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The Passage of the Red Sea It is necessary to endeavor to ascertain the route of the Israelites before we can attempt to discover where they crossed the sea. The point from which they started was Rameses, a place certain in the land of Goshen, which we identified with the Wadi-t-Tumeylat.
Satellite map(Click on photo for high resolution) Goshen (Ramses) Wilderness of Egypt. Succoth. Migdol. Etham. Pi Hahiroth. Baal Zephon. Straits of Tiran. The Red Sea Crossing. Introduction: We only know with certainty, three of the nearly 50 places listed in the exodus between Egypt and the Jordan 40 years later.
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- Background
- Crossing The Red Sea
- When Did The Crossing occur?
- Possible Crossing Points
- Conclusion: Where Was The Crossing Point?
During their sojourn in Egypt, the Israelites built and lived around Pithom and Raamses (Exodus 1:11). 1 These were cities in Goshen, in the eastern Delta region (figure 1) of Lower Egypt (Genesis 47:6, 11). We can be fairly certain of where they lived. However, the timing of the events immediately after they left Egypt is somewhat murky. Besides t...
On the night of the Exodus, 2 the Israelites journeyed from Rameses to a place called Succoth (Exodus 12:37). There are three places by that name in the Bible and the root word might have something to do with animal stables (c.f., Genesis 33:17 and Joshua 13:27). From Succoth, they went to Etham, “on the edge of the wilderness” (Numbers 33:6), befo...
The Red Sea crossing had to happen before the 30 th day, when they arrived at the Wilderness of Sin. But you must allow time to camp at Succoth, Pi-hahiroth (if they camped there overnight prior to the crossing, c.f. Exodus 14:9), Shur, and Elim. If they only stopped at Succoth and Pi-hahiroth before the crossing, Aqaba is excluded. But it is also ...
Option 1: Northern coastal route
One of the many shallow bays and ponds along the Mediterranean coast could have been the crossing point (figure 3), but this option runs into an immediate textual problem. Exodus plainly states that “God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near.” (Exodus 13:17) As they show in the films, computer models have demonstrated that wind “set down” can expose shallow areas if the wind blows strong enough and long enough across some bodies of water. This assumes...
Option 2: Bitter Lakes region
To the north of the Gulf of Suez are several shallow, salty lakes (figure 4). What would this area have looked like thousands of years ago? Is it possible the lakes were connected to the Red Sea? This is not necessary because they could have still been called Yam Suphif they were not. Perhaps they were deeper, or maybe a ‘lake’ that existed then has since turned into a field and the crossing point is now buried under land? Several of these lakes dried up when they built the Suez Canal. There...
Option 3: Suez
After marching for two days, the Israelites could have made it to the tip of the Gulf of Suez (figure 5). This would also have given enough time for dispatch riders to reach Pharaoh and for him to chase down the Israelites camped on the shore. Among the Red Sea/Reed Sea/Yam Suph crossing options, Suez is the shallowest about 10 m (33 ft) at Adabiya, with a gentle slope. In fact, the entireGulf of Suez is shallower than the shallowest possible crossing point in the Gulf of Aqaba. Adabiya would...
In the end, each of the potential crossing points has strengths and weaknesses. We would do well not to put too much emphasis on one when the others have not yet been fully studied. The remains of the portion of Pharaoh’s army that pursued the Israelites most likely decomposed or were buried in mud or sand. They could be deep in the Red Sea or unde...
Jan 1, 2021 · Considering recent research and that yam suph means “Reed Sea,” the Exodus crossing’s most likely location is in the Isthmus of Suez, at Ballah Lake.
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Nov 20, 2023 · Still others say the Bible teaches that the crossing was on the northeastern arm of the Red Sea across into Midian (Arabia). And that the mountain of the Lord was in Midian. Which fits the crossing story in the ancient Hebrew place names mentioned in Exodus?
Apr 20, 2022 · He argues that the crossing of the Red Sea took place near the area of the modern Suez Canal, but ultimately leaves it to readers to decide. To learn more about the location of the Red Sea crossing, read “ A Sea Change?
