the people repent: Exodus 14:11-12; Numbers 14:1-4; Deuteronomy 20:8; Judges 7:3; 1 Kings 8:47; Luke 14:27-32; Acts 15:38
return: Exodus 16:2-3; Deuteronomy 17:16; Nehemiah 9:17; Acts 7:39
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Exodus 13:17
Exodus 13:17
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