The Near Road and the First War Pressing on the Second

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 226:7

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·

Another interpretation: "for it was near" (Exodus 13:17). Near was the first war to the second. [Had Israel taken the short road, the first battle would have come hard upon a second, leaving them no respite.]

Themes

WarRedemptionEgypt

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