Deuteronomy 4:20

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But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

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Maps for this passage

The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

Historical maps are public-domain atlas plates, digitized by Wikimedia Commons.

Egypt, the land of Israel’s bondage, is called an “iron furnace,” emphasizing the severity of Israel’s oppression before the Lord redeemed them. The other places belong to the wider Transjordan and promised-land setting of Moses’

Places in this passage

Deuteronomy 4:20 mentions Arabah, Aroer, Baal-peor, Bashan, Egypt, Gilead, Golan, Jordan, Mount Hermon, Mount Horeb, Peor, Ramoth, Salt Sea and Valley of the Arnon.

Photo of Arabah — Arabah · Anastasia Pozdnyakova

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato