Friday, June 1, 2018

An Overview On 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.

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.

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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