Exodus 13:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ And it shall be as a sign in thy hand, and as a thing hung between thy eyes, for a remembrance: because the Lord hath brought us forth out of Egypt by a strong hand.

¹⁷ And when Pharao had sent out the people, the Lord led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines which is near: thinking lest perhaps they would repent, if they should see wars arise against them, and would return into Egypt.

¹⁸ But he led them about by the way of the desert, which is by the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.