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When I defeat the king, his chariot drivers, and chariots, the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord ."

Then Moses held his hand over the sea. All that night the Lord drove back the sea with a strong east wind, making the sea become dry ground. The water was split,

So Moses raised his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea returned to its place. The Egyptians tried to run from it, but the Lord swept them away into the sea.

When the Israelites saw the great power the Lord had used against the Egyptians, they feared the Lord , and they trusted him and his servant Moses.

The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name.

He said, "You must obey the Lord your God and do what he says is right. If you obey all his commands and keep his rules, I will not bring on you any of the sicknesses I brought on the Egyptians. I am the Lord who heals you."

As long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win the fight, but when Moses put his hands down, the Amalekites would win.

Later, when Moses' arms became tired, the men put a large rock under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held up Moses' hands—Aaron on one side and Hur on the other. They kept his hands steady until the sun went down.

Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, was the priest of Midian. He heard about everything that God had done for Moses and his people, the Israelites, and how the Lord had led the Israelites out of Egypt.

Now Moses had sent his wife Zipporah to Jethro, his father-in-law,

along with his two sons. The first son was named Gershom, because when he was born, Moses said, "I am a stranger in a foreign country."

So Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Moses' wife and his two sons and went to Moses. He was camped in the desert near the mountain of God.

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. After the two men asked about each other's health, they went into Moses' tent.

Moses told his father-in-law everything the Lord had done to the king and the Egyptians to help Israel. He told about all the problems they had faced along the way and how the Lord had saved them.

Then Moses said to his father-in-law, "It is because the people come to me for God's help in solving their disagreements.

So Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.

So Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro went back to his own home.

"You must not use the name of the Lord your God thoughtlessly; the Lord will punish anyone who misuses his name.

"You must not want to take your neighbor's house. You must not want his wife or his male or female slaves, or his ox or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

If he is not married when he becomes your slave, he must leave without a wife. But if he is married when he becomes your slave, he may take his wife with him.