Numbers 1:43

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those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four 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 where Israel camped at Mount Sinai after leaving Egypt. In this setting, the census totals Israel’s fighting men as God orders the newly redeemed nation for its journey toward Canaan.

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Numbers 1:43 mentions Egypt and Wilderness of Sinai.

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