Kutoka 13 : 17 Exodus chapter 13 verse 17

Ilikuwa hapo Farao alipokwisha kuwaacha watu hao waende zao, Mungu hakuwaongoza kwa njia ya nchi ya Wafilisti, ijapokuwa ilikuwa ni ya karibu; maana Mungu alisema, Wasije wakaghairi watu hawa hapo watakapokutana na vita, na kurudi Misri;
soma Mlango wa 13

It happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God didn't lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt;"