Glancing Through the Scriptures!

(KJV.)  EXODUS 13:15-22

The Firstborn set apart.

(15)  And it came to pass when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast:  therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

(16)  And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.

(17)  And it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near, for God said,  Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt.

(18)  But 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.

(19)  And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him:  for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying,  God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

(20)  And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

(21)  And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way:  and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, to go by day and night.

(22)  He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

ADDENDUM

What was the reason why God chose to redeem the male firstborns of Israel? 

Were the Philistines a hindrance to God's purposes for the Israelites?

Can God be thoughtful of your matters?

He is God!

 

Thank you!