Verse 17

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh{H6547} had let the people{H5971} go{H7971}{(H8763)}, that God{H430} led{H5148}{(H8804)} them not through the way{H1870} of the land{H776} of the Philistines{H6430}, although{H3588} that was near{H7138}; for God{H430} said{H559}{(H8804)}, Lest peradventure the people{H5971} repent{H5162}{(H8735)} when they see{H7200}{(H8800)} war{H4421}, and they return{H7725}{(H8804)} to Egypt{H4714}:

Referenced Verses

  • Num 14:1-4 : 1 And all the congregation{H5712} lifted up{H5375}{(H8799)} their voice{H6963}, and cried{H5414}{(H8799)}; and the people{H5971} wept{H1058}{(H8799)} that night{H3915}. 2 And all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} murmured{H3885}{(H8735)} against Moses{H4872} and against Aaron{H175}: and the whole congregation{H5712} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Would God{H3863} that we had died{H4191}{(H8804)} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}! or would God{H3863} we had died{H4191}{(H8804)} in this wilderness{H4057}! 3 And wherefore hath the LORD{H3068} brought{H935}{(H8688)} us unto this land{H776}, to fall{H5307}{(H8800)} by the sword{H2719}, that our wives{H802} and our children{H2945} should be a prey{H957}? were it not better{H2896} for us to return{H7725}{(H8800)} into Egypt{H4714}? 4 And they said{H559}{(H8799)} one{H376} to another{H251}, Let us make{H5414}{(H8799)} a captain{H7218}, and let us return{H7725}{(H8799)} into Egypt{H4714}.
  • Deut 17:16 : 16 But he shall not multiply{H7235}{(H8686)} horses{H5483} to himself, nor cause the people{H5971} to return{H7725}{(H8686)} to Egypt{H4714}, to the end that he should multiply{H7235}{(H8687)} horses{H5483}: forasmuch as the LORD{H3068} hath said{H559}{(H8804)} unto you, Ye shall henceforth{H3254}{(H8686)} return{H7725}{(H8800)} no more that way{H1870}.
  • Exod 14:11-12 : 11 And they said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Moses{H4872}, Because there were no graves{H6913} in Egypt{H4714}, hast thou taken us away{H3947}{(H8804)} to die{H4191}{(H8800)} in the wilderness{H4057}? wherefore{H2063} hast thou dealt{H6213}{(H8804)} thus with us, to carry us forth{H3318}{(H8687)} out of Egypt{H4714}? 12 Is not this the word{H1697} that we did tell{H1696}{(H8765)} thee in Egypt{H4714}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Let us alone{H2308}{(H8798)}, that we may serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the Egyptians{H4714}? For it had been better{H2896} for us to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} the Egyptians{H4714}, than that we should die{H4191}{(H8800)} in the wilderness{H4057}.
  • Neh 9:17 : 17 And refused{H3985}{(H8762)} to obey{H8085}{(H8800)}, neither were mindful{H2142}{(H8804)} of thy wonders{H6381}{(H8737)} that thou didst{H6213}{(H8804)} among them; but hardened{H7185}{(H8686)} their necks{H6203}, and in their rebellion{H4805} appointed{H5414}{(H8799)} a captain{H7218} to return{H7725}{(H8800)} 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 of great{H7227} kindness{H2617}, and forsookest{H5800}{(H8804)} them not.
  • Luke 14:27-32 : 27 And{G2532} whosoever{G3748} doth{G941} not{G3756} bear{G941}{(G5719)} his{G846} cross{G4716}, and{G2532} come{G2064}{(G5736)} after{G3694} me{G3450}, cannot{G3756}{G1410}{(G5736)} be{G1511}{(G5750)} my{G3450} disciple{G3101}. 