A13203:664
[The Pentateuch]
printed by Hans Luft i.e. Johan Hoochstraten, 1530
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Than the Lord spake unto Moses saying: bid the children of Israel that they turn and pitch their tents before the entering of Hiroth between Migdole and the s• toward Baal zephon: even before that shall ye pitch upon the see. For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel: they are tangled in the land the wilderness hath shot them in. And I will harden his heart, that he shall follow after them, that I may get me honour upon Pharaoh and upon all his host. that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did even so.
THan the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge: byd the childern of Israel that they turne and pytch their tentes before the entrynge of Hiroth betwene Migdole and the s• toward Baal zephon: euen before that shall ye pytch apon the see. For Pharao will saye of the childern of Israel: they are tāgled in the lōd the wildernesse hath shott thē in. And I will hardē his harte, that he shall folowe after thē, that I maye gett me honoure vppō Pharao ād vppō all his hoste. that the Egiptians maye knowe that I am the Lorde. And they dyd euen so.
And when it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled, than Pharaoh's heart and all his servants turned unto the people and. said why have we this done, that we have let Israel go out of our service? and he made ready his chariots and toke his people with him and toke vi. hundred chosen chariots and all the chariots of Egypt and captains upon all his people. For the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt that he followed after the children of Israel which for all that went out through an high hand, And the Egyptians followed ⟨p. XXV⟩after them and overtook them where they pitched by the see, with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh and with his horsemen and his host: even fast by the entering of Hiroth before Baal Zephon. And Pharaoh drew nigh, and when the children of Israel lift up their eyes and saw how the Egyptians followed after them, they were sore a fraide and cried out unto the Lord