Numbers 1:32

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Of the children of Joseph, of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by thir families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, 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 God had delivered Israel in the exodus, while the Wilderness of Sinai was the desert region around Mount Sinai where Israel encamped after receiving the covenant law. In this setting, the census of Joseph’s descendants, including Ephraim, records the people God had redeemed and was ordering for their journey toward the promised land.

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Numbers 1:32 mentions Egypt and Wilderness of Sinai.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato