Posts Tagged ‘Exodus’
Your map of the Exodus route really helped
Question: Hello, I lead a Bible study at our small church. This week, we are looking into Exodus 13-14. When reviewing the scriptures, I had a difficult time placing the route of Israel out of Egypt through the Red Sea. Several references I use placed the “cities” mentioned in Scripture in “odd” places relative to…
Read MoreNotes on the Hardening of Pharoh’s Heart
by Tommy Peeler Pharaoh’s heart was hardened (Exodus 7:13-14, 22; 8:19; 9:7, 35) Pharaoh hardened his heart (Exodus 8:15, 32; 9:34) The LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart (Exodus 4:21; 7:3; 9:12; 10:20; 11:10; 14:4, 8, 17) Describe Exodus 5 in light of these three ways of describing Pharaoh’s hardness of heart. Is God forcing Pharaoh to…
Read MoreDid the magicians know in advance what Moses planned to do?
Question: Dear sir, I read the article above. I wanted to know why the Egyptian magicians added to the problem of frogs rather than removed them. You said they could not remove them, but have given no logical explanation why they could not. In regard to the snakes you said and I quote “ All it would take…
Read MoreAgainst All the Gods of Egypt
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Against-All-the-Gods-of-Egypt.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Exodus 12:1-13 I. The descendants of Jacob moved to Egypt because of a severe famine and within a short time became slaves in that land – Genesis 15:13 A. Yet, God promised to rescue them and returned them to land promised to Abraham. B. When the time came, God raised up…
Read MoreI appreciate your concise and well thought out answer to Aaron and the golden calf
Question: Good explanation on the Aaron and the golden calf situation. I appreciate your concise and well-thought-out reply, and I feel like it resonates well. If you have any more Bible studies or any writings of yours, I’d love to see them. Answer: Thank you for your encouragement. Most of the answers on this website…
Read MoreWere the Egyptian magicians able to do real miracles?
Question: I want to know if the Egyptian magicians did real miracles or did they appear to do so by the means of a tonic to immobilize the snakes? Also did the witch at Endor really summon Samuel or was it an illusion? Answer: It might seem that the Egyptian magicians were able to do…
Read MoreThe Merneptah Stele
by David Wheeler Merenptah Stele Archaeology is a very helpful tool in establishing the existence of a place, ruler, or event. It becomes of increased interest to us when these discoveries shed light on a biblical place, figure, or event. The past three articles here have focused on those types of discoveries. The remains of…
Read MoreWill you explain Exodus 32:30 to me?
Question: Will you explain Exodus 32:30 to me? Answer: “On the next day Moses said to the people, “You yourselves have committed a great sin; and now I am going up to the LORD, perhaps I can make atonement for your sin”” (Exodus 32:30). Israel had broken the first two commandments God had given them (Exodus 20:3-4)…
Read MoreYour point that God baited Pharaoh is intriguing
Question: Good Morning, I am a pastor of a little country church. Our Sunday school lesson is about Moses, Pharaoh, and the Red Sea. I was looking for a graphic, a really good picture to illustrate the route when I found your site. I also was intrigued by the idea that God led them down the side…
Read MoreWas there a time-lapse between the plagues in Egypt?
Question: Good morning, I have always been a bit analytical, too bad it did not help me with math. My question is one that plagues me every time that I read Exodus. If all the livestock died from disease, then how could any have been around for the hail? Did a great time elapse between…
Read MoreDid the Egyptians keep Hebrew slaves?
Question: How can I prove to atheists that the Bible is true when some people claim that there were never records that the Egyptians kept Hebrew slaves? Why would there be no such records? Answer: See: Egyptian History and the Biblical Record – A Perfect Match There is evidence of Semites being used as slaves in…
Read MorePharaoh’s Hard Heart
by Matthew Bassford There are few Scriptural discussions with more doctrinal overtones than the discussion of what God does to Pharaoh’s heart in Exodus. The text does, after all, say several times, “God hardened Pharaoh’s heart.” It’s this way in every translation of the Bible I’ve ever seen. That’s the evidence. Calvinists, though, like to…
Read MoreThank you for the explanation of Exodus 4:24-26
Question: Thank you, Carey, for the explanation and for sharing your resources. It was most helpful. I’m going to read the Bible in a year this year and I came across Exodus 4:24-26, so I’m glad I found this article of yours. Answer: I’m glad you found the article useful.
