²⁵ Since the Amalekites^(A) and the Canaanites^(B) are living in the valleys, turn^(C) back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.^[a](D)”

Wanderings in the Wilderness

2 Then we turned back and set out toward the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea,^[a](A) as the Lord had directed me. For a long time we made our way around the hill country of Seir.^(B)

⁴ what he did to the Egyptian army, to its horses and chariots,^(A) how he overwhelmed them with the waters of the Red Sea^[a](B) as they were pursuing you, and how the Lord brought lasting ruin on them.