Everything You Need To Know About The Map Of The Exodus From Egypt

By Cynthia Schmidt


Since the publication of Law Books in the Bible, a sizable number of Christians have portrayed the liberation of Israelites to their freedom as a mere myth and a misconception. The map of the exodus from Egypt has been efficiently dated by theological scholars who have embraced incomparable endeavors tabulating the trail that Israelites took. This is worded in the first books of the Holy Bible that shows the destined events of slavery, independence and the suffering that faced the Israelites.

It begins after the death of all the Egyptians firstborn sons who were the tenth and the last plague that attributed the end of slavery of all the children of Israel during the harsh and autocratic leadership of Pharaoh. It is commenced at Goshen where they celebrated the feast of crossover and ends at the time the Israelites sets foot in the city of Jericho. It is traced to have taken a period of forty years of hardships in the ugly jaws of the wilderness of sin.

They were led by a patriarch who was chosen by the Lord to liberate the children of Israel from the brutalities of Egyptians. They first camped at the mid of the first month of their journey for the celebration of bumper harvest which enabled them to perform thanksgivings rituals and sacrifices. The Lord attended them symbolically in a pillar of cloud during the daytime and in a pillar of fire during the nighttime.

They then crossed the Red Sea miraculously where God separated the mighty waters of the sea to pave the way for the Israelites. This happened after they had performed the thanks-giving ceremony at the Nile Delta. This incident gave them the thrust to trek the deserts of Marah in the hope of a Promised Land. They were finally divided according to the twelve tribes of Israel at Elim campsite.

Afterwards, they trekked through the wilderness of sin where the Lord provided them with manna and quail for their nourishment. The wilderness was filled with dangerous snakes that imposed tremendous suffering to the Israelites. In it, they also fought the Amalekites and other Moabite communities who were hostile and garnered all-time triumph victory. Finally, they reached the foot of Jebel Musa mounts where they were given the Ten Commandments.

In the wilderness of Sinai, the Israelites constructed the tabernacles to show the presence of God, and according to scriptures, they made the temporary dwellings sacred for sanctification purposes. Additionally, in the same wilderness camps, seventy elders were called to help Moses govern the people as the convoy was growing bigger and bigger as time lapsed.

They lastly crossed the land of the descendants of Esau and Ammon in harmony as they were commanded by the Lord. Afterwards, Moses sends spies to the Promised Land where most of them denied entering the land thus settled at the valley of Kadesh for a long time. They finally reached mount Nebo where Moses had a scenic view of Canaan and channeled his last directives before his promotion to glory. The remaining Israelites then entered the Promised Land and possessed it.

Therefore, the historic exodus journey was documented by a vast number of authors because it took many years, an aspect that was beyond human imagination. However, Ezra was given credit as the chief composer of all the books of Torah.




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