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Exodus 13:18

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but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.

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

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Egypt was the land where Israel had been enslaved under Pharaoh and from which God delivered them in the exodus. In this passage, leaving Egypt marks Israel’s transition from bondage to a divinely guided journey toward the promised land, though by a longer wilderness route.

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Exodus 13:18 mentions Egypt.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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