1 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.
3 The king will think they were afraid to cross the desert and that they are wandering around, trying to find another way to leave the country.
4 I will make the king stubborn again, and he will try to catch you. Then I will destroy him and his army. People everywhere will praise me for my victory, and the Egyptians will know that I really am the Lord.The Israelites obeyed the Lord and camped where he told them.