Exodus 13:18-20

Contemporary English Version

¹⁸So he led them around through the desert and toward the Red Sea.^[a]

The Israelites left Egypt, prepared for battle.

¹⁹^(A) Moses had them take the bones of Joseph, whose dying words had been, “God will come to your rescue, and when he does, be sure to take my bones with you.”

²⁰The people of Israel left Succoth and camped at Etham at the border of Egypt near the desert.

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Footnotes

13.18 Red Sea: Hebrew yam suph, “Sea of Reeds,” one of the marshes or fresh water lakes, near the eastern part of the Nile Delta. This identification is based on Exodus 13.17—14.9, which lists the towns on the route of the Israelites before crossing the sea. In the Greek translation of the Scriptures made about 200 b.c., the “Sea of Reeds” was named “Red Sea.”