Exodus 9:8

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Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.

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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 ruled by Pharaoh, where Israel lived in bondage; Goshen was the Egyptian region assigned to the Israelites. In the plague narrative surrounding this verse, God distinguishes his people in Goshen from Egypt’s judgments, displaying his sovereignty over Pharaoh and Egypt’s gods.

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Exodus 9:8 mentions Egypt and Goshen.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato