Moses told the people, 'The Lord will fight for you; you need only to...'?
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Correct answer: Be still
In Exodus 14:14, Moses reassured the panicked people by telling them that the Lord would fight for them and they only needed to remain calm or be still. This emphasized that the deliverance was entirely God's work.
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