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Numbers 3:17

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These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

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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, marking the firstborn whom he claimed as his own. The Wilderness of Sinai was Israel’s encampment near Mount Sinai, where the Levites were counted and set apart for tabernacle service in place of Israel’s firstborn.

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Numbers 3:17 mentions Egypt and Wilderness of Sinai.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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