Numbers 1:21

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those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

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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 God had delivered Israel in the exodus, while the Wilderness of Sinai was the desert region near Mount Sinai where Israel camped after receiving the law. In this setting, the census recorded the men of Reuben available for Israel’s ordered service as God prepared the nation to journey toward Canaan.

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Numbers 1:21 mentions Egypt and Wilderness of Sinai.

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