Egypt & Exodus
Wilderness Wanderings
Wilderness Wanderings is dated ≈ 1446 BC in the Modern reckoning and 1491 BC in the Traditional. It is told in Exodus 13:18–18:27. Moses, Aaron are part of it.
So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.
- a Or the Sea of Reeds
- b LXX left the land of Egypt in the fifth generation
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- ≈ 1446 BC (placed between the dated events around it)
- Traditional reckoning
- 1491 BC
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
Where: Egypt, Red Sea, Succoth, Etham, Pi-hahiroth, Migdol, Baal-zephon, Shur, Marah, Elim, Sin, Sinai, Rephidim, Horeb, Massah, Meribah (of Horeb).
Which verses connect to Exodus 13:18?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- Exodus 14:24 votes
“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
- Numbers 33:6–83 votes
They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness. They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol. …
- Deuteronomy 32:103 votes
He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
- Exodus 12:512 votes
And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
- Joshua 1:142 votes
Your wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help them,
- Psalm 107:71 vote
He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.