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So the king of Egypt turned against them. He took advantage of them and put them to work making bricks. He oppressed them and made them slaves.
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But they prayed to their god, and he sent disasters that left the Egyptians helpless. When the Egyptians drove them out of the country,
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their god dried up the Red Sea in front of them,
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and then led them along the way to Sinai and Kadesh Barnea. "The Israelites drove out all the people who lived in the southern part of Canaan,
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occupied the land of the Amorites, wiped out the people of Heshbon, crossed the Jordan River, and took possession of the entire mountain region.