# Exodus 13:17

> The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.

- Edition: kjv
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- Book: [Exodus](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus)
- Chapter: [Exodus 13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/13)
- License: The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.
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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: