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THE EXODUS STORY

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This is the account of the Passover

Exodus 12:1-51

Exo 12:1 And hwhy spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, to say, 2 This month shall be to you the head of months: he shall be to you the first for the months of the year.

3 Speak to all of the Congregation of Israel, to say, On the ten (tenth) of this month, and they shall take a man for themselves a lamb for a house of their father, a lamb for the house: 4 And if the household shall be small with being with the lamb, and he and his dweller to the nearness of his house shall take on the number of the souls; You shall count upon the lamb each (a man) by the mouth of his eating. 5 A lamb shall be a perfect male of a son of a year: shall be for yourselves from the lambs, and you shall take from the kids:

6 And shall be for you to keep until the four ten (fourteenth) day of this month: and all of the Assembly of the Congregation of Israel, they shall slaughter him between the mixing periods (evenings). 7 And they shall take of the blood and shall put (give) him upon the two side posts, and upon the upper door post upon the houses which they shall eat him in them. 8 And they shall eat ta-the flesh in this night roasted of fire and unleavened bread; they shall eat upon bitters. 9 You shall not eat from him raw, or sodden from boiling in water, for but roasted of fire; his head shall be upon his legs and upon his inwards (nearness). 10 And you shall not leave (remain) from him until breaking period (morning); and of that remaining from him until breaking period (morning) you shall burn in the fire. 11 And as thus, you shall eat him with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staffs in your hand; And you shall eat him in haste: He is the Passover to hwhy. 12 And I will go over in the land of Egypt in this night, and will strike every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from Adam (mankind) and unto animal; and I will execute judgments on all of the elohim of Egypt: I am hwhy. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a Sign upon the houses where you are there: And I will see ta-the blood, I will pass upon (over) you, and the plague shall not be on you to be destroyed in My striking in the land of Egypt. 14 And this day shall be to you for a Memorial; and you shall make festive of him of a Feast to hwhy for your generations; you shall make festive of him of a Statute of Ages.

15 Seven days shall you shall eat unleavened bread; Only on the first day you shall cease sourdough from your houses: for anyone eating leavened bread from the first day unto the seventh day, and that soul shall be cut off from Israel. 16 And on the first day shall be a Sacred (Holy) Calling, and on the seventh day shall be a Sacred (Holy) Calling to yourselves; Any work shall not be done in them, only what shall be eaten by every soul, by his apartness, he shall be done to you. 17 And you will keep the Feast of ta-the Unleavened Bread; for on this same day, I have brought ta-your armies from the land of Egypt: and you will keep ta-this day for your generations for a Statute of Ages.

18 In the first, on the four ten (fourteenth) day of the month, in the mixing period (evening), you shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twenty (twentieth) day of the month in the mixing period (evening). 19 No sourdough shall be found in your houses seven days: for anyone eating from the leavened bread, and that soul shall be cut off from the Congregation of Israel, among the stranger, and among the native of the land. 20 You shall not eat any leavened bread; you shall eat unleavened bread in all of your dwellings.

21 And Moses called for all of the Elders of Israel, and said to them, Draw out and take for yourselves of a flock for your families, and kill the Passover. 22 And you shall take a bundle of hyssop, and you shall dip in the blood that is in the bason, and you shall smite to the upper door post and to the two side posts from the blood that is in the bason; and you, each (a man) of you shall not go out from the entrance of his house until breaking period (morning). 23 And hwhy will go over to plague ta-Egypt; and will see ta-the blood upon the upper door post and upon the two side posts, and hwhy will pass upon (over) the entrance, and will not allow (give) the destroyer to come to your houses to plague. 24 And you shall keep ta-this Word for a Statute to yourself and to your sons unto ages.

25 And shall be, when you come to the land which hwhy will give to you as the which was spoken, and you shall keep ta-this Service. 26 And shall be, when your sons, they shall say to you, What is this service to you? 27 And you shall say, He is the Passover Sacrifice to hwhy who passed upon (over) the houses of the Sons of Israel in Egypt, in His plaguing ta-Egypt, and delivering ta-our households. And the People bowed, and they worshipped. 28 And the Sons of Israel, they went, and they did as the which hwhy commanded ta-Moses and Aaron, so they did.

29 And was, in the middle of the night, and hwhy struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat upon his throne, unto the firstborn of the captive who was in the house of the bored out dungeon; and every firstborn of animals.

30 And Pharaoh arose at night, he, and all his servants, and all of Egypt; and she was a great cry in Egypt; for was not a house where a dead one was not there. 31 And called for Moses and for Aaron at night, and said, Arise! and go out from the midst of my people, also you also the Sons of Israel; And go, serve ta-hwhy according to your word! 32 Take also your flocks, also your herds as the which to your spoke, and go; And you bless me also!

33 And Egypt, she was strong upon the people to hasten to send them away from the land; for they said, All of us are dead. 34 And the people took up ta-his dough before became leavened, their kneading troughs were bound in their clothes upon their shoulders. 35 And the Sons of Israel, they did according to the word of Moses; and they inquired from Egypt vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing: 36 And hwhy gave the People ta-favor in the eyes of ta-Egypt, and was requested to them, and they plundered Egypt.

37 And the Sons of Israel, they pulled from Rameses to Succoth as six hundred thousand of the foot men, by apart from the little ones. 38 And also a mixed multitude (a much mixing) ascended with them; and flocks, and herds, much heavy livestock.

39 And they baked ta-the dough which they brought out from Egypt of unleavened cakes, for it was not leavened; For they were driven out from Egypt, and and they were not able to delay her, and they did not prepare for themselves provision.

40 And the dwelling of the Sons of Israel, which they dwelt in Egypt was thirty years and four hundred years. 41 And was from the end of thirty years and four hundred years, and was in this same day, all of the armies of hwhy went out from the land of Egypt. 42 He was a Night of Observation to hwhy for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: he is this night to hwhy an Observance for all of the Sons of Israel for their generations.

43 And hwhy said to Moses and Aaron, This is the Statute of the Passover: Every son of a foreigner shall not eat on him: 44 And every servant of a man purchased of silver, and you shall circumcise him, then shall eat on him. 45 A dweller and a hired servant shall not eat on him. 46 Shall be eaten in one house; you shall not go out from the flesh to the outside from the house; and you shall not break a bone on him. 47 All of the Congregation of Israel shall they shall prepare (do) him. 48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with you, and shall do the Passover to hwhy, every male to him shall be circumcised, and then shall come near to prepare (do) him; and shall be like the native of the land: and anyone uncircumcised shall not eat on him. 49 One Torah shall be to the native and to the stranger that sojourns in your midst. 50 Thus all of the Sons of Israel, they did as the which hwhy commanded ta-Moses and ta-Aaron, so they did. 51 And was on this same day that hwhy brought out ta-the Sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, upon their armies.

We will look into some elements of the Exodus' Passover

THE LEAVENING

Looking at verse fifteen again in the Exodus passage:

Exodus 12:15

Exo 12:15 Seven days shall you shall eat unleavened bread; Only on the first day you shall cease sourdough from your houses: for anyone eating leavened bread from the first day unto the seventh day, and the soul, she shall be cut off from Israel.

I want to look at two words in this verse, "sourdough" and "leavened bread". The first word, leaven, comes from the Hebrew word "se'ohr"- Shin, Aleph and Resh. If you look at this word you can see our modern English word. And it is "sour" as in "sourdough". This sourdough is considered to be their starter dough. This sourdough is a "continous living organism" that the Israelites used as a leavining starter and is continually replenished to create leavened bread. We can figure that it can symbolically applies to sin, and sin can be used and can be replenished if we choose to let it. In order to get rid of this "living organism of sin", we need to put it to death by putting it at the cross and put it in captivity to put into the obedience of the Messiah, which is based by the apostle Paul in his letter to the assembly in Corinth

2 Corinthians 10:3

2Cor 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through hwhy to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the Knowledge of hwhy, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Messiah;

This word could have been to what Yeshua was referring to when He stated "Take heed and beware the leaven of the Pharisees and Saducees" (Matthew 16:6), because they were the sourdough, the living organism starters, of the Pharisees' false teachings and false doctrines.

The next word, leavened bread, is from the Hebrew word "khah-mehts"- Khet, Mem, Tsade. The leavened bread is the finished product and the end result of the application and process of the sourdough. Also the completion of the product results in cooking the bread, which would stop of leavening process. This also needs to be rid from our houses. This could be considered the fruition of sin in our lives by acting out the sin: malice, anger, slander, fornication, etc.

THE PASSOVER ANIMAL

In verse five of the Exodus passage, the Passover animal could be a lamb or a goat, a son of a year, and it was brought into the home on the 10th day of Aviv, and it was to be perfect. And on the 14th day of Aviv it was to be cooked by roasting it on the fire. It was not to be raw, meaning tough or dried like a jerky, nor soddened. Is it possible that when the Israelites ate any part of the Passover lamb that they were healed? I have yet to find in the scriptures stating that they did, but I would not be surprised that they were physically healed as a result. If you think about it, can you see an old man, limping or in physical weakness from wear and tear from being a slave and being of old age, traveling miles and miles of desert traveling to the Red Sea and crossing over it? In my opinion, it would make sense that all the Israelites were restored from all of their ailments by eating the Passover lamb. So think of it: An Israelite, being blind, eating a lamb's eye, and then can see. Isn't this one of the healings that Yeshua did in His mission? One can see this in Matthew 11:4-5:

Matthew 11:4-5

Mat 11:4 Yeshua answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.

Yeshua healed many people of various illnesses including death during His Ministry on earth. He was the Passover Lamb of Exodus.

To me, the possible events of supernatural healings during the Exodus' Passover were types and shadows of Yeshua's ministry.

THE PASSOVER ANIMAL KILLED IN THE EVENING

I have accepted this notion that the Passover animal was killed in the evening for a long time until I looked in the Hebrew scriptures. In the Hebrew it says "...bein ha-arbaim..." which is interpreted "between the evenings". When I saw that phrase I was asking myself "What time did 'between the evenings' occur?" After studying for a while, at first, I concluded that it was during the daytime, from 6 AM to 6 PM. Later, in time, I heard others state that between the evenings occurred between 12 PM and 6 PM. I questioned the idea.

But later in time, I started to research, and at first concluded that "between the evenings" occurred at sunset on the 14th, the beginning of the first evening, and the 15th, the beginning of the second evening, which means a 24 hour period. I studied the context in the scriptures more on the Passover event with this theoretic time frame, and realized if that was the case, Israelites would not have been able to kill the Passover animal before the Angel of Death came in the middle of the night. The word, "middle" is from the Strong's concordance number 2677 from the Hebrew word "khatsee"- Khet, Tsade and Yod. And looking further it is from the Strong's number 2673 of the Hebrew word "khatsah"- Khet, Tsade and Heh which is interpreted as split in two, and it is also where we get the modern English word from the Hebrew "cut" as in "cut in half". So it is saying that the Angel of Death came in the middle of the night, and they would not have been able to put the blood on the lintel and the door posts after that point in time. Also the Israelites were commanded to burn what was left of the Passover animal in the morning. Based on this twenty four hour time line, that would have been too late for the Israelites to start killing the animal. Also, how can they start to kill the animal in the daytime if they are to go out and take the spoils from Egypt? That does not make sense either. So that throws this theory out the window.

So here is my latest realization: the word "evenings" is not the right interpretation. I looked it up in the concordance, and it comes from the Strong's concordance number 6153 from the word "erev" meaning "dusk". But in looking further, it is based from Strong's number 6148 from the word "arav" which, and it is interpreted as "mingle" and "intermix" and "braid". This is where we get our modern English word "arrive" as in "arriving at a destination". This means, to me, that it refers to the mixing, or mingling, of light and darkness. If we apply this interpretation to the phrase, it becomes "between the mixing periods" or "between the mingling periods". This only occurs after sunset and before sunrise. This means that "between the mixing periods" is in the night. Given that it would have been impossible to have the lamb slain in 3 AM in the morning, otherwise those who would have waited to do it then would have caused a loss in their household. It was understood they had to kill it first thing after sunset when the new day started in the fourteenth day of Aviv. Because it says in the text that whatever is left of the lamb is to be burned "in the breaking period (morning)", when the night time ended.

So now we understand the structure of this theory, we need to ask ourselves, does this work? Let's look at the event: They were told to kill the Passover animal between the mixing periods. That means each member or members of the household had to kill the Passover after the sun sets. So that gave them the time to put the blood on the lintel and the door posts, and have time to eat the Passover before the Angel of Death arrived half way, or the "cut half" of the night. It would give them the means to burn what's left of the animal in the morning and go out to take spoil from the Egyptians during the day of the fourteenth of Aviv.

This theory makes the most sense.

THE BLOOD

The blood played the most crucial role in the Passover event. They took hyssop and painted the blood on the lintel and the two doorposts (Exodus 12:22). The hyssop, as you know was mentioned by David in Psalm 51 as a means of cleansing. I'm not clear if there is an cleansing application from the hyssop as a brush to paint the lintel and the two door posts with the blood, but it is worth meditating. The blood, from a clean animal, became the first born of Israel's protection from the Angel of Death. The death of all of the first born of Egypt was their ultimate punishment, because Pharaoh would not let go of hwhy's firstborn, Israel (Exodus 4:22).

In my opinion, this is a type of shadow of us being painted, or covered, by the blood of the Lamb of Elohim, who is Yeshua, the Eternal Passover Lamb who has been protecting us from the spirit of the eternal death of Satan. For this is what Paul wrote in his letter to the assembly in Corinth

1st Corinthians 5:7
1 Cor 5:7 ...For even Messiah, our Passover, is sacrificed for us:

We need to thank Yeshua for being our Eternal Passover Lamb and shedding His Blood for us to cover us from eternal death.

THE MOON

In the passover movies (i.e. The Ten Commandments), they always put the moon in a slivered state. The fact is, the moon was a full moon, because it occurred on the 14th day of the month. How long does the moon take to become full from the day of its first appearance? Fourteen days!

JOSEPH'S COFFIN

What about Joseph and his coffin?

Genesis 50:24-26

Gen 50:24 And Joseph said to his brothers, I am dying: and Elohim, visiting, will visit you, and will ascend you from this land to the land which was sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 25 And Joseph swore ta-the Sons of Israel, to say, Elohim, visiting, will visit you, and you shall ascend ta-my bones from here. 26 And Joseph died a son of a hundred and ten years: And they embalmed him, and was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Exodus 13:19

Exo 13:19 And Moses took ta-the bones of Joseph with him: for swearing, swore ta-the Sons of Israel, to say, Elohim, visiting, will visit you; and you shall take up ta-my bones from here with you.

Think of it. Joseph was the only dead man not walking through Israel's travels in Egypt in their forty years' journey in the wilderness. To me, it would have made sense that he and his coffin would have been put on a cart during their sojournings. I wish the movie directors made more emphasis with Joseph's coffin in their films. Also, he should have been put in the Guinness Book of World Records for a dead man traveling the longest distance without flying a plane or sailing on a boat.

THE KNEADING TROUGHS

We see here in the beginning of the Exodus travels in Exodus 12:34 that they were carrying their kneading troughs. If I am correct, the kneading troughs were made of wood. I don't think they would carry a stone kneading trough. That would be too heavy for them to carry long distances. And it also says that they were bound in their clothing and they laid them upon their shoulders. I have yet to hear someone talk about this, but does this scenario sound familiar to you? Matthew, Mark and Luke says almost the exact same phrase, but I will use the Gospel of Matthew passage:

Matthew 16:24

Mat 16:24 Then said Yeshua unto His disciples, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

Based on this verse, the account from Exodus 12:34 was the first act of the Israelites to deny themselves, take up their wooden crosses (in the Exodus' case, their wooden kneading troughs) and following hwhy by a Pillar of a Cloud by day and a Pillar of Fire by night. These were types and shadows in our case today of us taking up our wooden cross and following Yeshua.

THE PASSOVER IN THE PROMISED LAND

This is what the Torah says how the Israelites are to observe the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread when they enter into the promised land:

Exodus 13:1-10, 14-16

Exo 13:1 And hwhy spoke to Moses, to say, 2 Set apart to Me every firstborn opening every womb among the Sons of Israel, among the Adam (man) and among the animals: he shall belong to Me.

3 And Moses said to the People, Remember ta-this day which you came out from Egypt, from the house of slavery; for on the Strong Hand, hwhy brought you out from this: Shall not eat leavened bread there. 4 Today, you came out in the month of the Aviv. 5 And shall be, when hwhy shall bring you to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites which was sworn to your fathers to give to you a land flowing with milk and honey, and you shall serve ta-this Service in this month. 6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh shall be a Feast to hwhy. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten ta the seven days; and leavened bread shall not be seen by you, and sourdough shall not be seen by you in all of your borders.

8 And you shall explain to your son in that day, to say, Because hwhy did this for me in my coming out from Egypt. 9 And shall be to you for a Sign upon your hand, and for a Memorial between your eyes, by that, the Torah of hwhy, she will be in your mouth: for on a Strong Hand hwhy brought you out from Egypt. 10 And you shall keep ta-this Statute of her Appointed Times from days to days.... 14 And shall be, when your son asks you of a later time, to say, What is this? And you shall say to him, On the Strong Hand, hwhy brought us out from Egypt, from the house of slavery: 15 And was, when Pharaoh was hardened to send us away, and hwhy killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Adam, and unto the firstborn of animals: Upon thus, I sacrifice to hwhy all of the males bursting out the womb; and I redeem every firstborn of my sons.

16 And shall be for a Sign upon your hand, and for Frontlets between your eyes: for on a Strong Hand, hwhy brought us out from Egypt.

THE DEPARTURE DATE IN RAMESES

This is the scripture verses that show the day of their departure from Rameses in the book of Numbers

Numbers 33:3-4

Num 33:3 And they pulled up from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; from after the Passover they went out, the sons of Israel, on a High Hand to the eyes of all of the Egyptians. 4 And Egypt was burying ta whom hwhy had struck among them: every firstborn and among their elohim, hwhy executed judgments.

They left Ramses on the 15th day of Aviv, and it is most possible they left at the night of the 15th, because they had the pillar of fire by night to leave them.

Were the Israelites departure from Rameses a type and shadow of the Feast of First Fruits? We know that Israel is hwhy's first born (Exodus 4:22)- His "First Fruits". Wouldn't it make sense that their departure occurred on that high holy day? If this is so, it would be a shadow and type of Yeshua, the first born of hwhy, that resurrected on First Fruits at night and become the first born, or "first fruits", among many brethren.

EXODUS JOURNEY TO THE SEA AND THE CROSSING

This is the account of the Exodus travel to the sea and the sea crossing

Exodus 13:17-19; 14:1-31

Exo 13:17 And was, in Pharaoh sending away ta-the People, and Elohim did not lead them of the way of the land of the Philistines, for he was near; for Elohim said, Lest the People shall repent in their seeing war and they will return to Egypt: 18 And Elohim circumvent ta-the People the way of the wilderness of the Sea of Reeds: And the armed Sons of Israel went up from the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses took ta-the bones of Joseph with him: for swearing, swore ta-the Sons of Israel, to say, Elohim, visiting, will visit you; and you shall take up ta-my bones from here with you....14:1 And hwhy spoke to Moses, to say, 2 Speak to the Sons of Israel, and they will turn, and they will camp by the face of Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and between the sea; you shall camp by the sea by facing opposite of Baal Zephon. 3 And Pharaoh will say of the Sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land, The wilderness has shut up upon them. 4 And I will strengthen ta-the heart of Pharaoh and pursue after them; and I will be glorified on Pharaoh, and on all of his host; and Egypt, they may know that I am hwhy. And they did so.

5 And was told to the king of Egypt that the People fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants had changed toward the People, and they said, What is this we have done that we have sent away ta-Israel from serving us? 6 And ta-his chariot was prepared, and took ta-his people with him: 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all of the chariots of Egypt, and third rankers (officers) over all of them. 8 And hwhy strengthened ta-the heart of Pharaoh, King of Egypt, and pursued after the Sons of Israel: And the Sons of Israel went out on a High Hand. 9 And Egypt, they pursued after them, and all of the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, they overtook them camping by the sea, upon Pi Hahiroth, towards the face of Baal Zephon.

10 And Pharaoh drew near, and the Sons of Israel lifted up ta-their eyes, and behold, Egypt was marching after them; and they feared greatly: and the Sons of Israel, they cried to hwhy. 11 And they said to Moses, Because no graves were in Egypt to take us to die in the wilderness? What is this you have done to us by bringing us out from Egypt? 12 Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, to say, Let us alone, and we will serve ta-the Egyptians? For is better for us to serve ta-Egypt than us dying in the wilderness. 13 And Moses said unto the People, Do you not fear. Stand of you and see ta-the Salvation of hwhy which He will do for you today: for ta-Egypt whom you see today, you shall not again see them any more unto ages. 14 hwhy shall fight for you, and you, you be silent.

15 And hwhy said to Moses, Why do you cry to Me? Speak unto the Sons of Israel, and pull up: 16 And you, raise your ta-staff, and stretch out ta-your hand over the sea, and they will divide: And the Sons of Israel, they will go on dry ground in the middle of the sea. 17 And behold I, I am strengthening ta-the heart of Egypt, and they will go after them: And I will be glorified on Pharaoh, and on all of his army, on his chariots, and on his horsemen. 18 And Egypt shall know that I am hwhy in My glorying on Pharaoh, on his chariots, and on his horsemen.

19 And the Messenger of the Elohim that is going to the face of the Camp of Israel pulled up and went behind them; And the Pillar of the Cloud pulled up from their faces and stood behind them: 20 And came between the camp of Egypt and between the Camp of Israel; and was the Cloud and the darkness, and lighted ta-the night: And did not come near, this one to this one all of the night.

21 And Moses stretched out ta-his hand over the sea; and hwhy made depart ta-the sea on a strong east wind all of the night, and made ta-the sea to dry, and the waters, they were divided.

22 And the Sons of Israel, they went to the middle of the sea on the dry ground: and the waters to them had a wall from their right and from their left. 23 And Egypt, they pursued, and they went after them to the middle of the sea, all of the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.

24 And was, in the breaking (morning) watch, hwhy gazed towards the camp of Egypt in the Pillar of Fire and Of the Cloud, and troubled ta the host of the Egyptians, 25 And removed ta the wheels from their chariots, and they drove in difficulty (heaviness): and Egypt said, I will flee from the face of Israel; for hwhy is fighting for them against Egypt.

26 And hwhy said to Moses, Stretch out ta-your hand over the sea, and the waters, they will return upon Egypt, on his chariots, and on his horsemen. 27 And Moses stretched forth ta-his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his continuance (strength) towards the face of breaking (morning); and ta-Egypt fled to meet him; and hwhy overthrew Egypt in the middle of the sea. 28 And the waters, they returned, and they covered ta-the chariots, and ta-the horsemen, to all of the army of Pharaoh that were coming into the sea after them; Was not remained among them unto one. 29 And the Sons of Israel, they walked on dry ground in the middle of the sea; and the waters were a wall to them from their right and from their left. 30 And hwhy saved ta-Israel in his day from the hand of Egypt; and Israel saw ta-Egypt was dead upon the lip of the sea. 31 And Israel saw ta-the Great Hand which hwhy did against Egypt: and the People, they feared hwhy, and they believed in hwhy and in Moses, His servant.

THE EXODUS ROUTE: THE CROSSING OF THE RED SEA

The account of the Red Sea crossing requires that the other side of the Red Sea is to be outside of the ancient Egyptian empire and into the ancient land of Midian, which was the area where Moses stayed with his father-in-law, Jethro, for forty years. This is the account, which is noted in the book of Exodus

Exodus 2:15 ...And Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and dwelt by the well.

This is where we read afterward is the well of Jethro, which was in the land where Moses dwelled for forty years before returning to Egypt.

There are three different theories to where the Red Sea is located:

FIRST THEORY: THE ISRAELITES CROSSED THE RED SEA AT THE GULF OF SUEZ

There are some that say that the Red Sea crossing was at the Gulf of Suez. Here a couple of maps showing the Gulf of Suez area

This map shows the version's theory of the crossing.

As you see in the map, the crossing's depth would have been apporximately 50 meters, which would be approximately 164 feet. This depth was more than enough to cover Pharaoh and his army and kill them. But There is a problem. Look at this chart again and think to yourself, if you were Pharoah and you saw the sea parting and the Israelites were crossing over it with a pillar of cloud in front of you, would you wait there until the pillar of the cloud disappeared or would you go around the shoreline and meet them on the other side? You would take the latter and not take chances of losing some, or all, of your men and charge into unfamiliar territory.

Here's another issue: If you look at this map below

Notice the red box marks the location of the theoretical Gulf of Suez crossing.

Also, if you notice the territory of Egypt that the green color on the chart covers the other side of the Gulf of Suez as well. So if the Israelites wanted to be completely free from Egypt they would have to be outside of Egypt's borders. It would have been pointless going from one side of the gulf to the other side inside the same territory unless they travel a further distance until they reach the Egyptian border where the Egyptian army could still pursue them on their turf.

Also on the big map, you see Pi-Hahiroth is in the gulf. It should be a "land" location not a water location. Everytime you see a location mentioned that is water based, it would refer to it as a sea, water, brook or torrent. Also you should see that "Pi" means "mouth" and "HaHiroth" means "the gorges", and it applies to a crack where water went through. Since Pi-Hahiroth on the map is not one of these, we could disqualify this theory.

Overall, we can conclude that this is not the correct location of the Red Sea crossing.

SECOND THEORY: THE ISRAELITES CROSSED THE RED AT THE STRAITS OF TIRAN

These are maps of the Straits of Tiran. It is located in the southeastern point of the Sinai Peninsula and in the Gulf of Aquaba's southestern point in Saudi Arabia.

Here is theoretical Red Sea crossing map based at the Straits of Tiran.

There is an issue with this crossing area. If you look at the map above where it points to the Israel's camp, it is not located where they could potentially be isolated. Here is a map showing a wider view of the peninsula

Looking at the map below there are many possible land routes that the Isralites could run away without crossing the gulf, especially that large long distance of beach behind them, assuming that Pharaoh and his army were coming from the southern tip

Even if this location was the point where Pharaoh and his army were before the Israelites crossing, there was only "the pillar" of the cloud, not two, not five and not ten. The scriptures do not emphasize that they were trapped, but they were supposed to be surrounded with no major place to escape. These arrows show that this area gave the Israelites many escape routes while the pillar of the cloud stood between the two camps. This theory of this location is now in question.

