Numbers 26:59

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The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

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The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

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Although Numbers 26:59 names Jochebed’s birth in Egypt, the surrounding census occurs on the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, after Israel’s wilderness journey from Sinai. These locations frame the generation poised to enter Canaan, the promised land, under God’s covenant faithfulness.

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Numbers 26:59 mentions Canaan, Egypt, Jericho, Jordan, Moab and Wilderness of Sinai.

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