Exodus 13:17-18

Pillars of Cloud and Fire

¹⁷ When Pharaoh let the people go, God did _n not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, "Lest the people _o change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt." ¹⁸ But God _p led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt equipped for battle.

1. Cross References
   Psalms 107:7
   He led them by a straight way till they reached a city to dwell in.
   
2. Cross References
   Exodus 14:11 - 12
   They said to Moses, "Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt?
   Nehemiah 9:17
   They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.
   Numbers 14:1 - 4
   Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.
   
3. Cross References
   Exodus 14:2
   Tell the people of Israel to turn back and encamp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall encamp facing it, by the sea.
   Deuteronomy 32:10
   He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
   Numbers 33:6 - 49
   And they set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.