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Exodus 5:5

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Pharaoh said, "Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens."

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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 kingdom ruled by Pharaoh along the Nile in northeastern Africa, where the Israelites were living under forced labor. In this exchange, Pharaoh treats their large population as a threat to Egypt’s labor supply and rejects Moses and Aaron’s request that they cease work to worship the LORD.

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Exodus 5:5 mentions Egypt.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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