Exodus 14:1

¹ The Lord spoke to Moses:

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Then the LORD gave these instructions to Moses:

GOD spoke to Moses:

And the Lord said to Moses,

Then the LORD said to Moses:

Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

¹ The Lord spoke to Moses:

¹ sn The account recorded in this chapter is one of the best known events in all of Scripture. In the argument of the book it marks the division between the bondage in Egypt and the establishment of the people as a nation. Here is the deliverance from Egypt. The chapter divides simply in two, vv. 1-14 giving the instructions, and vv. 15-31 reporting the victory. See among others, G. Coats, “History and Theology in the Sea Tradition,” ST 29 (1975): 53-62); A. J. Ehlen, “Deliverance at the Sea: Diversity and Unity in a Biblical Theme,” CTM 44 (1973): 168-91; J. B. Scott, “God’s Saving Acts,” The Presbyterian Journal 38 (1979): 12-14; W. Wifall, “The Sea of Reeds as Sheol,” ZAW 92 (1980): 325-32.