Review of the Evidence for the Exodus
by Craig Paardekooper

1. A Precise Date :The Exodus had a very definite time and place in Israelite history. It was not just a story withouta historical context – such as a myth or borrowed story from another culture.
James Ussher, in The Annals of the World, placed the Exodus at 1491 BC. He based his
calculations on 1. Accepting 586/7 BC for the destruction of Jerusalem
2. A direct reckoning of the dates-of-accession of the Kings of the Divided Kingdoms
Northern and Southern.
3. The Bible's explicit statement that Solomon broke ground on the Temple of Jerusalem
exactly 479 years after the Exodus.[22]With the almost unanimously accepted date of 586/7 B.C (a few accept 588 and WTS uses
607) for the destruction of Jerusalem, this chronology starts by adding back the total of theruler-ships of the kings of Judah from Rehoboam to Zedekiah. This amounts to approximately
390 years. Ussher look a literal reading of the Bible. He did not try to reinterpret the Bible in
the light of any non-biblical source.
586 B.C + 389 years = 975 B.C for the 1st year of Rehoboam.
1 Kings 11:42:“…the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was 40 years.”
975 B.C + 40 years = 1015 B.C for the beginning of Solomon’s reign.
1 Kings 6:1 NJB:
“In the 480th year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's
reign over Israel...he began building the temple of Yahweh.”
1015 B.C less 3 years = 1012 B.C for Solomon’s fourth year.
1012 B.C + 479 years = 1491 B.C for the date of the Exodus.
The Israelites counted the years since the Exodus. Why would they count the years since amyth?

2. The Hyksos and the Great Anti-Semitic Persecution and expulsion of Asiaticfrom Egypt.
The Exodus story is a record of a Hebrew holocaust. According to the Bible, this persecutionof the Hebrews began at the time of Moses birth, 80 years before the Exodus - 1570 B.C.
according to Ussher’s chronology. This persecution was part of a large scale event in Egypt the expulsion of the Hyksos
Jacob was a Hyksos Ruler
The Hyksos were Semitics who began migrating to Egypt at the very time that Jacob came to
Egypt.
According to the Turin king list there were six Hyksos kings who ruled for 108 years. So they
started to arrive in Egypt about 1678 B.C.
One important ruler was named "Y'qbhr" or "Jacob-hr" (Albright 1934, 11). Scarabs havebeen found with the words "Jacob-El" dating from this period. Soon the trickle of Semitics
became a flood and then more militant groups arrived and effectively took over Lower Egypt.
These Semitic rulers were sympathetic to fellow Semites, and many attained positions ofauthority. Many Semites were given positions of power under Hyksos rule. The Hyksos wereat odds with the native Egyptian rulers. They followed their own religion and completely
neglected the native Egyptian religion, so much so that many of the temples fell into
complete disrepair. However, the Hyksos grew to be a wealthy and powerful merchant class.
Avarice, their capital in the Delta, became a byword for riches. They even levied a tributefrom the native Egyptian rulers who still controlled Upper Egypt.
Finally, in the time of Pharoah Kamose (1573 - 1570 B.C) and his brother Pharoah Ahmosis(1570 B.C. - ) the native Egyptians began to fight back against Hyksos rule. Kamose captured
many Hyksos cities. Finally Pharoah Ahmose laid siege to Avaris, the capital of the Hyksos,
with an army numbering about 400,000. The Hyksos surrendered and they were expelledfrom Egypt, and once again a native Egyptian Pharoah became ruler of both upper and lower
Egypt. So the Bible says - "A new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in
Egypt." The date of the expulsion of the Hyksos is given as c 1570 B.C.
Not all of the Asiatic were expelled. Asiatic who remained were treated quite brutally asslaves. The Egyptians made use of their labour.
The Egyptians devised a plan of infant genocide to stop them breeding - to kill every newborn Hebrew male. This way the Semite population would be controlled. It was at this timethat Moses was born (about 1571 B.C). So Moses was born during the very years that thedrive began to expel all the Asiatic.
The Exodus story is basically the story of a Hebrew holocaust that began with the drive to
expel the Hyksos and other Asiatic. Expulsions continued during the reigns of succeeding
pharaohs - Thutmosis I and II.
For 40 years Moses watched the oppression of his people, as they were down trodden andabused by the Egyptian overlords, then in 1530 B.C. he killed an Egyptian and was forced toflee. 40 years later he would return to free his people.
So you can see how well the Hyksos period fits in with the Exodus story. While Hyksos
pharaohs were in power, the Hebrews were relatively safe. However once the native
Egyptians had expelled the Hyksos, which coincidentally happened almost to the year whenMoses was born, then the native Egyptian hatred for the Asiatic was turned against theremaining Semites. In fact the Egyptians were paranoid, and feared that if the Hebrew
Semites were allowed to breed they would join forces with the Hyksos rulers and over power
the Egyptians - so they planned to kill all the male children, something which a Semitic ruler
would never do.
In Egyptian history we find that there was a large scale drive to remove Semites and Asiaticfrom Egypt that began in about 1573 B.C. onwards. Ahmose was the new king who "knew
not Joseph" and wanted to break the Semite power in Egypt. Ushers date for the birth ofMoses coincides exactly with the beginning of the anti-Semitism in Egypt under Kamose andAhmose. It was Ahmose who drove the Hyksos Semites out of Egypt. Once the Hyksos rulers
were out of the way, persecution was unchecked.
The rage of the Egyptians against the Hyksos can be partly understood, because theforeigners had taken over half of their land (Lower Egypt), and were exacting tribute from theother half (Upper Egypt). The Hyksos had turned Egypt into a vassal state, set up their own
religions, and had grown wealthy. Their city was located in the Nile delta, and was called
Avarice. Not all the Hyksos were peaceful. Some were militant, and it required a powerful
Egyptian army to finally drive them out.

