Exodus 13:17-21 And when Pharaoh sent forth the people, God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, because it was near; for God said, Lest at any time the people repent when they see war, and return to Egypt.

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ And when Pharaoh sent forth the people, God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, because it was near; for God said, Lest at any time the people repent when they see war, and return to Egypt. ¹⁸ And God led the people round by the way to the wilderness, to the Red Sea. And in the fifth generation the children of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt. ¹⁹ And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had solemnly adjured the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here with you. ²⁰ And the children of Israel departed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham by the wilderness. ²¹ And God led them in the day by a pillar of cloud, to show them the way, and in the night by a pillar of fire.