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16 B’shallach – Day 1
Sh’moth 13:17-14:8
And it came to be, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that Elohim did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, though that was nearer, for Elohim said, “Lest the people regret when they see fighting, and return to Mitsrayim.”
So Elohim led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Sea of Reeds. And the children of Yisra’ěl went up in fives from the land of Mitsrayim.
And Mosheh took the bones of Yosěph with him, for he certainly made the children of Yisra’ěl swear, saying, “Elohim shall certainly visit you, and you shall bring my bones from here with you.”
And they departed from Sukkoth and camped in Ětham at the edge of the wilderness.
And YHWH went before them by day in a column of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a column of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night.
The column of cloud did not cease by day, nor the column of fire by night, before the people.
And YHWH spoke to Mosheh, saying, “Speak to the children of Yisra’ěl, that they turn and camp before Pi Haḥiroth, between Miḡdol and the sea, opposite Ba‛al Tsephon – camp before it by the sea.
“For Pharaoh shall say of the children of Yisra’ěl, ‘They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has closed them in.’
“And I shall strengthen the heart of Pharaoh, and he shall pursue them. But I am to be esteemed through Pharaoh and over all his army, and the Mitsrites shall know that I am YHWH.” And they did so.
And it was reported to the king of Mitsrayim that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people. And they said, “Why have we done this, that we have let Yisra’ěl go from serving us?”
So he made his chariot ready and took his people with him.
And he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Mitsrayim with officers over all of them.
And YHWH strengthened the heart of Pharaoh king of Mitsrayim, and he pursued the children of Yisra’ěl, but the children of Yisra’ěl went out defiantly.