Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
JOURNEY FROM EGYPT. (Exodus 13:17-21)
God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near, etc.—The shortest and most direct route from Egypt to Palestine was the usual caravan road that leads by Belbeis, El-Arish, to Ascalon and Gaza. The Philistines, who then possessed the latter, would have been sure to dispute their passage, for between them and the Israelites there was a hereditary feud (I Chronicles 7:21-22); and so early a commencement of hostilities would have discouraged or dismayed the unwarlike band which Moses led. Their faith was to be exercised and strengthened, and from the commencement of their travels we observe the same careful proportion of burdens and trials to their character and state, as the gracious Lord shows to His people still in that spiritual journey of which the former was typical.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Exodus 13:17:
Exodus 12:37
Exodus 13:17
Jeremiah 51:46
Micah 4:5
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