<P> God chooses Moses to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and into the land of Canaan , which God has promised to them . The Egyptian pharaoh , who previously said the opposite , agrees to let them go , and they travel from Ramesses to Succoth and then to Etham on the edge of the desert , led by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night . There God tells Moses to turn back and camp by the sea at Pi - hahiroth , between Migdol and the sea , directly opposite Baal - zephon . </P>
<P> God chooses Moses to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and into the land of Canaan , which God has promised to them . The Egyptian pharaoh , who previously said the opposite , agrees to let them go , and they travel from Ramesses to Succoth and then to Etham on the edge of the desert , led by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night . There God tells Moses to turn back and camp by the sea at Pi - hahiroth , between Migdol and the sea , directly opposite Baal - zephon . </P>
where did the israelites cross the red sea
where did the israelites cross the red sea
Pi - hahiroth
Pi - hahiroth