Exodus 3:13

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Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?"

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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, the place from which God was sending Moses to deliver them. Midian, east of Egypt, was Moses’ place of exile, and Mount Horeb there was where God appeared to him and commissioned him, prompting Moses’ question about God’s name.

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Exodus 3:13 mentions Egypt, Midian and Mount Horeb.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato