When Pharaoh had let the people go, GOD led them' not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near, lest they should repent when they saw war, and return to Egypt...
17Loko Faro a tshikile Vaisraele va famba, Xikwembu a xi va pfumelelanga ku famba hi ndlela yo hundza hi le tikweni ra Vafilista, hambi leswi a yi tsemakanya, hikuva a xi ehleketa leswaku loko va tshuka va hlanganile ni tinyimpi, va ta hela ntamu, va tlhelela etikweni ra Egipta.