The Pillar That Led Them: Exodus 13:17-22
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter.
Freedom came. The Israelites marched out of Egypt—not as slaves but as a people. Six hundred thousand men on foot, plus women and children. Flocks and herds. A vast assembly moving.
God chose their route. The short road went through Philistine territory. God said no.
For God said, If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.
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