Exodus 13:17 References
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Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, "aThe people might change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt."
a Exodus 14:11, Exodus 14:12, Numbers 14:1-4, Deuteronomy 17:16
Exodus 14
11
Then athey said to Moses, "Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt with us in this way, bringing us out of Egypt?
Exodus 14
12
"aIs this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians'? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness."
Numbers 14
1
Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.
2
All the sons of Israel agrumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, "bWould that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!
3
"Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, ato fall by the sword? bOur wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?"