28 For{G1063} which{G5101} of{G1537} you{G5216}, intending{G2309}{(G5723)} to build{G3618}{(G5658)} a tower{G4444}, sitteth{G2523} not{G3780} down{G2523}{(G5660)} first{G4412}, and counteth{G5585}{(G5719)} the cost{G1160}, whether{G1487} he have{G2192}{(G5719)} sufficient to{G4314} finish{G535} it? 29 Lest{G3363} haply{G3379}, after he{G846} hath laid{G5087}{(G5631)} the foundation{G2310}, and{G2532} is{G2480} not{G3361} able{G2480}{(G5723)} to finish{G1615}{(G5658)} it, all{G3956} that behold{G2334}{(G5723)} it begin{G756}{(G5672)} to mock{G1702}{(G5721)} him{G846}, 30 Saying{G3004}{(G5723)}, This{G3754}{G3778} man{G444} began{G756}{(G5662)} to build{G3618}{(G5721)}, and{G2532} was{G2480} not{G3756} able{G2480}{(G5656)} to finish{G1615}{(G5658)}. 31 Or{G2228} what{G5101} king{G935}, going{G4198}{(G5740)} to make{G4820}{(G5629)} war{G4171} against{G1519} another{G2087} king{G935}, sitteth{G2523} not{G3780} down{G2523}{(G5660)} first{G4412}, and consulteth{G1011}{(G5736)} whether{G1487} he be{G2076}{(G5748)} able{G1415} with{G1722} ten{G1176} thousand{G5505} to meet{G528}{(G5658)} him that cometh{G2064}{(G5740)} against{G1909} him{G846} with{G3326} twenty{G1501} thousand{G5505}? 32 Or else{G1490}, while the other{G846} is{G5607}{(G5752)} yet{G2089} a great way off{G4206}, he sendeth{G649}{(G5660)} an ambassage{G4242}, and desireth{G2065}{(G5719)} conditions{G4314} of peace{G1515}.
  • Acts 7:39 : 39 To whom{G3739} our{G2257} fathers{G3962} would{G2309}{(G5656)} not{G3756} obey{G1096}{(G5635)}{G5255}, but{G235} thrust him from them{G683}{(G5662)}, and{G2532} in their{G846} hearts{G2588} turned back again{G4762}{(G5648)} into{G1519} Egypt{G125},
  • Acts 15:38 : 38 But{G1161} Paul{G3972} thought{G515} not{G3361} good{G515}{(G5707)} to take{G4838} him{G5126} with them{G4838}{(G5629)}, who{G3588} departed{G868}{(G5631)} from{G575} them{G846} from{G575} Pamphylia{G3828}, and{G2532} went{G4905}{(G5631)} not{G3361} with them{G846} to{G1519} the work{G2041}.
  • Deut 20:8 : 8 And the officers{H7860}{(H8802)} shall speak{H1696}{(H8763)} further{H3254}{(H8804)} unto the people{H5971}, and they shall say{H559}{(H8804)}, What man{H376} is there that is fearful{H3373} and fainthearted{H7390}{H3824}? let him go{H3212}{(H8799)} and return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto his house{H1004}, lest his brethren's{H251} heart{H3824} faint{H4549}{(H8735)} as well as his heart{H3824}.
  • Judg 7:3 : 3 Now therefore go to{H4994}, proclaim{H7121}{(H8798)} in the ears{H241} of the people{H5971}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Whosoever is fearful{H3373} and afraid{H2730}, let him return{H7725}{(H8799)} and depart early{H6852}{(H8799)} from mount{H2022} Gilead{H1568}. And there returned{H7725}{(H8799)} of the people{H5971} twenty{H6242} and two{H8147} thousand{H505}; and there remained{H7604}{(H8738)} ten{H6235} thousand{H505}.
  • 1 Kgs 8:47 : 47 Yet if they shall bethink{H7725}{(H8689)} themselves in the land{H776} whither they were carried captives{H7617}{(H8738)}, and repent{H7725}{(H8804)}{H3820}, and make supplication{H2603}{(H8694)} unto thee in the land{H776} of them that carried them captives{H7617}{(H8802)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, We have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}, and have done perversely{H5753}{(H8689)}, we have committed wickedness{H7561}{(H8804)};
  • Exod 16:2-3 : 2 And the whole congregation{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} murmured{H3885}{(H8735)} against Moses{H4872} and Aaron{H175} in the wilderness{H4057}: 3 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Would to God{H4310}{H5414}{(H8799)} we had died{H4191}{(H8800)} by the hand{H3027} of the LORD{H3068} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, when we sat{H3427}{(H8800)} by the flesh{H1320} pots{H5518}, and when we did eat{H398}{(H8800)} bread{H3899} to the full{H7648}; for ye have brought us forth{H3318}{(H8689)} into this wilderness{H4057}, to kill{H4191}{(H8687)} this whole assembly{H6951} with hunger{H7458}.