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And they journeyed from Succoth and encamped at Etham, at the edge of the desert. And Yahweh went forth before them, by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light. There then ensued a sea battle of which the Pharaoh preferred to leave no inscriptions; we know of it from the Book of Exodus: was changed with respect to the people. ... And the Egyptians pursued after them, and they overtook them encamped by the sea. ... And Yahweh drove back the sea with a strong east wind all that night, and dried up the waters; and the waters separated. And the Children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon dry ground... . At daybreak, when the Egyptians realized what had happened, the Pharaoh ordered his chariots after the Israelites. But: It came to pass at the time of the morning watch that Yahweh surveyed the camp of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud; And he stunned the Egyptian camp and loosened the wheels of their chariots, making their driving difficult. And the Egyptians said: "Let us flee from the Israelites, for Yahweh fighteth for them against Egypt." But the Egyptian ruler pursuing the Israelites ordered his chariots to press on with the attack. The result was calamitous for the Egyptians: And the waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen and all the host of the Pharaoh that was following them; not one of them remained... . And Israel beheld the great power which Yahweh had shown upon the Egyptians. The Wars of Man And the heart of the Pharaoh and his servants