Exodus 13:17
“It happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt;"”
About Exodus
The story of Israel's deliverance from Egypt, the giving of the Law at Sinai, and the tabernacle construction.
Old Testament • Book #2