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What does Exodus 14:15 mean?

"Yahweh said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward."

— Exodus 14:15 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

12

Isn’t this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?’ For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

13

Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again.

14

Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

15

Yahweh said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.

16

Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go into the middle of the sea on dry ground.

17

Behold, I myself will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them: and I will get myself honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.

18

The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.”

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