Exodus 14:3 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Pharaoh will think about the Israelites: 'They're trapped in the land—the wilderness has boxed them in with no way out.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God is explaining that Pharaoh will think the Israelites are helplessly trapped in the desert, setting up a situation where God can show His power.

📚 Historical Context

This occurs just after the Israelites left Egypt during the Exodus, when God deliberately led them toward the Red Sea instead of taking the shorter route to the Promised Land. Pharaoh had let them go after the tenth plague, but God knew Pharaoh would change his mind and pursue them when he saw their apparent predicament.

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Exodus 3:18

And they will listen to what you say. You and the leaders of Israel will go to the king of Egypt and tell him, 'The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness so we can offer sacrifices to the LORD our God.'

Exodus 5:1

After this, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Let my people go so they can celebrate a festival to honor me in the wilderness.'

Exodus 8:28

And Pharaoh said, 'I will let you go so that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; just don't go very far away. Please pray for me.'

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