Deuteronomy 9:5

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Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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

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Places in this passage

Deuteronomy 9:5 mentions Egypt, Jordan, Kadesh-barnea, Massah and Mount Horeb.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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