‘Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you must camp in front of Baal-zephon, facing it by the sea.
Exodus 14:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Pharaoh will say of the Israelites: They are wandering around the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, They are entangled in the land; the wilderness has shut them in. American Standard Version (1901) And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. Common English Bible Pharaoh will think to himself, The Israelites are lost and confused in the land. The desert has trapped them. Catholic Public Domain Version And Pharaoh will say about the sons of Israel, 'They have been confined by the land; the desert has enclosed them.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Pharao will say of the children of Israel: They are straitened in the land; the desert hath shut them in. |
‘Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you must camp in front of Baal-zephon, facing it by the sea.
I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. Then I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.’ So the Israelites did this.
‘ “This is what the Lord God says: Are you the one I spoke about in former times through my servants, the prophets of Israel, who for years prophesied in those times that I would bring you against them?
to do whatever your hand and your will had predestined to take place.
And when many troubles and afflictions come to them, this song will testify against them, because their descendants will not have forgotten it. For I know what they are prone to do, even before I bring them into the land I swore to give them.’
When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded the place and waited in ambush for him all that night at the city gate. They kept quiet all night, saying, ‘Let’s wait until dawn; then we will kill him.’
Investigate all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with accurate information, and I’ll go with you. If it turns out he really is in the region, I’ll search for him among all the clans of Judah.’
When it was reported to Saul that David had gone to Keilah, he said, ‘God has handed him over to me, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with barred gates.’