Deuteronomy 9:1

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Hear, Israel: you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to the sky,

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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 was the land of Israel’s slavery and deliverance; the Jordan marked the threshold into Canaan, while Kadesh-barnea, Massah, and Mount Horeb were sites of Israel’s rebellion in the wilderness. These places frame Moses’ warning that Israel’s coming

Places in this passage

Deuteronomy 9:1 mentions Egypt, Jordan, Kadesh-barnea, Massah and Mount Horeb.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

Photo of Kadesh-barnea — Kadesh-barnea · Matson Collection