Then he said to them, “So may the Lord be with you, when I let you and your little ones go! Watch out, for evil is on your mind!

God Leads the People

Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, “The people might change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.”