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Numbers 11:34

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The name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.

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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 of Israel’s former slavery, from which the Lord had delivered them in the exodus. In this passage, the people’s craving for Egypt’s food reflects their unbelieving nostalgia for bondage, contrasting God’s provision in the wilderness with their rejection of it.

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Numbers 11:34 mentions Egypt.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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