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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.
Patterns of Evidence. “The Red Sea Miracle” and “Journey to Mt. Sinai”. Exodus Route home page. Miracles of the Exodus and Red Sea Crossing. Travel times, distances, days of the week. Excluded Exodus Routes: Nuweiba Beech, Bitter lakes, Gulf of Suez, Mt. Musa, Mt. Karkom, Ein el-Qudeirat.
Still, the Bible is clear that the sea the Israelites crossed was the “Reed Sea.” This suggests a large body of water on Egypt’s eastern border that is identified with reeds. But where was it located?
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Exodus 15:22 Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. Exodus 23:31 I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into ...
With the water dispersed, the Israelites were able to walk on dry ground and cross the sea, followed by the Egyptian army. Once the Israelites have safely crossed, Moses drops his staff, closing the sea, and drowning the pursuing Egyptians. No archaeological evidence has been found that supports a crossing of the Red Sea.
Exodus 14:13-14, ICB. We don’t know exactly where the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, which the Hebrew text calls the Sea of Reeds. Wherever the crossing took place, it involved an amount of water significant enough that the Israelites were frightened by it, and the entire Egyptian army could drown in it.
About 2/3rds of the way around this peninsula, God told Moses to lead the people off the highway and towards the Red Sea. (Exodus 14:1-3) At this point, the Israelites left the Way of Wilderness of the Red Sea and entered into a canyon leading directly to the Gulf of Aqaba arm of the Red Sea.
