Exodus 13:17>And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, THAT GOD LET THEM NOT THROUGH the Way of The Philistine. Although THAT WAY WAS NEAR: For God said, LEST PREADVENTURE the People REPENT WHEN THEY SEE WAR, and THEY RETURN TO EGYPT(=the house of bondage).
Exodus 13:18>But GOD LED THE PEOPLE ABOUT, through The Way of The Wilderness of the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT.
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