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17 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, even though it was nearer, because God had said, |If the people face war, they may change their minds and return to Egypt.| 18 So God led the people the roundabout way of the desert toward the Reed Sea. The Israelis went up from the land of Egypt in military formation. Exodus 13:17-18, Intl. Standard Version. Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation.
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