The Exodus - Exodus 13:20-16:5 The Israelites left Succoth and camped first at Etham before going toward Baal Zephon to camp by the sea (Exodus 14:2). God miraculously brought them across the sea, into the desert of Shur (Exodus 15:22). After stopping at the oasis of Elim, the people moved into the Desert of Sin (Exodus 16:1).