The EXODUS of Israel.
The main questions about the EXODUS and the route are:
1. What are the locations of
a. The Sea of Reed (Red sea?)
b. Succoth.
c. Etham.
d. Elim.
e. Rephidim.
c. Mount Sinai.
d. Mount Horeb.
2. How fast could Israel travel?
3. How fast did the Egyptians react in persuit?
4. Where did the Amalekites live?
5. Is Nuweiba(Red sea) the place of crossing?
EXODUS of Israel geography and timing.
Numbers 33:1-47. ; Ex. 13,14 (just compair)
1 Here are the stages in the journey of the
Israelites when they came out of Egypt by divisions under the leadership of
Moses and Aaron.
2 At the LORD’s command Moses recorded the
stages in their journey. This is
their journey by stages:
3 The Israelites set out from Rameses on the fifteenth
day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They marched
out boldly in full view of all the Egyptians, (15-1-)
4 who were burying all their firstborn, whom the
LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had brought judgment on their
gods.
5 The Israelites left Rameses and camped at
Succoth.
6 They left Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the
desert.
7 They left Etham, turned back to Pi Hahiroth, to the east of
Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol.
8 They left Pi Hahiroth and passed
through the sea into the desert, and when they had travelled
for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah.
9 They left Marah and went to Elim to
camp, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm
trees,
10 They left Elim (Wadi Garandel) and camped by
the Red Sea.
11 They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of
Sin. (15-21-)
12 They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
13 They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.
14 They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where
there was no water for the people to drink.
15 They left Rephidim ( Wadi Feiran) and camped in the Desert of
Sinai.
16 They left the Desert of Sinai and
camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.
17 They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.
18 They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
19 They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon
Perez.
20 They left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.
21 They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.
22 They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.
23 They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount
Shepher.
24 They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.
25 They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.
26 They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
27 They left Tahath and camped at Terah.
28 They left Terah and camped at Mithcah.
29 They left Mithcah and camped at Hashmonah.
30 They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.
31 They left Moseroth and camped at Bene
Jaakan.
32 They left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor
Haggidgad.
33 They left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.
34 They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
35 They left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.
36 They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh, in
the Desert of Zin.
37 They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the border
of Edom.
38 At the LORD’s command Aaron the priest went up
Mount Hor, where he died on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth
year after the Israelites came out of Egypt.
39 Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years
old when he died on Mount Hor.
40 The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the
Negev of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.
41 They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
42 They left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
43 They left Punon and camped at Oboth.
44 They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, on the border of
Moab.
45 They left Iyim and camped at Dibon Gad.
46 They left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.
47 They left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the
mountains of Abarim, near Nebo.
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| Depth of Red sea at Nuweiba- Arabia |
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| Proposed Reed sea crossing. |
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| Long travel followed by Red sea crossing? |
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| 2e long travel + Red sea crossing? |
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| Questions about Sinai travel; Red sea crossing. |
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| Long travel + Red sea crossing? |
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| Google earth close up of Reed crossing (Aardsma) |
