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This map shows the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land under the leadership of Moses. The Nile Delta was a triangular area of marshland about 150 miles from north to south, from Memphis to the Mediterranean, and about 150 - 200 miles wide. Upper Egypt was a bit further south from Lower Egypt, starting at Memphis (bottom of ...
It is most likely that Munster was influenced by Abraham Ortelius who always drew the Red Sea as a single finger of water. 1590 AD: Petrus Plancius. This is one of the few maps that places Ezion Geber on the Red Sea when the Gulf of Aqaba is missing. Kadesh is stop 33 of the exodus route and is transjordan.
Exodus 14:1-2 - And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. Exodus 14:21-22 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east ...
Map 1. Proposed Exodus Route Across the Sinai Peninsula. Click to enlarge. En route to Arabia, (Exod. 13:20; 14:2), Moses received a divine command in Etham to turn from the path that lead to the head of the gulf and, instead, enter the wilderness to encamp somewhere on its shore. The only accessible and sizeable beachhead lies near the ...
Jan 1, 2021 · It may come as a surprise to many students of the Bible that in the original Hebrew text the body of water the Israelites crossed when leaving Egypt is called yam suph, “Sea of Reeds,” not Red Sea (Ex 15:4, 22; Dt 11:4; Jos 2:10; 4:23; 24:6; Neh 9:9; Ps 106:7, 9, 33; 136:13, 15). Unfortunately, yam suph has been rendered “Red Sea” in ...
The Crossing of the Red Sea or Parting of the Red Sea ( Hebrew: קריעת ים סוף, romanized : Kriat Yam Suph, lit. "parting of the sea of reeds") [1] is an episode in the origin myth of The Exodus in the Hebrew Bible . It tells of the escape of the Israelites, led by Moses, from the pursuing Egyptians, as recounted in the Book of Exodus. [2]
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. Rameses (Goshen), Ezion-Geber (modern Elat) and Mt. Nemo. God has chosen for us to know only the starting, midway and ending cities. Nothing in between is known for certain.
