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Pi Hahiroth ... Migdol ... Baal Zephon
These are towns on Egypt's eastern border. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
You are to camp
Here the word "You" is plural and refers to Moses and the Israelites. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you)
Pharaoh will say about the Israelites, 'They are wandering in the land. The wilderness has closed in on them.'
This can be stated as an indirect quote. AT: "Pharaoh will say the Israelites are wandering in the land and the wilderness has closed in on them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations)
The wilderness has closed in on them
Pharaoh speaks of the wilderness as a person who has trapped the Israelites. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)