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He caused the wheels of their chariots to break off, so that they could move only with difficulty. The Egyptians said, " Adonai is fighting for Isra'el against the Egyptians! Let's get away from them!"

But the people of Isra'el walked on dry ground in the sea, with the water walled up for them on their right and on their left.

Then Moshe and the people of Isra'el sang this song to Adonai : "I will sing to Adonai , for he is highly exalted: the horse and its rider he threw in the sea.

For the horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and with his cavalry into the sea, but Adonai brought the sea waters back upon them, while the people of Isra'el walked on dry land in the midst of the sea!"

as Miryam sang to them: "Sing to Adonai , for he is highly exalted! The horse and its rider he threw in the sea!"

Moshe cried to Adonai ; and Adonai showed him a certain piece of wood, which, when he threw it into the water, made the water taste good. There Adonai made laws and rules of life for them, and there he tested them.

Adonai said to Moshe, "Here, I will cause bread to rain down from heaven for you. The people are to go out and gather a day's ration every day. By this I will test whether they will observe my Torah or not.

and in the morning, you will see Adonai 's glory. For he has listened to your grumblings against Adonai — what are we that you should grumble against us?"

Moshe said to Aharon, "Say to the whole community of Isra'el, ‘Come close, into the presence of Adonai , for he has heard your grumblings.'"

Here is what Adonai has ordered: each man is to gather according to his appetite — each is to take an ‘omer [two quarts] per person for everyone in his tent."

He told them, "This is what Adonai has said: ‘Tomorrow is a holy Shabbat for Adonai . Bake what you want to bake; boil what you want to boil; and whatever is left over, set aside and keep for the morning.'"

Moshe said, "Today, eat that; because today is a Shabbat for Adonai — today you won't find it in the field.

Look, Adonai has given you the Shabbat. This is why he is providing bread for two days on the sixth day. Each of you, stay where you are; no one is to leave his place on the seventh day."

The people of Isra'el ate man for forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate man until they arrived at the borders of the land of Kena‘an.

(vii) The whole community of the people of Isra'el left the Seen Desert, traveling in stages, as Adonai had ordered, and camped at Refidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.

However, the people were thirsty for water there and grumbled against Moshe, "For what did you bring us up from Egypt? To kill us, our children and our livestock with thirst?"

Moshe said to Y'hoshua, "Choose men for us, go out, and fight with ‘Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with God's staff in my hand."

and said, "Because their hand was against the throne of Yah, Adonai will fight ‘Amalek generation after generation." Haftarah B'shallach: Shof'tim (Judges) 4:4–5:31 (A); 5:1–31 (S) B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah B'shallach: Luke 2:22–24; Yochanan (John) 6:25–35; 19:31–37; 1 Corinthians 10:1–13; 2 Corinthians 8:1–15; Revelation 15:1–4

Now Yitro the priest of Midyan, Moshe's father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for Moshe and for Isra'el his people, how Adonai had brought Isra'el out of Egypt.

The name of the one son was Gershom, for Moshe had said, "I have been a foreigner in a foreign land."