Exodus 33:12

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Moses said to Yahweh, "Behold, you tell me, 'Bring up this people:' and you haven't let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.'

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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 of Israel’s slavery, from which the Lord had redeemed them, making Moses’ plea for continued guidance especially urgent. Mount Horeb, also called Sinai, was the covenant mountain where Israel received God’s law; there Moses interceded after Israel’s sin

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Exodus 33:12 mentions Egypt and Mount Horeb.

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