Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you are going to see what I will do to the king. I will force him to let my people go. In fact, I will force him to drive them out of his land."

This observance will be a reminder, like something tied on your hand or on your forehead; it will remind you to continue to recite and study the Law of the LORD, because the LORD brought you out of Egypt by his great power.

This observance will be a reminder, like something tied on our hands or on our foreheads; it will remind us that the LORD brought us out of Egypt by his great power.' "

Instead, he led them in a roundabout way through the desert toward the Red Sea. The Israelites were armed for battle.

The people of Israel left Egypt on the fifteenth day of the first month of the year, the day after the first Passover. Under the LORD's protection they left the city of Rameses in full view of the Egyptians,

By his great power and strength he rescued us from Egypt. He worked miracles and wonders, and caused terrifying things to happen.

But I could not let their enemies boast that they had defeated my people, when it was I myself who had crushed them.'

How great is your constant love for me! You have saved me from the grave itself.

The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors and made the people a great nation during the time they lived as foreigners in Egypt. God brought them out of Egypt by his great power,