The Targum Pseudo-Jonathan opens one of the most astonishing passages in the entire exodus tradition. "Ye have seen what I did to the Mizraee; and how I bare you upon the clouds as upon eagles' wings from Pelusin, to take you to the place of the sanctuary, there to solemnize the Pascha; and in the same night brought you back to Pelusin, and from thence have brought you nigh, to (receive) the doctrine of My law" (Exodus 19:4).
The Hebrew speaks of being carried on eagles' wings as a metaphor. The Aramaic takes it literally — and adds an astonishing detail. On the night of the first Passover, God transported Israel on clouds from Pelusin (the Egyptian border town of Pelusium, identified by the Targum with Ramses) to the place of the sanctuary — the future Temple Mount in Jerusalem — so that they could offer the Pascha in the holy place. And then, in the same night, He brought them back.
This is Targumic imagination at its most dazzling. The sacrifice of Exodus 12 was, by this reading, not only a redemption from Egypt but a brief airlift to the site of the future Temple. The Passover was bookended by a round-trip on the clouds.
Whether literal or symbolic, the Aramaic is making a theological claim: the destination was always the sanctuary. Sinai's law pointed toward the Temple. The takeaway: the exodus was never just about leaving. It was always about arriving — at the mountain, at the law, and eventually at the holy place where covenant would have a permanent home.