Exodus 14:1-3

Contemporary English Version

The Israelites Cross the Red Sea

14 At Etham the Lord said to Moses:

² Tell the people of Israel to turn back and camp across from Pi-Hahiroth near Baal-Zephon, between Migdol and the Red Sea.^{[a] 3} The king^[b] will think you were afraid to cross the desert and that you are wandering around, trying to find another way to leave the country.