3. Dating the Time of the Hyksos
Egyptian dynasty J. H. Breasted's dates. Source Wikipedia
1st & 2nd dynasties 3400–2980
3rd dynasty
2980–2900
4th dynasty
2900–2750
5th dynasty
2750–2625
6th dynasty
2623–2475
7th & 8th dynasties 2475–2445
9th & 10th dynasties 2445–2160
11th dynasty
2160–2000
12th dynasty
2000–1788
13th to 17th dynasties 1780–1580
18th dynasty
1580–1350
19th dynasty
1350–1205
20th dynasty
1200–1090
21st dynasty
1090–945
22nd dynasty
945–745
23rd dynasty
745–718
24th dynasty
718–71225th dynasty
712–663
26th dynasty
663–525
The Encyclopedia Judaica gives the following dates for the Hyksos period HYKSOS , the founders of the Egyptian 15th dynasty; Asiatics who exercised politicalcontrol over Egypt between approximately 1655 and 1570 B.C. The Hyksos establishedtheir capital at Avaris in the Eastern Delta, controlled the Nile Valley as far south as
Hermopolis, and claimed overlordship over the rest of Upper Egypt. Avaris (Egyptian ḥwtwʿrt) has been identified as Tell el-Dabʿa in the Northeast Delta.

(1570 is the date for the birth of Moses and the killing of the male infants.)
The Jewish Virtual Library says this Most of the Hyksos personal names are west-Semitic, in the same language group as
Amorite and the Canaanite and Aramaic dialects. There seem to be no Hurrian names as
was once thought. "Hyksos" reflects hekau khoswe, "the rulers of foreign lands," the namegiven them by their Egyptian contemporaries. They were also referred to as ʿmw,
"Asiatics," the standard name for the inhabitants of the Eastern Mediterranean littoral,
Canaan and Syria. After having infiltrated into the Nile Valley over a period of several
centuries, they managed to seize the kingship during the chaotic period which ended the
Egyptian Middle Kingdom. At the beginning of the 18th Dynasty (c. 1580 B.C.E.) Pharaoh
Ahmes expelled the Hyksos from Egypt and pursued them to southern Palestine. Afterbesieging Sharuhen (Tell el-Farʿah) in the south, for three years, he defeated them. His
successors, Amenophis I, Tuthmosis I, and Tuthmosis III, completed their expulsion from
Egypt.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology Hyksos [CP].
The name given by the Egyptians to warrior groups who infiltrated Egypt at the end of the
Middle Kingdom to dominate the Nile Valley in the second intermediate period between
1640 and 1570 BC and to form the 15th Dynasty. Their capital was at Avaris in the Nile
Delta. Their expulsion in c.1567 BC under Amosis, the founder of the 18th Dynasty,
heralded the start of the New Kingdom in Egypt. The Hyksos are not easily recognized in
the archaeological record, although in Palestine they seem to have built defensive ramparts
faced with smooth hard plaster. They seem to have been ruled by a military aristocracy andwere responsible for the introduction of the horse and chariot to Egypt, and perhaps also
the upright loom, the olive and the pomegranate.

