After striking Egypt with ten devastating plagues, Jehovah led his people, not on the shortest route toward the Promised Land, but down to the Red Sea, where they could easily be cornered and attacked.
Pēc tam, kad Jehova bija licis nākt pār Ēģipti desmit mocībām, viņš veda savu tautu uz Apsolīto zemi nevis pa īsāko ceļu, bet pa ceļu, kas veda gar Sarkano jūru.