Exodus 2:14

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He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known."

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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 was enslaved and where Moses had been raised in Pharaoh’s household; the Nile, Egypt’s central river, was associated with the earlier drowning of Hebrew infants. Midian, east or southeast of Egypt, becomes Moses’ refuge after he flees Pharaoh’s threatened judgment.

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Exodus 2:14 mentions Egypt, Midian and Nile.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato