Exodus 13:17-21 It came to be when Pharaoh had dismissed the people, that Elohim did not guide them by way of the land of the Philistines, though it was near, for Elohim said: Lest the people should regret when they see war, and return to Egypt.

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ It came to be when Pharaoh had dismissed the people, that Elohim did not guide them by way of the land of the Philistines, though it was near, for Elohim said: Lest the people should regret when they see war, and return to Egypt. ¹⁸ Hence Elohim caused the people to turn about by the wilderness road of the Sea of Weeds. Deployed in five sections, the sons of Israel ascended from the land of Egypt. ¹⁹ And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for Joseph had adjured, yea adjured the sons of Israel, saying: Elohim shall commit, yea commit it to you, that you will bring up my bones with you from this place. ²⁰ When they journeyed from Succoth and encamped at Etham, on the fringe of the wilderness, ²¹ then Yahweh was going before them by day in a column of cloud to guide them along the way, and by night in a column of fire, to give light for them to go by day and night.