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but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.
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God's Path is Best, Not Easiest
Commentators emphasize that God deliberately led Israel on a longer, more difficult journey. This wasn't a mistake, but the best way to prepare them for future challenges and accomplish His purposes. As Matthew Henry notes, God's way is the right way, even when it seems roundabout. This teaches us to trust God's leading, even when the path is not the easiest or most direct.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Harnessed — More probably, “marshalled” or “in orderly array.” There is not the least indication that the Israelites had been disarmed by th…
19th Century
Anglican
But God led the people about. —Or, led the people a circuit—took them, not by the direct route through Pelusium,…
16th Century
Protestant
The children of Israel went up harnessed. The word חמשים,148 chemishim, is derived from “Five,” from which some have e…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But God led the people about Instead of their going to the west, or northwest, towards Gaza and the Mediterranean sea, th…
There were two ways from Egypt to Canaan. One was only a few days' journey; the other was much farther around, through the wilderness, and that was…
