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Exodus 14:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving "
Exodus 14:5
Verse in Context
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3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did
5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving
6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people
7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains
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Exodus 14:1
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Exodus 14:2
"Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea."
Exodus 14:3
"For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in."
Exodus 14:4
"And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did"
Exodus 14:6
"And he made ready his chariot, and took his people"
Exodus 14:7
"And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains"
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