18 Hence God made the people go round about by the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea.+ But it was in battle formation* that the sons of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt.+

22 Later Moses caused Israel to depart from the Red Sea and they went out to the wilderness of Shur+ and marched on for three days in the wilderness, but they did not find water.+

2 And you must remember all the way that Jehovah your God made you walk these forty years in the wilderness,+ in order to humble you,+ to put you to the test+ so as to know what was in your heart,+ as to whether you would keep his commandments or not.

15 who caused you to walk through the great and fear-inspiring wilderness,+ with poisonous* serpents+ and scorpions* and with thirsty ground that has no water; who brought forth water for you out of the flinty rock;+

12 And by a pillar of cloud you led them by day,+ and by a pillar of fire by night,+ to light+ up for them the way in which they should go.