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Title: | The Exodus Route: From the Red Sea to Mt. Sinai |
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Body: | The Exodus Route: The Route from the Red Sea to Mount Sinai Click to View Exodus Route home page Click to View Miracles of the Exodus and Red Sea Crossing Click to View Travel times, distances, days of the week Click to View Excluded Exodus Routes: Nuweiba Beech, Bitter lakes, Gulf of Suez, Mt. Musa, Mt. Karkom, Ein el-Qudeirat. Click to View Overview map (Click on photo for high resolution) Click to View Satellite map (Click on photo for high resolution) Click to View The 10 stops to Mt. Sinai Click to View Wilderness of Shur Click to View Marah Click to View Elim Click to View Red Sea Camp Click to View Wilderness of Sin Click to View Dophkah Click to View Alush Click to View Rephidim (Meribah) Click to View Wilderness of Sinai Click to View Mt. Sinai Introduction: After crossing the Red Sea at the Straits of Tiran, Israel entered the Wilderness of Shur. The Wilderness of Shur is the home turf of both the Ishmaelites and the Midianites and is one of the few places of the 50 exodus locations we know for sure. This also places Mt. Sinai in modern Saudi Arabia. A. Overview of distances and travel times: After crossing the Red Sea, the daily rate of travel slowed down a bit. We would expect this, since they did not fear Egypt any more. They traveled each day, except for 8 days in the Wilderness of Sin to be introduced for the first time to the weekly Sabbath and the first giving of Manna. The only other place they stopped was four days at Rephidim (Meribah) when the Amalekites attacked one stop before reaching Mt. Sinai. More details: Travel times, distances, days of the week Trip Distance Total days Camp days Travel days Daily rate of travel Double back distance from the camp by the Red Sea at the crossing point to Etham and back again (30 km x 2) 60 km - - - - Goshen to Sinai (including Etham double back) 750 km 47 18 29 26 km/day Goshen to Red Sea (including Etham double back) (8 days camped at red sea) 490 km 24 7 17 29 km/day Red Sea to Sinai (Camp days: 7 days in wilderness of Sin, 3 days at Rephidim, 1 sabbath) 260 km 22 11 11 23 km/day On day 15 a message from Pharaoh's military "Migdol" to Egypt by homing pigeon at 80 km/hour (average speed is 100 km/hour): "They are moving aimlessly and the wilderness at Etham has shut them in." 400 km 5 hours 4 hours - - 80 km/hr. 100 km/hr. Day 16 Pharaoh's army begin pursued Israel with horses and 600 choice chariots (and other standard chariots for a total perhaps of 1000-2000) from Egypt to where the pillar of fire stopped them at the Migdol. (Exodus 14:6-9) 435 km 7 0 7 62 km/day Herodotus (450 BC): Mediterranean to Gulf of Suez 150 km 4 - - 38 km/day B. Calculating the days of the week between the Red Sea and Mt. Sinai: We believe with some level of confidence, that we have enough information to actually calculate the days of the week for the journey between the Red Sea and Mt. Sinai. Jewish tradition (recent, not ancient) states that the giving of the Law on Mt. Sinai was given on Pentecost. We know they departed Goshen on passover (Nisan 14) and the Bible says they arrived at Sinai in 44 days. They were then told to prepare themselves for three days when God would "dawn from Edom upon Sinai". Although we cannot trace this Jewish tradition very far back in history, it is very likely correct. So using this time table, we can reverse the journey and decipher the days of the week until we reach the crossing at the Red Sea. Pentecost always falls on a Sunday. Three days in wilderness of Shur after crossing the Red Sea, (Exodus 15:22) and two more days for Elim and the camp at the sea. (Num 33:10-11). More details: Travel times, distances, days of the week C. Calculating distances between stops: Red Sea to Sinai Bible texts Day # from Red Sea weekday distance from last stop Crossing Red sea: Day 25 0 Sunday 19 km Wilderness of Shur Marah Day 25-28 bitter waters: Exodus 15:22-23; Num 33:8; Luke 13:32 3 Sun - Tues 67 km Elim Day 29 12 springs, 70 palms 4 Wednesday 15 km Red Sea Camp Day 30 5 Friday 18 km Wilderness of Sin Day 31-39 Exodus 16:1 tells us they arrived on the 15th day of 2nd month. 6-14 Saturday - Sunday (8 days) Manna came first on Sunday, day 7 20 km Dophkah Day 40 Journeyed in stages between Sin and Rephidim: Ex 17:1 15 Monday 24 km Alush Day 41 Journeyed in stages between Sin and Rephidim: Ex 17:1 16 Tuesday 17 km difficult terrain Rephidim (Meribah) Fought Amalekites, Jethro's council) Day 42-44 Exodus 17:1-9; 18:27 17-19 Wednesday- Friday 30 km Sabbath in Rephidim Day 45 20 Saturday 0 Wilderness of Sinai Day 47 Exodus 19 22 Monday 38 km By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click to View Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA |