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Numbers 16:19

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Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door of the tent of meeting: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the congregation.

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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 by Moses. In this confrontation, Korah’s faction had accused Moses of bringing the people out of Egypt only to let them die in the wilderness, making Egypt a symbol of their distrust of God’s redemptive purpose.

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Numbers 16:19 mentions Egypt.

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