Continuing, here is a possible route map of the sea crossing

There are issues with this crossing: There are islands near the crossing. These could be potential land havens for the Egyptian army in case they were covered by the water that some may survive. It defeats hwhy's purpose for the army to be completely destroyed without any means of a safe haven. Also, in my opinion, there is not supposed to be any land mass in the crossing so that the Israelites depend completely on hwhy and trust in Him to get them safely across the land bridge. The sea bed, though, is leveled enough for them to cross over without any major depth alterations and deep enough for the Egyptian army to die. Another issue is Pi-Hahiroth is called "Mouth of the gorges", and it is located on land, not on water. As I mentioned before, if it was a water based location, it would mentioned it as a sea, water, torrent or brook. If you also see, Baal Zephon is located on an island between the two main lands. Baal Zephon is to be where the Israelites were facing at the gulf, and it was supposed to be their located destination to cross over, not a place to pass along the way.

Conclusion: There is not enough evidence that this is the location of the red sea crossing.

THIRD THEORY: THE ISRAELITES CROSSED AT THE RED SEA AT NEWEIBA BEACH

There are others that say the Red Sea crossing was at Nuweiba Beach. These are maps and pictures of the location.

This is a map showing the location of the traditional Mount Sinai lcoated at the Sinai Peninsula in modern Egypt, circled in red

Midian

This is a map during the time of Moses, before 1400 BC, showing the ancient territorial area of Egypt, which includes the Sinai Peninsula

Egypt Map

This reveals to us that the traditional Sinai Peninsula was part of the ancient Egyptian empire.

This map shows the land of ancient Midian, not located in the traditional Sinai Peninsula, but in modern eastern Saudi Arabia, circled in red

Midian

This reveals to us that the Sinai Peninsula was not located in the land of Midian, and that Mount Sinai was not located in the Sinai Peninsula, which was part of the ancient Egyptian empire.

Midian

This is a map of the location of the Gulf of Aqaba, east of the Sinai Peninsula

This is a satelite image of Nuweiba Beach, located in the eastern shore of the east end of the Sinai Peninsula, located at the Gulf of Aqaba, highlighted in red

This is a satelite map showing the same possible route to Nuweiba Beach

These are satelite images heading towards Nuweiba Beach

1 Pi-Hakhiroth With Baal Tsephon In Background

These are close-up images of Nuweiba Beach

I want to personally thank Dennis Shelles, Ron Wyatt's son-in-law, from Ark Discovery International and Aaron Sen from Covenant Keepers for most of the pictures displayed and for some of the texts for this section of the commentary. These images reveal the correct location of the Red Sea, which is between the traditional Sinai Peninsula in modern Egypt and the ancient land of Midian in modern northeastern Saudi Arabia

Below is a picture of the edge of Midgol which shows the close up of Pi HaKhiroth, a.k.a. the entrance to Nuweiba Beach, with the Gulf of Aqaba and Baal Tsephon in the background.

This is a satelite image view of the location of this area pictured above

This is the same satelite image showing the measurement of the width near the entrance

Measuring, it shows that the width from one edge of the side of the mountain to the other edge of the mountain is about 380 feet. This width can probably fit roughly sixty vehicles beside one another, snug, to each edge of both sides of the mountains.

These are various images showing the Mouth of the Gorges, which is the entrance to Nuweiba Beach (a.k.a. Pi HaKhiroth)

This is an idea what the pillar of the cloud coming between the two camps would look like

This is a rough image of how Pharaoh and his army could have seen the cloud at night

Gulf Of Aqaba

This is a rough image of what the Israelites would have seen when the Pillar of the Cloud was lit for them at night

Pillar Of A Cloud

This map of Nuweiba Beach below which shows that there was enough room for between 1.8 million to 2.5 million Israelites to have occupied this area with their cattle, sheep, goats, etc. The measuring mark of 2000 feet is shown in the upper left corner.

This is a map showing the name Nuwayba' al Muzayyinah means "Waters of Moses Opening"

Name's Meaning

This is a modern satelite image displaying the name of Nuwayba' al Muzayyinah

Baal Tsephon (Notice it's approximately ten miles long)

There are some skeptics that say, regarding this location, that the depth dipped too much for them to cross over. These charts below disprove that notion.

As it shows above, it is a slight gradual and not a deep trench.

These are a couple of depth chart maps. Notice that the second map shows the shallowest in the crossing area only at ninety five feet deep

As one can see, the above charts show a slight gradual decline.

Dennis Schelles, son-in-law of the late Ron Wyatt (1933-1999), from Ark Discovery International, noted to me in an email about the depth of the crossing:

"A diver has no problem cruizing across the gulf there at depths averaging 100 feet. It is only about 200 feet at the deepest."

This is another depth chart from "The general circulation of the Gulf of Aqaba (Gulf of Eilat) revisited: The interplay between the exchange flow through the Straits of Tiran and surface fluxes" by E. Biton and H. Gildor
Received 2 December 2010; revised 5 May 2011; accepted 18 May 2011; published 23 August 2011. From JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 116, C08020, doi:10.1029/2010JC006860, 2011

The body of water crossing the Nuweiba Beach, shown in the red box area, is mainly in red and yellow. If you look at the depth chart on the right, it is no deeper than between 750 and 800 meters. Nowhere else in the gulf do you see that shallow level going across the majority of a potential water crossing that doesn't have islands.

Whether it is 100-200 feet or a gradual decline to 765 meters at its deepest, these charts show that it was probable for the Israelites to cross this area in the gulf.

THIS WAS REVEALED TO ME!!!

This is a revelation I have yet to hear from anyone as of January 22, 2018, and I give the glory to hwhy for revealing this to me.

Looking at the name of the water location of what is called "the Gulf of Aqaba". If one notices the name "Aqaba" there is a Hebrew word similar to that name, it is the Hebrew word "Eykev"- Ayin, Quph, Bet (bqe). It is translated "heel". I give Bill Cloud of Shoreshim Ministries credit for this part of the information. There is an account with the heel, which is noted in the Torah portion of Toldoth, in the book of Genesis

Genesis 25:21 And Isaac intreated (interceded, prayed) to hwhy for the behalf of his wife, for she was barren: and hwhy intreated to him, and Rebekah his wife, she conceived. 22 And the sons struggled together in her womb; and she said, If is so, to why am I of this? And she went to inquire ta-hwhy. 23 And hwhy said to her, Two nations are in your womb, and two of peoples shall break out from your belly; and a community shall be mightier from a community; and the elder shall serve the younger. 24 And her days to birth, they were fulfilled, and behold, twins were in her womb. 25 And the first came out, all of him of red, like a robe of hair; and they called his name Esau. 26 And after thus, his brother came out, and his hand was holding on the heel of Esau; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was a son of sixty years in birthing them.

