The Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Exodus 14:13 breaks Israel into four factions at the edge of the sea. Not "the people" united, but four parties, each with its own plan.
The first said: Let us go down into the sea. Better drowning than recapture.
The second said: Let us return into Mizraim. Better slavery than death.
The third said: Let us set against them the line of battle. Better to die fighting.
The fourth said: Let us raise a cry against them, and confound them. Better to scream our way out.
Four parties. Four panics. And Moses, astonishingly, has a separate answer for each.
To the ones who wanted to drown, Moses says: "Fear not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which will be wrought for you today." You do not need to rush into the water. Wait.
To the ones who wanted to return to Egypt, Moses says: "You shall not return; for, though you see the Mizraee today, you will see them no more for ever." This is the end of Egypt in your life. You are going forward, never back.
The Targum's fourfold analysis is a masterclass in leadership. A panicking people is never one thing. A leader who treats them as one mind will lose them. Moses diagnoses four different fears and answers four different fears. Only then can the nation move.
Takeaway: the Targum teaches that leadership is listening to every faction of fear and answering each one in its own language.