Exo 13:18 | TNotes | STEP | 13:18 roundabout way: There is disagreement among scholars about the identification of some of the sites mentioned (13:20 ; 14:2 ), so there is little consensus about the precise route the Israelites took. • Red Sea: Literally sea of reeds. The Red Sea proper is too far south. The Sea of Reeds was part of the Red Sea, probably located at the northern end of the Gulf of Suez.

‏ Exodus 13:18

13:18 ^a roundabout way: There is disagreement among scholars about the identification of some of the sites mentioned (13:20 ^b; 14:2 ^c), so there is little consensus about the precise route the Israelites took.

• Red Sea: Literally sea of reeds. The Red Sea proper is too far south. The Sea of Reeds was part of the Red Sea, probably located at the northern end of the Gulf of Suez.