1. Acts 13:20 (ESV)
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What time period does the 450 years refer to?

Acts 13:20 (ESV)

20 All this took about 450 years. And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

The 450 years most likely refers to the time in Egypt, followed by the time in the desert and the subsequent conquest of the land of Canaan.1

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