Deuteronomy 1:40
But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Cross-reference
Deuteronomy 2:1
Parallel
Deuteronomy 2:1 reports the immediate obedience to this command, as they turned into the wilderness toward the Red Sea.
Numbers 14:25
Citation
Numbers 14:25 is the original record of God's command to turn toward the Red Sea, which this verse recounts directly.