses cried to the Lord , "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me."

Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink." And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.

So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."

So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

But Moses' hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

And let them judge the people at all times. Every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.

So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said.

So Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him.

So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments.