Exodus 13:17-19

Exodus 13:17-19

[17] And it came to pass, when Pharaoh  had let the people  go,  that God  led  them not through the way  of the land  of the Philistines,  although  that was near;  for God  said,  Lest peradventure the people  repent  when they see  war,  and they return  to Egypt:  [18] But God  the people  about,  through the way  of the wilderness  of the Red  sea:  and the children  of Israel  went up  harnessed  out of the land  of Egypt.  [19] And Moses  took  the bones  of Joseph  with him: for he had straitly  the children  of Israel,  saying,  God  will surely  my bones  away