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Numbers 3:6

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"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

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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 delivered Israel in the exodus, marking the people as his redeemed covenant community. The Wilderness of Sinai was the desert region around Mount Sinai where Israel received God’s law and was organized for worship; there the Levites were set apart to assist Aaron’s priestly ministry.

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Numbers 3:6 mentions Egypt and Wilderness of Sinai.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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