Exo 13:17, 14:2-4, Jos 6:2-5, Judg 7:2-8, 15:15-16, 1Cor 1:18, 27-29 | ESV | STEP | When Pharaoh let the people go , God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines , although that was near . For God said , Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt .

Exodus 13:17

Pillars of Cloud and Fire

17 When 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 14:2-4

2 “Tell the people of Israel to ^cturn back and encamp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between ^dMigdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall encamp facing it, by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, ‘They are wandering in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’ 4 And ^eI will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them, and I will ^fget glory over Pharaoh and all his host, ^gand the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.

Joshua 6:2-5

2 And the Lord said to Joshua, “See, ^hI have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor. 3 You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days. 4 Seven priests shall bear seven ⁱtrumpets of ^jrams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and ^kthe priests shall blow the trumpets. 5 And when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall down flat, ^{▼▼Hebrew under itself; also verse 20} and the people shall go up, everyone straight before him.”

Judges 7:2-8

2 The Lord said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, ^mlest Israel boast over me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’ 3 Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, ⁿ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return home and hurry away from Mount Gilead.’” Then 22,000 of the people returned, and 10,000 remained.

4 And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people are still too many. Take them down to the water, and I will test them for you there, and anyone of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ shall go with you, and anyone of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ shall not go.” 5 So he brought the people down to the water. And the Lord said to Gideon, “Every one who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself. Likewise, every one who kneels down to drink.” 6 And the number of those who lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was 300 men, but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water. 7 And the Lord said to Gideon, ^o“With the 300 men who lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hand, and let all the others go every man to his home.” 8 So the people took provisions in their hands, and their trumpets. And he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the 300 men. And the camp of Midian was below him ^pin the valley.

Judges 15:15-16

15 And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put out his hand and took it, ^qand with it he struck 1,000 men. 16 And Samson said,

“With the jawbone of a donkey,
heaps upon heaps,
with the jawbone of a donkey
have I struck down a thousand men.”

1 Corinthians 1:18

Christ the Wisdom and Power of God

18 For the word of the cross is ^rfolly to ^sthose who are perishing, but to us ^twho are being saved it is ^uthe power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:27-29

27 But ^vGod chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; ^wGod chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even ^xthings that are not, to ^ybring to nothing things that are, 29 so ^zthat no human being ^{▼▼Greek no flesh} might boast in the presence of God.