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Text -- Exodus 13:17-22 (NET)
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The Leading of God
13:17 When Pharaoh released the people , God did not lead them by the way to the land of the Philistines , although that was nearby , for God said , “Lest the people change their minds and return to Egypt when they experience war .”
13:18 So God brought the people around by the way of the desert to the Red Sea , and the Israelites went up from the land of Egypt prepared for battle .
13:19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the Israelites solemnly swear , “God will surely attend to you, and you will carry my bones up from this place with you.”
13:20 They journeyed from Sukkoth and camped in Etham , on the edge of the desert .
13:21 Now the Lord was going before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them in the way , and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light , so that they could travel day or night .
13:22 He did not remove the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people .
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NET Notes: Exo 13:18 The term חֲמֻשִׁים (khamushim) is placed first for emphasis; it forms a circumstantial clause, e...
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NET Notes: Exo 13:19 The form is a Hiphil perfect with the vav (ו) consecutive; it follows in the sequence of the imperfect tense before it, and so is equal to an im...
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