...their way to the promised land, it is recorded that 1 Judges i. 18. " God led them not through the way of the Philistines, although that was near ; for God...repent, when they see war, and they return to Egypt." The Philistines, however, are not numbered among the nations devoted to extermination, probably because...

...frontlets between thine eyes : for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt. 17 Т Table, before the LORD. 7 And thou shall thnt (!od led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near : for...

...fronllets between thine eyes ; for by strength of ° hand the LORD broughl us forlh out of Egypt. 17 II In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of thai God led Ihem nol through Ihe way of Ihe land of the Philistines, although that was near : for...

...briefly to present them. 1. We read in Ex. 13: 17, thut in the exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt, " God led them not through the way of the land of the...the people repent when they see war, and they return into Egypt : but God led the people about through the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea." The object...

...the desert with careful avoidance of the land of the Philistines. To quote the words of the Torah: "And it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people...of the land of the Philistines, although that was near."8 It is always near. Once progress was indeed achieved, hatred of the Jews could no longer present...

...for frontlets between thine eyes; for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.' ' And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said: 'Lest peradventure...

...is also fraught with problems. First of all, Exodus 13:17 explicidy states "God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near," which seems to preclude a northern route.68 "The way of the land of the Philistines" (derek 'eres pclistim)...

...Leaving Succoth, they eventually encamped between Migdol and the sea (14:2). God did not lead His people "through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near" (13:17). Even though that was the usual way for people to journey from Egypt to the land of Canaan,...

...FROM EGYPT A roundabout way 17When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way Gen 50:25 of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, and arm, on which were written the words which help to show God's constant presof Deuteronomy 6:4-9...

...Francisco: Harper and Row, 1988), chapter 11. 39. Genesis 18:23-33. 40. Exodus 32:10-14. 41. Exodus 13:17: "And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people...repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt." 42. Job 38-41. 43. John L. McKenzie, SJ, The Two-Edged Sword: An Interpretation of the Old Testament...