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Exodus 13:17Exod.13.17

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not [through] the way of the land of the Philistines, although that [was] near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Lorsque Pharaon laissa aller le peuple, Dieu ne le conduisit point par le chemin du pays des Philistins, quoique le plus proche; car Dieu dit: Le peuple pourrait se repentir en voyant la guerre, et retourner en Egypte.

KJV

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not [through] the way of the land of the Philistines, although that [was] near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 202 (Migne)

    consurgere et reverteretur in Aegyptum, sed circumduxit per viam deserti quae est juxta mare Rubrum (Exod. XIII, 17) . Satis plane in hoc exemplo edocemur, quod prius panis conspersus vel unctus et postea ad Domini obedientiam conversis apponitur. In suavitate namque spiritus qua…

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