The younger son bore Esau's heel on his hand, hence his name became Jacob, in Hebrew it is "Yah-ah-kohv"- Yod, Ayin, Kuph, Bet (bqey), and according to Bill Cloud, the Yod in Paleo-Hebrew is a picture of a "hand", hence Jacob's name means "Hand on the Heel".

This is the $64,000 question: "Is the name "Aqaba" a play of, or named in an altered way, after the Israelites patriarch "Jacob", and if so, does this give more concrete evidence that this gulf was named after the patriarch which the Israelites crossed over"? I would give it a super strong:

YES!!!

They were actually calling the Red Sea "the Gulf of Jacob".

!!!hwhy Kl dbk

The next pictures show two pillars that were found, one on Nuweiba Beach and on the other side of the gulf. Here's what was written from Covenant Keepers:

"Ron found a column lying face down on the shore. On the Saudi side he found another exactly the same with an inscription in Archaic Hebrew that read, "MIZRAIM (Egypt), SOLOMON, EDOM, DEATH, PHARAOH, MOSES, YAHWEH." He believed that they were erected by Solomon to commemorate the crossing of the Red Sea here. The inscriptions on the column found lying on the shore were eroded away and the Egyptian authorities have since set it in concrete."

THE EVIDENCE

THE CHARIOTS AND THE CHARIOT WHEELS

The late Ron Wyatt and his team dove in the waters through the years, crossing the gulf beside the Nuweiba Beach area, to see if they could find any evidence that they traveled there. They found items that would prove their theory:

"On diving down to the sea bed, in 1978, Ron Wyatt and his two sons found and photographed numerous coral encrusted chariot parts. Several dives since then have revealed more and more evidence. One of his finds included an eight spoke chariot wheel, which Ron took to the director of Egyptian Antiquities, Dr. Nassif Mohammed Hassan. Chariot boxes, human skeletal remains, four, six and eight spoke chariot wheels all lie as a silent testimony to the miracle of the parting of the Red Sea. Dozens of other independent groups and individuals have dived there to confirm the findings, including Dr. Lennart Moller who subsequently authored "The Exodus Case", Discovery Media Productions who produced "The Exodus Revealed", and Mahoney Media who are releasing "The Exodus Conspiracy", among others.

Ron Wyatt and his sons found this gold plated gold wheel below. They tried to retrieve it but as they gently lifted it, it begand to crumble. Apparantly the wood inside had rotted away and only the thin gold veneer was left."

The pictures below are chariot wheels encrusted in coral

"Below are four pictures of a chariot hub discovered in 1998 at about 10m depth. It is a four spoked hub, with one spoke missing."

"When compared to a six spoked hub from Tutankhamun's tomb in the Cairo Museum, you can see that if the wood had rotted away, it would leave the gold hub which is exactly the shape we see in the coral encrusted hub"

"These three pictures below were taken for Discovery Media Productions. Aaron Sen discovered this wheel at 28m in 2000. It rested at a 45 degree angle so the back was visible, but so much coral had grown on it, it was too heavy to even move. The wheel was metal which would add to the weight. Metal detector showed metal readings where the hub and spokes would be, but no where else on the coral. This could not have been an ordinary coral as an ordinary coral would not produce strong metal readings in the centre (the hub) and at six, equidistant protrusions from the hub (the spokes)."

"The next few pictures were taken by Viveka Ponten who lived in Saudi Arabia until the 1990s. She dived on the Saudi side directly oppositte Nuweiba and photographed these wheels below."

This a piece of a chariot axle made of iron covered in coral

Axle Piece

THE BONES AND THE HORSES HOOVES

"Below you can see a rib cage, and a horse's hoof that was recovered from the sea bed. The hoof now resides in the Wyatt Museum in Tennessee. The last picture shows a coralised femur that was retrieved from the sea bed. It shows a real femur for comparison on the left of the picture. The coralised femur was taken to the Department of Osteology in Stockholm University by Professor Lennart Moller, and proved to be a right side femur of a man approximately 162cm in height. While the bone could not be dated precisely it proved to be from antiquity. Aaron Sen and Dr. Nerida Titchiner discovered the femur and said it was discovered within a very large pile of similarly shaped corals."

These are findings of bones in the sea bed

This is what Dennis Schelles wrote to me about the diving search:

"We have hours of film underwater at the Aquaba beach, and it is a smooth sandy bottom littered with coral growing on what was left of the Egyptian army."

In conclusion, we have very good evidence that Nuweiba Beach is the very area that the Israelites stopped and crossed over the seabed where Pharaoh and his army perished.

QUESTIONS

Now that this is resolved, here are some questions:

HOW MANY DAYS DID IT TAKE THEM TO GET TO NUWEIBA BEACH?

There are some that say the Israelites arrived at the sea in three days. There are others who say they did not have enough time to get to the Gulf of Aqaba, because there were so many people that traveled (estimated between 1.8 and 3 million souls) and it would take a longer time for all of them to reach their destination. Based on these premises, some concluded that the crossing was at the Gulf of Suez.

The scriptures do not mention the amount of time it took the Israelites to reach the sea. I have two theories to this answer, which I will reveal shortly.

By the way, I agree with the estimated numbers, because there were over six hundred thousand men of war

Exodus 12:37

Exo 12:37 And the Sons of Israel, they pulled from Rameses to Succoth, as six hundred thousand of foot, the men, by apart from the little ones. 38 And also a mixed multitude went up with them; and flocks, and herds, very many animals.

This number did not include their wives, their children and the elderly. If each man of war had a wife and one child, you can guarantee a minimum of over 1.8 million and a maximum of 3 million.

HOW DID PHARAOH AND HIS ARMY FIND THE ISRAELITES?

The scriptures did not mention that Pharaoh was informed that the Isrsaelites were spotted at the Red Sea. Instead, he was told that the Israelites fled. Based on this, they did not have knowledge to find them. So how did they find the Israelites? Answer: knowing that there were over 1.8 million people, plus cattle, sheep, goats, camels, carts, etc., they would leave a very nice trail for the Egyptian army to follow. The only thing they had to do was to follow the Israelites' tracks (no tracking dogs necessary).

WHEN DID THE ISRAELITES AND THE EGYPTIANS CROSS THE GULF OF AQABA?

I will reveal two theories on what Biblical day this occurred.

FIRST THEORY

THEY CROSSED ON THE NIGHT AFTER THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD

I want to emphasize parts of the time line.

First, the Egyptians arrived during the day, if not, late in the seventh day, of Unleavened Bread (which is also a Sabbath day as well as a High Sabbath day), because it said the pillar of the cloud, that occurs by day, came between the Egyptians and the Israelites. It became darkness for the Egyptians, but it gave light at night to the Israelites

Exodus 14:19-20

Exo 14:19 And the Messenger of the Elohim that is going to the face of the Camp of Israel pulled up and went behind them; And the Pillar of the Cloud pulled up from their faces and stood behind them: 20 And came between the camp of Egypt and between the Camp of Israel; and was the Cloud and the darkness, and lighted ta-the night: And did not come near, this one to this one all of the night.

