Numbers 16:7

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and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom Yahweh does choose, he [shall be] holy: you take too much on you, you sons of Levi.

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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 slavery before the exodus, from which God delivered them under Moses’ leadership. In this dispute, Korah’s party invokes Egypt sarcastically as a “land flowing with milk and honey,” accusing Moses of failing to bring them into the promised land.

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Numbers 16:7 mentions Egypt.

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