Exodus 13:17-18 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest the people sigh when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

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17 H6547 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh H5971 had let the people H7971 [H8763] go, H430 that God H5148 [H8804] led H1870 them not through the way H776 of the land H6430 of the Philistines, H3588 although H7138 that was near; H430 for God H559 [H8804] said, H5971 Lest the people H5162 [H8735] sigh H7200 [H8800] when they see H4421 war, H7725 [H8804] and they return H4714 to Egypt:

18 H430 But God H5437 0 led H5971 the people H5437 [H8686] about, H1870 through the way H4057 of the wilderness H5488 of the Red H3220 sea: H1121 and the sons H3478 of Israel H5927 [H8804] went up H2571 armed H776 from the land H4714 of Egypt.