Journey from Egypt

The journey to The Promised Land began in the city of Pi-Ramesses, located in the territory of Goshen. Instead of following trade routes north along the Mediterranean Sea, God led the people south.

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They got stuck at Etham and turned back to camp at Pi-Hahiroth, where God parted the Red Sea. The people then spent 40 years wandering in the desert. God was trying to form a new nation out of them, but the people continued to question God's provision.

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Note: Midian is the area to which Moses fled after committing murder 40 years before the Exodus. Marah and Mt. Sinai are other locations mentioned in Where the Desert Blooms.