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Exodus 13:18 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 18. 18But God led 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.
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Role in This Section
Exodus 13:18 marks the unit's continuing step with “But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went…,” which must be read through 13:17–22.
Read It With
- Exodus 13:17–22
Read Exodus 13:18 with 13:17–22. Exodus 13:18 marks the unit's continuing step with “But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went…,” which must be read through 13:17–22. The whole unit shows: God avoids the Philistine route, Israel carries Joseph's bones, and cloud and fire lead day and night toward the wilderness by the sea.
Why It Needs Context
Exodus 13:18 marks the unit's continuing step with “But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went…,” which must be read through 13:17–22. Its force depends on 13:17–22; detached from “God Leads by a Longer Way,” the words “But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went…” could be mistaken for a complete command, promise, judgment, explanation, or doctrine.
Continue in Context
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Read Exodus 13:17–22 — God Leads by a Longer WaySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Exodus 13:17–22, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Exodus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech, law, ritual vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Exod.xml, words and morphology for 13:17–22
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