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Exodus 33:2

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I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

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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 delivered them; Mount Horeb, another name for Sinai in the wilderness, was where God covenanted with Israel and gave the law. In this passage, God promises to send an angel before them from Horeb toward the land pledged to their ancestors.

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Exodus 33:2 mentions Egypt and Mount Horeb.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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