1. These were the stages of the Israelites’ journey when they went out of the land of Egypt by their military divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
2. At the Lord’s command, Moses wrote down the starting points for the stages of their journey; these are the stages listed by their starting points:
3. They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month. On the day after the Passover the Israelites went out triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians.