Exodus Part 3

God Leads the People

17 Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, PALESTINE even though it was near; for God said, “The people might change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.” 18 Hence God led the people around by the way of the wilderness to the [u]Red Sea; and the sons of Israel went up in martial array from the land of Egypt. 19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, “God will surely [v]take care of you, and you shall carry my bones from here with you.” 20 Then they set out from Succoth and camped in Etham on the edge of the wilderness. 21 The Lord was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might [w]travel by day and by night. 22 [x]He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. THIS REMINDS ME OF https://genius.com/Amy-grant-lead-me-on-lyrics

Footnotes

Exodus 13:2 Lit opening

Exodus 13:3 Lit slaves

Exodus 13:3 Lit strength of hand

Exodus 13:5 Lit serve this service

Exodus 13:7 Lit to

Exodus 13:7 Lit to

Exodus 13:9 Lit be for

Exodus 13:9 Lit between your eyes

Exodus 13:10 Lit days to days

Exodus 13:12 Lit cause to pass over

Exodus 13:12 Lit opening

Exodus 13:12 Lit every issue the offspring of a beast

Exodus 13:13 Lit opening

Exodus 13:14 Lit strength of hand

Exodus 13:14 Lit slaves

Exodus 13:15 Lit opening

Exodus 13:16 Lit be for

Exodus 13:16 Or frontlet-bands

Exodus 13:16 Lit between your eyes

Exodus 13:16 Lit strength of hand

Exodus 13:18 Lit Sea of Reeds

Exodus 13:19 Lit visit

Exodus 13:21 Lit go

Exodus 13:22 Or The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart

Pharaoh in Pursuit

14 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Tell the sons of Israel to turn back and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’ 4 Thus I will [a]harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” And they did so. 5 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, [b]Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” 6 So he made his chariot ready and took his people with him; 7 and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them. 8 The Lord [c]hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he chased after the sons of Israel as the sons of Israel were going out [d]boldly. 9 Then the Egyptians chased after them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon. 10 As Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel [e]looked, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord. DO WE? 11 Then they said to Moses, “Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt with us in this way, [f]bringing us out of Egypt? 12 Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘[g]Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”