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So the king of Egypt saw Moses and Aaron work miracles, but the Lord made him stubbornly refuse to let the Israelites leave his country.

Tell the people of Israel that on the tenth day of this month the head of each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for his family to eat.

During that night the Lord will go through the country of Egypt and kill the first-born son in every Egyptian family. He will see where you have put the blood, and he will not come into your house. His angel that brings death will pass over and not kill your first-born sons.

That night the king, his officials, and everyone else in Egypt got up and started crying bitterly. In every Egyptian home, someone was dead.

In the future your children will ask what this ceremony means. Explain it to them by saying, "The Lord used his mighty power to rescue us from slavery in Egypt.

During the day the Lord went ahead of his people in a thick cloud, and during the night he went ahead of them in a flaming fire. That way the Lord could lead them at all times, whether day or night.

I will make the king stubborn again, and he will try to catch you. Then I will destroy him and his army. People everywhere will praise me for my victory, and the Egyptians will know that I really am the Lord . The Israelites obeyed the Lord and camped where he told them.

When the king of Egypt heard that the Israelites had finally left, he and his officials changed their minds and said, "Look what we have done! We let them get away, and they will no longer be our slaves."

The king got his war chariot and army ready.

He commanded his officers in charge of his six hundred best chariots and all his other chariots to start after the Israelites.

When the Israelites saw the king coming with his army, they were frightened and begged the Lord for help.

I will make the Egyptians so stubborn that they will go after you. Then I will be praised because of what happens to the king and his chariots and cavalry.

Moses stretched his arm over the sea, and the Lord sent a strong east wind that blew all night until there was dry land where the water had been. The sea opened up,

Moses stretched out his arm, and at daybreak the water rushed toward the Egyptians. They tried to run away, but the Lord drowned them in the sea.

Because of the mighty power he had used against the Egyptians, the Israelites worshiped him and trusted him and his servant Moses.

Moses and the Israelites sang this song in praise of the Lord : I sing praises to the Lord for his great victory! He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.

The Lord is his name, and he is a warrior!

Then she sang to them: "Sing praises to the Lord for his great victory! He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea."

Moses asked the Lord for help, and the Lord told him to throw a piece of wood into the water. Moses did so, and the water became fit to drink. At Marah the Lord tested his people and also gave them some laws and teachings.

And in the morning you will see his glorious power, because he has heard your complaints against him. Why should you grumble to us? Who are we?"