This is the route the Israelites followed as they marched out of Egypt under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
But the Lord sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen.
You led your people along that road like a flock of sheep, with Moses and Aaron as their shepherds.
That night the people of Israel left Rameses and started for Succoth. There were about 600,000 men, plus all the women and children.
In fact, it was on the last day of the 430th year that all the Lord’s forces left the land.
On that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt like an army.
So God led them in a roundabout way through the wilderness toward the Red Sea. Thus the Israelites left Egypt like an army ready for battle.
The Aaron and Moses named in this list are the same ones to whom the Lord said, “Lead the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt like an army.”
For I brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to help you.
At the Lord’s direction, Moses kept a written record of their progress. These are the stages of their march, identified by the different places where they stopped along the way.
“Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I brought terrible plagues on Egypt; and afterward I brought you out as a free people.
“When the Israelites were in Egypt and cried out to the Lord, he sent Moses and Aaron to rescue them from Egypt and to bring them into this land.