Thursday, May 31, 2018

Detailed Facts Behind The Map Of The Exodus From Egypt

By Cynthia Schmidt


For over the years, many believers have been in a smug of disbelief about the dating of a thrust of the Israelite out of Egypt to their promised land of Canaan. Many researchers have toiled tirelessly to sketch out the map of the Exodus from Egypt. The realm of Exodus has been the founding myth of Jewish people which is referenced in the books of Torah. The mapping tells of all the fate that befell the children of Israel in their captivity in Egypt, their liberation and the proceeding havoc in the wilderness of Sin.

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.

The Lord chose Moses to lead the Israelites where he was helped by Aaron who was his spokesman and Joshua. After the celebration of plenty harvest at Sukkoth which was their first camp station, the Lord guided them with a pillar of cloud and a pillar of magnificent fire during the night time. They fervently embraced the motive of their freedom which contributed to their quick arrival at the Nile delta.

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.

Soon afterwards, they entered the wilderness of sin where the Lord supplied them with manna and quail to feed them. During that period, they fought with Amalekites at Rephidim where they attained victory with the help of Yahweh. Then they camped at Mount Sinai for thanksgivings over the victory, and finally, the Lord revealed the Ten Commandments to them.

At the plane lands of Sinai, they constructed the makeshift dwellings that acted as worshipping grounds and portrayed the presence of Yahweh. Those temporary structures were used for holistic purposes. However, the Israelite community bulged in numbers and became unmanageable by Moses due to the tyranny of numbers thus other elders were called by the Lord to help him.

Finally, the passed the lands of Esau and Ammonites harmoniously as the Lord had commanded them. Then Moses sent spies to the Promised Land at Kadesh oasis, but due to the feedback brought, many refused to proceed forcing the Israelites to station there for many years. At the Mount of Nebo, he delivered his last religious discourses before the grounds swallowed him. The other Israelites entered the Promised Land after crossing river Jordan and possessing the city of Jericho.

The map of exodus was beyond the wits of man as the children of Israel took a long time in it. The scriptures about it were written by many authors during the Before Christ period as it was previously passed from generation to another through oral narratives before its documentation.




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