Moses

Moses and the ExodusTime Event Pharaoh

1527 BC Moses was born Thutmose 1 (1526 – 1493 BC)

1487 BC Moses flees Egypt (Moses 40 years old)

Thutmose 2 (1493 – 1479 BC)

1447 BC Exodus (Moses 80 years old) Thutmose 3 (1458 – 1425 BC)

967 BC Solomon builds temple (480 years after Exodus)

The indicated years are the time they came to rule/power

1. 1Kings 6:1 states that Solomon began building the Temple in the fourth year of his reign, 480 years after the Exodus.

2. Most Bible scholars agree that the fourth year of Solomon's reign was 967 B.C. So the date of the Exodus can be calculated: 967 + 480 = 1447 B.C.

3. And according to history, Pharaoh Ramesses did not begin his reign until around 1290 B.C., so he couldn't have been the Exodus pharaoh.

Thutmose in Karnak

Karnak

Exodus – the problem

Sinai peninsula = Egyptian territory

Midian in Arabia

• Exodus 3– 1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his

father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

• Galatians 4:25– Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and

corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.

Midian in Arabia

Al Bad = Jethro’s home = in Midian

Exodus – the update

Start: Goshen → Succoth

• Exodus 12: 35– 37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to

Sukkoth.

Start: Goshen → Succoth

Start: Goshen → Succoth

GOSHEN

Succoth

Succoth → desert road to the Red Sea

• Exodus 13• 17 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did

not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.” 18 So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea.

Succoth → Etham

• Exodus 13• 20 After leaving Sukkoth they camped at Etham

on the edge of the desert

Desert road to Red Sea → Etham

GOSHEN

ETHAM

Succoth

Desert road to Red Sea

Etham → Pi Hahiroth• Exodus 13• 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “Tell the Israelites to

turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon. 3 Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.’ 4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So the Israelites did this.

Etham → Pi Hahiroth, Migdol, Red Sea

GOSHEN

ETHAM

SuccothSuccoth

Desert road to Red Sea

Pi Hahiroth, Migdol, Red Sea

Satellite photo – crossing site

“Mt. Horeb”

The geologic site

EGYPTARABIA

Chariot wheels? Yr 2003

Arabia side

Egypt side

4 spoke gold plated wheel

Chariot wheels

• Solomon’s memorial

Crossing to Midian