²⁸ The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea.^(A) Not one of them survived.^(B)

The Song of Moses and Miriam

15 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song^(A) to the Lord:

²¹ Miriam sang^(A) to them:

⁴⁰ But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.^[a](A)”

Wanderings in the Wilderness

2 Then we turned back and set out toward the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea,^[a](A) as the Lord had directed me. For a long time we made our way around the hill country of Seir.^(B)

⁴ what he did to the Egyptian army, to its horses and chariots,^(A) how he overwhelmed them with the waters of the Red Sea^[a](B) as they were pursuing you, and how the Lord brought lasting ruin on them.