1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2. Speak to the children of Israel: Let them turn and encamp over against Phihahiroth which is between Magdal and the sea over against Beelsephon: you shall encamp before it upon the sea.
3. And Pharao will say of the children of Israel: They are straitened in the land, the desert hath shut them in.
4. And I shall harden his heart, and he will pursue you: and I shall be glorified in Pharao, and in all his army: and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so.
5. And it was told the king of the Egyptians that the people was fled: and the heart of Pharao and of his servants was changed with regard to the people, and they said: What meant we to do, that we let Israel go from serving us?
6. So he made ready his chariot, and took all his people with him.
7. And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots that were in Egypt: and the captains of the whole army.