1. These were the stages by which the Israelites marched when they left the land of Egypt, according to their military units under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
2. Moses recorded the points of departure for each stage of the march at the Lord’s command. These are the stages of their march according to their points of departure.
3. They marched from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover the Israelites went out defiantly in the sight of all the Egyptians,
4. while the Egyptians were burying their oldest males, whom the Lord had killed. The Lord also executed judgments against their gods.
5. The Israelites marched from Rameses and they camped at Succoth.
6. They marched from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.
7. They marched from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.