Before the Israelites crossed the sea, the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. Pharaoh will think the Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert. And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them.” The Israelites listened. The Egyptians troops pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth. They Israelites were terrified and cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, “Leave us alone, let us serve the Egyptians?”” Moses