Read MoreHow Long Was the Egyptian Bondage?
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HowLongWasTheEgyptianBondage.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Exodus 12:30-41 I. As Christians, we need to be prepared to make a defense – Jude 3; I Peter 3:15 A. People don’t want to follow God’s word, so they figure if they can cast doubt in one area, they can ignore the Bible in all areas. B. One way is…
Read MoreIt is refreshing to see that someone thinks that the Bible does show that Israel did cross the Red Sea
Question: It is refreshing to see that someone thinks that the Bible does show that Israel did cross the Red Sea. Thanks for posting this on the Internet. Answer: You’re welcome.
Read MoreHow long would it have taken Israel to reach Canaan if they had not wandered for 40 years?
Question: How many days would it had taken the Israelites to travel from Egypt to Canaan, instead of 40 years? Answer: If you don’t consider the two years at Mount Sinai, it took Israel about two and a half months to reach the southern edge of Canaan. See: How long did the exodus from Egypt take?
Read MoreI’m using your Exodus map
Question: Just wanted to let you know that I am using your map of the crossing of the Red Sea with the children (4-5 yr old) in class at church. Thank you ever so much for this work. Answer: I’m glad found the map useful.
Read MoreWhy are the commandments mentioned in Exodus 34 different from those mentioned in Exodus 20?
Question: I have been reading the Old Testament and I am confused as to Exodus 20 and Exodus 34 where there are two sets of the ten commandments God gave Moses. The second set is different from the first set. In Exodus 34 God said to use the same words given to Moses as it…
Read MoreDid the Hebrews hear the cries of the Egyptians when the death angel passed?
Question: Did the Hebrews hear the cries of the Egyptians when the death angel passed? Answer: “So Pharaoh rose in the night, he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead. Then he called for Moses…
Read MoreWhy did God kill all the firstborn sons of the Egyptians when it was Pharaoh who sinned?
Question: In Exodus when the firstborn sons of all Egyptians die because of Pharaoh, why did God kill all the Egyptian sons for the sin of Pharaoh? Answer: It is easy to blame the leader and forget he wasn’t the only one involved. He was by far the most prominent, but he wasn’t working alone.…
Read MoreDid the first three plagues affect all of Egypt, including Goshen?
Question: As I read Exodus 7-8, I noticed that in Exodus 8:22-23, God specifically said that He will make a distinction between the Egyptians and the Israelites that the swarming of the flies will not take place in Goshen. Since God made a point of saying that here, does that mean plagues 1-3, water turn…
Read MoreCould the Israelites have crossed the Red Sea in one night?
Question: 1. What was the approximate width of the crossing point of the Red Sea by Israelites? 2. Could that dry path created in the Red Sea be wide enough to allow all the approximately 5,000,000 Israelites to cross the sea in one night with children and luggage? Another miracle? Answer: Since we don’t know…
Read MoreWhy did Paul say Sinai was in Arabia?
Question: I am a great admirer of your well-studied responses. I wanted to ask about a comment from the question; “Could Israel crossed the Red Sea on the eastern side of the Sinai Peninsula?” In your response, you said, “Typically people wish to claim that Mount Sinai was on the Arabian Peninsula.” In Galatians 4:25…
Read MoreWhy did Aaron make the golden calf?
Question: Why did Aaron make the golden calf right after God had spoken the ten commandments to the Israelites? Answer: When confronted by Moses regarding his sin, Aaron blamed the people into pressuring him. “You know the people, that they are set on evil” (Exodus 32:22). He blamed Moses for taking too long to get…
Read MoreI appreciate your honesty in admitting you don’t know everything about Exodus 4:24-26
Question: Thank you for your explanation of Exodus 4:24-26. I appreciate your honesty in not knowing all the answers. Sometimes those people can be the ones to trust the most. The humility of the answer was awesome and I loved your last comment that we can find the answer for sure in eternity but it may…
Read MoreWould the Exodus have been a two-week walk?
Question: Also, in Deuteronomy 8:2, I heard that same preacher say that it should have been a two-week walk for their travel from Egypt, but it took them 40 years instead. A two-week walk? Answer: For one person or a nation? It took three months to get from Egypt to Sinai (Exodus 19:1-2). And then…
Read MoreHow did Israel get across land they were forbidden to travel if they came from the Sinai Peninsula?
