The Hebrew slaves stayed in Egypt, and didn't go anywhere. When they were no longer slaves, they traveled toward the Red Sea and, after crossing it, into the Sinai Desert. They followed alternate day and night pillars of cloud and fire that led them on the preferred route, with Moses as military and administrative authority.
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