5. When Pharaoh (the king of Egypt) was told that the people had fled, he and his officials changed their minds about them. They said, “What have we done? We’ve lost our slaves because we’ve let Israel go.”
6. So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his army with him.
7. He took 600 of his best chariots as well as all the other chariots in Egypt, placing an officer in each of them.
8. The Lord made Pharaoh (the king of Egypt) so stubborn that he pursued the Israelites, who were boldly leaving Egypt.