Exodus 13:17

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”

Cross References (11)

  • Exodus 14:11–12 (10)

    They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What h

  • Nehemiah 9:17 (9)

    They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appoi

  • Numbers 14:1–4 (8)

    Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.

  • Luke 14:27–32 (7)

    And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

  • 1 Kings 8:47 (5)

    and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land

  • Acts 7:39 (5)

    But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

  • Deuteronomy 20:8 (4)

    Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so t

  • Acts 15:38 (3)

    But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the

  • Exodus 16:2–3 (3)

    And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

  • Deuteronomy 17:16 (3)

    But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the L

  • Judges 7:3 (2)

    Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the men: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gile