If avoiding the “Road of the Philistines” after leaving Egypt was to avoid war, then they also encountered war at the Red Sea! So what was the real reason for avoiding the short and direct road? We will see different explanations, arriving at an interesting hypothesis: The Israelites had to go through a long process in order to free themselves from dependence on Egypt, to be truly free and not slaves in spirit. That is why God led them into the desert!
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