Exodus 13:17

Pillars of Cloud and Fire

17When Pharaoh let the people go, God did anot lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people bchange their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.”

Exodus 14:13

13And Moses said to the people, cFear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For dthe Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.

Numbers 14:3-4

3Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? eOur wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?” 4And they said to one another, f“Let us choose a leader and ggo back to Egypt.”

Deuteronomy 28:68

68And the Lord hwill bring you back in ships to Egypt, a journey that I promised that iyou should never make again; and there you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.”

Jeremiah 42:15-16

15then hear the word of the Lord, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: jIf you set your faces to enter Egypt kand go to live there, 16then the sword lthat you fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine of which you are afraid shall follow close after you to Egypt, mand there you shall die.

Hosea 11:5

5 nThey shall not
Or surely
return to the land of Egypt,
but pAssyria shall be their king,
qbecause rthey have refused to return to me.
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