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Exodus 13:20

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They took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

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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 from which the Israelites had just departed after generations of slavery under Pharaoh. Its mention frames their wilderness journey as an exodus from oppression, with God leading his people away from Egypt toward the land he promised them.

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Exodus 13:20 mentions Egypt.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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