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Exodus 13:17-18. By the wilderness way. Moses leads households along a broad wilderness track away from cultivated Egypt. Several able-bodied men carry simple Bronze Age spears at rest; women, children and laden donkeys travel together. No battle, no map, no signs, no Roman equipment. Bronze Age Exodus setting, not first-century staging. One 16:9 single scene. No text or lettering.
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Exodus 13:17-18

By the wilderness way

Consecrate every firstborn · Exodus 13

Story guide: God leads Israel along the wilderness route rather than the nearer road through Philistine territory.

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17When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, though it was near; for God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.”

18So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness to the Sea of Reeds, and the sons of Israel went up from the land of Egypt armed.

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