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The Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

He clogged their chariot wheels so that they turned with difficulty. The Egyptians said, "Let us flee from the Israelites, for the Lord is fighting for them against Egypt."

But the Israelites walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord : "I will sing to the Lord , for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.

And Miriam sang to them: "Sing to the Lord , for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea."

He cried out to the Lord ; and the Lord showed him a piece of wood; he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the Lord made for them a statute and an ordinance and there he put them to the test.

He said, "If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his sight, and give heed to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will not bring upon you any of the diseases that I brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you."

The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger."

Then the Lord said to Moses, "I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that day. In that way I will test them, whether they will follow my instruction or not.

and in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord , because he has heard your complaining against the Lord . For what are we, that you complain against us?"

Then Moses said to Aaron, "Say to the whole congregation of the Israelites, ‘Draw near to the Lord , for he has heard your complaining.'"

When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.

This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather as much of it as each of you needs, an omer to a person according to the number of persons, all providing for those in their own tents.'"

Moses said, "Eat it today, for today is a sabbath to the Lord ; today you will not find it in the field.

See! The Lord has given you the sabbath, therefore on the sixth day he gives you food for two days; each of you stay where you are; do not leave your place on the seventh day."

As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the covenant, for safekeeping.

From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

But the people thirsted there for water; and the people complained against Moses and said, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?"

Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some men for us and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."

Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.