Which Way Did They Go?

Over the years I have heard all kinds of instructions and teaching given on the crossing of the sea by the Israelites. Some have taught that they crossed a marshy stretch not far from where they started. Others teach that they went as far as a large lake down from the border of the country. While still others show the border of Egypt being farther into the Sinai peninsula with the crossing taking place further over a larger body of water.

I did see a video once (I'm sorry I don't remember the name of it) that showed an underwater ledge running from the tip of the Sinai over to the coastline of Saudi Arabia. Not only that, it showed evidence of a mountain that fits the description of Mount Sinai with smoke markings still exhibited around the top of it. And, there was a rock at the mouth of a good size river bed. Interestingly enough, the area they went to is guarded and when they asked to see it through regular channels they were denied.

Whether by heaven's design or man's, the exact location of all the Exodus happenings seems to be elusive. We may never know exactly where until we get to heaven. In any case, there are some things to keep in mind when listening to any presentation on the subject.

One thing I somehow pushed to the back of my mind was the number of people we're talking about. Check out Exodus 12:37. Hello. That's 600,000 men not counting children or women or animals or even the mixed multitude that went with them. Keep reading and you see they also had silver and gold items, clothing, and flocks and herds - a very large number at that.

So, we're not talking about a large family reunion kind of crowd when we speak about the escape from Egypt. We're talking moving the populace of the state of Hawaii.

So wherever they crossed had to have enough water to make walls on either side of them as they crossed over. The dry path had to be wide enough to take the Israelites only a few hours to escape. Not to mention there had to be enough water to drown the entire Egyptian army and horses when the walls of water came tumbling back down. And, wherever it happened, was big enough to impress the people sufficiently to know they had been saved from death by God.