Question: I have read in several places in the Bible where the southern border of the Promised Land is from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea (Exodus 23:31) If you look at a map you will see the Promised Land seals the Northern Sinai Peninsula from end to end. So, during the Exodus, how…
Read MoreExplaining Exodus 4:24-26
by Carey Scott “And it came to pass on the way, at the encampment, that the LORD met him and sought to kill him. Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast it at Moses’ feet, and said, “Surely you are a husband of blood to me!”…
Read MoreHow long did the exodus from Egypt take?
Question: How long did it take Israel to travel out of Egypt? I know that they wandered for 40 years in the wilderness of Sinai, but how long did it take them to walk the journey from Egypt to the crossing of the Red Sea? Answer: The Exodus started on the fourteenth day of the…
Read MoreWhy Was God About To Kill Moses?
by Terry W. Benton The text of Exodus 4:24-26 seems oddly placed, but it is a separate paragraph from the rest of the text. Moses has been commissioned to go back to Egypt where the Israelites are and tell Pharaoh to free them. Moses thought of excuse after excuse, which angered God, and then made…
Read MoreWho wrote the second set of tablets?
Question: Context: Exodus 31:18 and 32:16 make it clear that God wrote the first set of tablets of the covenant. Moses broke those tablets (Exodus 32:19). Question: In Deuteronomy 10:1-5, Moses (talking about the second set of tablets of the covenant, not the first set that he broke) says God wrote on the tablets. Likewise,…
Read MoreWhere did the second set of Ten Commandments come from?
Question: Where did the second set of Ten Commandments come from, after Moses broke the first set? Answer: The Ten Commandments, recorded in Exodus 20, were originally spoken to the people by God, but the people found this too disturbing and asked Moses to intercede between God and them (Exodus 20:18-21). The remainder of the…
Read MoreWhy does your map show Israel in Egyptian territory when the Bible says they left Egypt?
Question: Why does your map of the Exodus route so blatantly defy what the Scriptures tell us happened and instead follows the theories of secular men? Doesn’t the Bible tell us that the Hebrews left Egypt completely the day following Passover (Exodus 12:51)? Don’t all accounts of when the Hebrews entered Elim or Sinai use…
Read MoreDid Pharaoh die in the Red Sea or just his army?
Question: Did Pharaoh die in the Red Sea or just his army? Answer: “And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that the LORD looked down upon the army of the Egyptians…
Read MoreHow could the Israelites have left Egypt if they crossed into the Sinai peninsula?
Question: I have a question regarding the map of your proposed route for the Exodus. You show the Israelites going south and crossing the Gulf of Suez. The problem I see is that this route invalidates Exodus 12:41 which states that the Israelites “left Egypt” on precisely the same day they entered 430 years earlier.…
Read MoreMy map shows Baal Zephon to be on the Mediterranean Sea, so doesn’t this prove the crossing of the Red Sea to be allegorical?
Question: I found an old map in my Tanach that shows Baal Zephon was on the Mediterranean with a thin ridge to the east. I note that both the Torah and the King James Version gives “the sea” for the crossing. This indicates to me that in the subsequent verses that hold “Moses brought us…
Read MoreCould Israel have crossed the Red Sea on the eastern side of the Sinai peninsula?
Question: I was wondering if the possible crossing could be on the eastern side of the Sinai peninsula? Answer: Such a crossing would not match the account on numerous factors. “Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children. A mixed multitude went up with…
Read MoreHow did you locate Pi Hahiroth, Migdol, and Baal Zephron?
Question: In surfing the net I located your map of the crossing of the Red Sea – your map shows the possible locations of the towns mentioned in Exodus 14:2 – Pi Hahiroth , Migdol and Baal Zephon. Where exactly has your research been located as the maps in the back of my Bibles do not show the…
Read MoreCrossing the Sea
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton The Junior High class had an excellent question the other day: Just where did the Israelites cross over from Egypt to the Sinai Peninsula? If you look at the maps in the back of most of our Bibles you will find multiple routes shown. None of the routes actually cross the…
Read MoreHow long were the priests’ breeches?
Question: In one of your articles, you mentioned that Exodus 28:42 means from the waist to and including the thighs. What is your source for this interpretation? Answer: “And you shall make for them linen trousers to cover their nakedness; they shall reach from the waist to the thighs” (Exodus 28:42). This verse was discussed in the…
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