13:17 When Pharaoh had let the people go, God didn’t lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt”;
Moses also bound the people to a Law and its sacrifices, saying, ‘it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.’ As we have seen, God provided animal skins to cover the shame and guilt of Adam and Eve's sin. Abraham's son was also replaced with a ram and...
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