Numbers 1:20

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The children of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

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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 from which the LORD delivered Israel in the exodus, marking the former bondage of the people being counted. The Wilderness of Sinai, the desert region around Mount Sinai where Israel received God’s covenant and law, is the setting for this census as the nation is organized for its journey toward the promised land.

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Numbers 1:20 mentions Egypt and Wilderness of Sinai.

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