Hebrews 8:13

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In that he says, "A new covenant," he has made the first old. But that which is becoming old and grows aged is near to vanishing away.

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Egypt was the land of Israel’s slavery from which God delivered them in the exodus, forming the historical setting for the covenant made at Sinai. Hebrews uses that covenantal history to contrast the old covenant, now becoming obsolete, with the new covenant established through Christ.

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Hebrews 8:13 mentions Egypt.

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