¹⁸ So God led the people by the roundabout way of the wilderness bordering the Red Sea.^[a] The Israelites went up out of the land of Egypt prepared for battle.

⁶ They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.^{(A) 7} They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.^{(B) 8} They set out from Pi-hahiroth,^[a] passed through the sea into the wilderness, went a three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah.^(C)

² “Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall camp opposite it, by the sea.^(A)

⁵¹ That very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt, company by company.^(A)

¹⁴ Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land that Moses gave you beyond the Jordan. But all the warriors among you shall cross over armed before your kindred and shall help them,