If the Egyptians arrived at night, hwhy would have appeared in the Pillar of Fire, which is noted in the book of Exodus

Exodus 13:21-22

Exo 13:21 And Moses stretched out ta-his hand over the sea; and hwhy made depart ta-the sea on a strong east wind all of the night, and made ta-the sea to dry, and the waters, they were divided. 22 And the Sons of Israel, they went to the middle of the sea on the dry ground: and the waters to them had a wall from their right and from their left.

But this was a unique exception that the cloud gave light for the night. That was one huge glow to light up Nuweiba Beach. So during the night [of the seventh day of Unleavened Bread] with the beach lit up, Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and hwhy blew an east wind all the night and dried up the land

Exodus 14:21-23
Exo 14:21 And Moses stretched out ta-his hand over the sea; and hwhy made depart ta-the sea on a strong east wind all of the night, and made ta-the sea to dry, and the waters, they were divided. 22 And the Sons of Israel, they went to the middle of the sea on the dry ground: and the waters to them had a wall from their right and from their left. 23 And Egypt, they pursued, and they went after them to the middle of the sea, all of the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.

This is an interesting note. The movies portrayed them to cross over the sea by day, but it says, based on chapter 14 verses 22-24, that they crossed over while it was still night. This is what it says next

Exodus 14:24-25
Exo 14:24 And was, in the breaking period (morning) watch, hwhy gazed towards the camp of Egypt in the Pillar of Fire and Of the Cloud, and troubled ta the host of the Egyptians, 25 And removed ta the wheels from their chariots, and they drove in difficulty (heaviness): and Egypt said, I will flee from the face of Israel; for hwhy is fighting for them against Egypt.

What does this tell us? It tells us that it was night time "IN THE MORNING WATCH", which meant it was the fourth watch between the ninth and twelfth hours of the night (between three and six o'clock), and dawn was breaking around the twelfth hour.

It also mentions during the morning watch that hwhy took off their chariot wheels. This is another key factor to the time line

Exodus 14:26-27
Exo 14:26 And hwhy said to Moses, Stretch out ta-your hand over the sea, and the waters, they will return upon Egypt, on his chariots, and on his horsemen. 27 And Moses stretched forth ta-his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his continuance (strength) towards the face of breaking period (morning); and ta-Egypt fled to meet him; and hwhy overthrew Egypt in the middle of the sea.

hwhy had Moses stretch out his hand over the sea "TOWARD THE FACING OF THE MORNING", which means that the sun was just about to rise. That means Pharaoh and his army were drowned in the gulf before the sun started to appear.

This is a map of the crossing route of Nuweiba Beach

As you see, it is about 10 miles between Nuweiba Beach and the beach in Saudi Arabia. Now if you think about that fact at least 2 million Israelites crossed over the ten mile gulf during the three hour period, followed by the time the Egyptian army was in the middle of crossing over during the latter part of the three hour period, one would say that it took about 2 1/2 hours for the Israelites to complete the ten mile crossing of the gulf while the Egyptians were allowed to start crossing after 2 1/2 hours which would give them time to get at least to the center of the gulf.

Based on this information, we can begin to estimate the distance that the Israelites traveled from Goshen to Nuweiba Beach. Based on optional routes, it would be about between 200 and 250 miles.

If we do a little math, we can estimate how many hours it would take for them to get there:

2.5 hours=10 miles
25 hours=100 miles
50 hours=200 miles
62.5 hours=250 miles

Knowing that they left Rameses on the the 15th of Aviv (Numbers 33:3, mentioned earlier), If they traveled at minimum of a twelve hour period, knowing that the pillar of fire would give them light to travel by night, which was used partly for their travels, there is a good chance they would have made it to Nuweiba Beach, about 200 to 250 miles away, within five days. That would take them to the later part of the 20th day of Aviv, the fifth day of unleavened bread, before the sixth day of unleavened bread. If it is true that they arrived at the beach in five days before the sixth day of their journey, the sixth day would be on a Shabbat, and they would have physically rested a day at Nuweiba Beach. And if so, did the Israelites crossing over the sea to the other side a type on the seventh day of Unleavened Bread a type and shadow of the Feast of First Fruits? We know that Israel is hwhy's first born- His "First Fruits". Wouldn't it make sense that the crossing occurred on that High Holy Day? If this is so, it would be a shadow and type of Yeshua, the first born of hwhy, that resurrected on First Fruits and become the first born, or "first fruits", among many brethren. When the Israelites crossed over the sea, they were in a state of death, and when they arrived on the other side, they were resurrected from the potential death in the sea. This would be a type and shadow of Yeshua rising from the depths of death on the first day of the Omer on Firstfruits.

This theory has sense, but does it give enough backbone to support this theory?

Looking at the second theory

SECOND THEORY

THEY CROSSED ON THE NIGHT ON THE FOURTH DAY OF THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD

There is an account that could be the precursor of this three day account, and this is what Moses said to Pharaoh, which is noted in the book of Exodus

Exodus 3:18 And they will listen to your voice: and you shall come, you and the Elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, hwhy, Elohim of the Hebrews, has met with us: and now, we will go now a journey of three days in the wilderness, and we will sacrifice to hwhy, our Elohim.

Exodus 5:3 And they said, the Elohim of the Hebrews has met upon us: We will go now a journey of three days in the wilderness, and we will sacrifice to hwhy, our Elohim; lest shall impinge us on the plague or on the sword.

The day that the Israelites left Egypt is noted in the book of Numbers

Numbers 33:1 These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, whom they went out from the land of Egypt by their armies on the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses wrote ta-their outgoings to their journeys upon the Mouth of hwhy: and these are their journeys by their outgoings.3 And they pulled up from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; from after the Passover, the Sons of Israel, they went out on a High Hand to the eyes of all of the Egyptians.

If this theory is correct, that means the Israelites would have arrived at the Sea of Reeds, three days later. By late in the third day, and calculating out the chronology that would fit this premise by adding two and two, Pharaoh and his army would have left in the morning on the third day, and arriving at the Sea of Reeds by the end of the third day, then on the beginning of the fourth day, hwhy divided the sea to make a dry freeway for the Israelites to cross over. Before sunrise, Pharoah and his army were in the midde of the dried up sea, when hwhy covered them up. If this theory is correct, this would fit to the statement that Yeshua made, which is noted in the Gospel of John

John 2:13 And the Jews' Passover was at hand, and Yeshua went up to Jerusalem, 14 And found in the Temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when He had made a scourge of small cords, He drove them all out of the Temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not My Father's House an house of merchandise. 17 And His disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of Thine House hath eaten me up. 18 Then answered the Jews and said unto Him, What sign shewest Thou unto us, seeing that Thou doest these things? 19 Yeshua answered and said unto them, Destroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise Him up. 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this Temple in building, and wilt Thou rear it up in three days? 21 But He spake of the Temple of His Body.

