Verse 17

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh{H6547} had let the people{H5971} go,{H7971} that God{H430} led{H5148} them not by the way{H1870} of the land{H776} of the Philistines,{H6430} although{H3588} that was near;{H7138} for God{H430} said,{H559} Lest peradventure the people{H5971} repent{H5162} when they see{H7200} war,{H4421} and they return{H7725} to Egypt:{H4714}

Referenced Verses

  • Num 14:1-4 : 1 And all the congregation{H5712} lifted up{H5375} their voice,{H6963} and cried;{H5414} and the people{H5971} wept{H1058} that night.{H3915} 2 And all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} murmured{H3885} against Moses{H4872} and against Aaron:{H175} and the whole congregation{H5712} said{H559} unto them, Would{H3863} that we had died{H4191} in the land{H776} of Egypt!{H4714} or would{H3863} that we had died{H4191} in this wilderness!{H4057} 3 And wherefore doth Jehovah{H3068} bring{H935} us unto this land,{H776} to fall{H5307} by the sword?{H2719} Our wives{H802} and our little ones{H2945} will be a prey:{H957} were it not better{H2896} for us to return{H7725} into Egypt?{H4714} 4 And they said{H559} one{H376} to another,{H251} Let us make{H5414} a captain,{H7218} and let us return{H7725} into Egypt.{H4714}
  • Deut 17:16 : 16 Only he shall not multiply{H7235} horses{H5483} to himself, nor cause the people{H5971} to return{H7725} to Egypt,{H4714} to the end that he may multiply{H7235} horses;{H5483} forasmuch as Jehovah{H3068} hath said{H559} unto you, Ye shall henceforth{H3254} return{H7725} no more that way.{H1870}
  • Exod 14:11-12 : 11 And they said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Because there were no graves{H6913} in Egypt,{H4714} hast thou taken us away{H3947} to die{H4191} in the wilderness?{H4057} wherefore{H2063} hast thou dealt{H6213} thus with us, to bring us forth{H3318} out of Egypt?{H4714} 12 Is not this the word{H1697} that we spake{H1696} unto thee in Egypt,{H4714} saying,{H559} Let us alone,{H2308} that we may serve{H5647} the Egyptians?{H4714} For it were better{H2896} for us to serve{H5647} the Egyptians,{H4714} than that we should die{H4191} in the wilderness.{H4057}
  • Neh 9:17 : 17 and refused{H3985} to obey,{H8085} neither were mindful{H2142} of thy wonders{H6381} that thou didst{H6213} among them, but hardened{H7185} their neck,{H6203} and in their rebellion{H4805} appointed{H5414} a captain{H7218} to return{H7725} to their bondage.{H5659} But thou art a God{H433} ready to pardon,{H5547} gracious{H2587} and merciful,{H7349} slow{H750} to anger,{H639} and abundant{H7227} in lovingkindness,{H2617} and forsookest{H5800} them not.
  • Luke 14:27-32 : 27 {G2532} Whosoever{G3748} doth{G941} not{G3756} bear{G941} his{G846} own cross,{G4716} and{G2532} come{G2064} after{G3694} me,{G3756} cannot{G1410} be{G1511} my{G3450} disciple.{G3101} 28 For{G1063} which{G5101} of{G1537} you,{G5216} desiring{G2309} to{G4314} build{G3618} a tower,{G4444} doth not{G3780} first{G4412} sit{G2523} down{G2523} and count{G5585} the cost,{G1160} whether{G1487} he have{G2192} [wherewith] to complete{G535} it? 29 Lest{G3379} haply,{G2443} when he{G846} hath laid{G5087} a foundation,{G2310} and{G2532} is{G2480} not{G3361} able{G2480} to finish,{G1615} all{G3956} that behold{G2334} begin{G756} to mock{G1702} him,{G846} 30 saying,{G3754} This{G3778} man{G444} began{G756} to build,{G3618} and{G2532} was{G2480} not{G3756} able{G2480} to finish.{G1615} 31 Or{G2228} what{G5101} king,{G935} as he goeth{G4198} to encounter{G4820} another{G2087} king{G935} in{G1519} war,{G4171} will not{G3780} sit{G2523} down{G2523} first{G4412} and take counsel{G1011} whether{G1487} he is{G2076} able{G1415} with{G1722} ten{G1176} thousand{G5505} to meet him{G846} that{G3588} cometh{G2064} against{G1909} him{G846} with{G3326} twenty{G1501} thousand?{G5505} 32 Or{G1161} else,{G3361} while the other{G846} is{G5607} yet{G2089} a great way off,{G4206} he sendeth{G649} an ambassage,{G4242} and asketh conditions{G2065} of{G4314} peace.{G1515}
  • Acts 7:39 : 39 to whom{G3739} our{G2257} fathers{G3962} would{G2309} not{G3756} be{G1096} obedient,{G5255} but{G235} thrust{G683} him from them,{G683} and{G2532} turned back{G4762} in{G2588} their{G846} hearts{G2588} unto{G1519} Egypt,{G125}
  • Acts 15:38 : 38 But{G1161} Paul{G3972} thought{G515} not{G3361} good{G515} to take with them{G5126} him{G4838} who{G3588} withdrew{G868} from{G575} them{G846} from{G575} Pamphylia,{G3828} and{G2532} went{G4905} not{G3361} with them{G846} to{G1519} the work.{G2041}
  • Deut 20:8 : 8 And the officers{H7860} shall speak{H1696} further{H3254} unto the people,{H5971} and they shall say,{H559} What man{H376} is there that is fearful{H3373} and faint-hearted?{H7390} let him go{H3212} and return{H7725} unto his house,{H1004} lest his brethren's{H251} heart{H3824} melt{H4549} as his heart.{H3824}
  • Judg 7:3 : 3 Now therefore{H4994} proclaim{H7121} in the ears{H241} of the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Whosoever is fearful{H3373} and trembling,{H2730} let him return{H7725} and depart{H6852} from mount{H2022} Gilead.{H1568} And there returned{H7725} of the people{H5971} twenty{H6242} and two{H8147} thousand;{H505} and there remained{H7604} ten{H6235} thousand.{H505}
  • 1 Kgs 8:47 : 47 yet if they shall bethink{H7725} themselves in the land{H776} whither they are carried captive,{H7617} and turn{H7725} again, and make supplication{H2603} unto thee in the land{H776} of them that carried them captive,{H7617} saying,{H559} We have sinned,{H2398} and have done perversely,{H5753} we have dealt wickedly;{H7561}
  • Exod 16:2-3 : 2 And the whole congregation{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} murmured{H3885} against Moses{H4872} and against Aaron{H175} in the wilderness:{H4057} 3 and the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} said{H559} unto them, Would{H4310} that we had died{H4191} by the hand{H3027} of Jehovah{H3068} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} when we sat{H3427} by the{H1320} flesh-pots,{H5518} when we did eat{H398} bread{H3899} to the full;{H7648} for ye have brought us forth{H3318} into this wilderness,{H4057} to kill{H4191} this whole assembly{H6951} with hunger.{H7458}