As I noted in the Passover/Unleavened Bread information webpage, Yeshua was buried in the tomb for three days, during the first three days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and was resurrected on the beginning on the first Biblical day of the week on First Fruits. Yeshua's account of His burial and resurrection, would fitly compare to the account of the Israelites three days journey.

The Pillar of the Cloud, that occured by day, came between the Egyptians and the Israelites. It became darkness for the Egyptians, but it gave light at night to the Israelites

Exodus 14:19-20

Exo 14:19 And the Messenger of the Elohim that is going to the face of the Camp of Israel pulled up and went behind them; And the Pillar of the Cloud pulled up from their faces and stood behind them: 20 And came between the camp of Egypt and between the Camp of Israel; and was the Cloud and the darkness, and lighted ta-the night: And did not come near, this one to this one all of the night.

If the Egyptians arrived at night, hwhy would have appeared in the pillar of fire, as mentioned in the book of Exodus

Exodus 13:21-22

Exo 13:21 And hwhy went to their faces by day in a Pillar of a Cloud to lead them the way; and in a Pillar of Fire by night to give light to them; to go by day and by night: 22 Did not withdrew the Pillar of the Cloud by day, and the Pillar of Fire by night to the face of the People.

But this was a unique exception that the Cloud gave light for the night. That was one huge glow to light up Nuweiba Beach. So during the night [of the seventh day of Unleavened Bread] with the beach lit up, Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and hwhy blew an east wind all the night and dried up the land

Exodus 14:21-23
Exo 14:21 And Moses stretched out ta-his hand over the sea; and hwhy made depart ta-the sea on a strong east wind all of the night, and made ta-the sea to dry, and the waters, they were divided. 22 And the Sons of Israel, they went to the middle of the sea on the dry ground: and the waters to them had a wall from their right and from their left. 23 And Egypt, they pursued, and they went after them to the middle of the sea, all of the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.

This is an interesting note. The movies portrayed them to cross over the sea by day, but it says, based on chapter 14 verses 22-24, that they crossed over while it was still night. This is what it says next

Exodus 14:24-25
Exo 14:24 And was, in the breaking period (morning) watch, hwhy gazed towards the camp of Egypt in the Pillar of Fire and Of the Cloud, and troubled ta the host of the Egyptians, 25 And removed ta the wheels from their chariots, and they drove in difficulty (heaviness): and Egypt said, I will flee from the face of Israel; for hwhy is fighting for them against Egypt.

What does this tell us? It tells us that it was night time "IN THE MORNING WATCH", which meant it was the fourth watch between the ninth and twelfth hours of the night (between three and six o'clock), and dawn was breaking around the twelfth hour.

It also mentions during the morning watch that hwhy took off their chariot wheels. This is another key factor to the time line

Exodus 14:26-27
Exo 14:26 And hwhy said to Moses, Stretch out ta-your hand over the sea, and the waters, they will return upon Egypt, on his chariots, and on his horsemen. 27 And Moses stretched forth ta-his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his continuance (strength) towards the face of breaking period (morning); and ta-Egypt fled to meet him; and hwhy overthrew Egypt in the middle of the sea.

hwhy had Moses stretch out his hand over the sea "TOWARD THE FACING OF THE MORNING", which means that the sun was just about to rise. That means Pharaoh and his army were drowned in the gulf before the sun started to appear.

This is a map of the crossing route of Nuweiba Beach

As you see, it is about 10 miles between Nuweiba Beach and the beach in Saudi Arabia. Now if you think about that fact at least 1.8 million Israelites crossed over the ten mile gulf during the three hour period, followed by the time the Egyptian army was in the middle of crossing over during the latter part of the three hour period, one would say that it took about 2 1/2 hours for the Israelites to complete the ten mile crossing of the gulf while the Egyptians were allowed to start crossing after 2 1/2 hours which would give them time to get at least to the center of the gulf.

The Israelites reached the Sea of Reeds on the third day and crossing the other side on the fourth day, a type of resurrection, on the day of First Fruits.

There are more scriptural references to provide backbone for the basis of the dates regarding this second theory. I am leaning toward believing that the second theory is correct.

This is a chart showing the comparison of the times lines between Moses and the Israelites leaving Pharaoh to the crossing of the Gulf of Aqaba at Nuweiba Beach, and between Yeshua's crucifixion to His resurrection

SUMMARY

To summarize, it has been realized that:

*The Passover Lamb healed the people of their ailments.
*The Blood that covered the lintel and door post was a type and shadow of Yeshua's blood covering us.
*The phrase "between the mixing periods" or "between the mingling periods" is the night that occurred after the first mixing at sunset and before the second mixing before sunrise on the fourteenth of Aviv.
*The moon was full during the Exodus' Passover.
*Joseph tomb was carried throughout the entire journey.
*Carrying their kneading troughs were a type and shadow of carrying their crosses.
*Israel departed on the fifteenth of Aviv at night, the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
*The Gulf of Suez and the Straits of Tiran were not the locations of the crossing area.
*Nuweiba Beach shows concrete proof that it was the location with evidence of remains of chariot wheels, human bones and horse hooves lying on the sea bed,and the modern name of the Gulf, being named after the Israelites' patriarch, Jacob.
*Pharaoh and his army found the Israelites through their tracks.
*The Israelites could have arrived at Nuweiba Beach late in the third day of Unleavened Bread to compare the three days Yeshua was buried in the tomb.
*The crossing occurred in the fourth watch of the night and the sea covered the army in the breaking of the sun rising, which either day, would represent the Biblical day of First Fruits.
* The Sea of Reeds crossing occurred on the fourth day of Unleavened Bread which would coincide with Yeshua being resurrected from the dead, on the fourth day of Unleavened Bread.
*Between the two theories, the second theory has Biblical references to back up the second theory that it took three days to get to Nuweiba Beach and cross over the sea.

HAVE A KHAG PESAKH AND KHAG HAMATSOTH SAMEAKH EVERYONE!!!

Here are some external links for those who are interested in the Exodus account and other archeology information:

Ark Discovery International
http://www.arkdiscovery.com/index2.htm

The Wyatt Family Website
http://www.ronwyatt.com/index.html

Covenant Keepers
http://www.covenantkeepers.co.uk/

Red Sea Crossing Truth
https://sites.google.com/site/redseacrossingtruth2/homepage

Split Rock Research
http://splitrockresearch.org/content/Welcome/

Patterns of Evidence
http://www.patternsofevidence.com/en/

I pray that this teaching has been a blessing to you.

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SHALOM

K'vod LaiYHWH

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