So the period of the Hyksos was from 1650 B.C. till 1570 B.C. They were then expelled from
Egypt by force, and then Moses was born.

Egyptian Historians and the Dating of the Hyksos
Manetho is believed to have been an Egyptian priest from Sebennytos who lived in
the Ptolemaic Kingdom in the early third century BC, during the Hellenistic period. He
authored the Aegyptiaca (History of Egypt) in Greek, a major chronological source for thereigns of the kings of ancient Egypt.
Manetho describes the rise of the Hyksos by writing: “Tutimaeus. In his reign, for whatcause I know not, a blast of God smote us; and unexpectedly, from the regions of the East,
invaders of obscure race marched in confidence of victory against our land. By main force
they easily seized it without striking a blow; and having overpowered the rulers of the land,
they burned our cities ruthlessly, razed to the ground the temples of the gods, and treated
all the natives with a cruel hostility, massacring some and leading into slavery the wives
and children of others. Finally, they appointed as king one of their number whose namewas Salitis. He had his seat at Memphis, levying tribute from Upper and Lower Egypt, andalways leaving garrisons behind in the most advantageous positions (1940, 79-81).

So here, Manetho describes the beginning of the Hyksos period.
Tatian quotes Manetho to show that the Jews departed from Egypt in the time of kingAhmose who lived at the same time as Inachus who is four hundred years earlier than the
Trojan War which happened 407 years before the Olympiads started (Ante-Nicene Fathers
1975, Vol.2, 80-1).
The Olympiads began in 776 B.C. so the departure of the Jews from Egypt under King
Ahmose began in 776 + 407 + 400 = 1583 B.C.

Greek Historians and the Dating of the Hyksos
Herodotus is known as the father of history. He was a Greek writer born in Asia Minor about
484 BC He travelled extensively in Asia Minor, Babylon, Egypt, and Greece. Herodotus
wrote Histories which was later divided into nine books. Book Two deals with the history andculture of Egypt.
Herodotus describes the Hyksos period by saying: Thus they reckon that for a hundred andsix years Egypt was in great misery and the temples so long shut were never opened. So
much do the people hate the memory of these two kings that they do not greatly wish toname them, and call the pyramids after the shepherd Philitis, who then pastured his flocks
in this place (Book ii, 128; 1920, 431).

Eusebius in his book The Preparation for the Gospel tries to show the antiquity of the Jews byreferring to what Herodotus had said indirectly.
Eusebius says: Herodotus also has made mention of this revolt and of Amosis in his second
Book; and, in a certain way, of the Jews themselves, enumerating them among those whopractice circumcision, and calling them the Assyrians in Palestine, perhaps on account of
Abraham (1981, 525-26; Herodotus 1920, 319; Book ii, 36).

And Apion the son of Poseidonius, the most laborious of grammarians, in his book Against
the Jews, and in his fourth book of his History, says that in the time of Inachus king ofArgos, when Amosis reigned over Egypt, the Jews revolted under the leadership of Moses.
And Herodotus also makes mention of this revolt, and of Amosis, in his second book
(Ante-Nicene Fathers 1975, Vol.VI, 134).

In summary
The native Egyptians regarded the Hyksos as foreigners, invaders, people who had no respect
for religion. They had taken over the Egyptians homeland, and driven the Egyptians into
Upper Egypt. There is abundant archaeological evidence showing that these semitic
foreigners were people from Canaan, and included Jacob’s family. Scarabs have even beenfound from this period with Jacob’s name !! It was these semitic rulers who had “known
Joseph” and raised him to a position of power.
However the native Egyptian rulers ,who occupied and controlled Upper Egypt, were biding
their time – waiting to take back Lower Egypt from the Hyksos, drive out the foreigners, andmake Egypt their own once more.
It was in the reign of Ahmose that the semitic Hyksos rulers were finally and decisively
expelled.
Now that the native Egyptian rulers had regained control of Lower Egypt, they could dictate
how the remaining Asiatic and Semites were to be treated. So they implemented compulsory
birth control – ordering the killing of every male child. They did this in order to limit the
Semite population which they feared would grow and ally itself with their Hyksos enemies.
For the same reasons, it is obvious that this policy was NOT enacted by a Hyksos king, since
it would be to the advantage of a Hyksos ruler to populate Egypt with Semites. The infant
genocide was a nationalistic policy implemented by a native Egyptian ruler.
Such a policy of birth control could only be implemented once the Hyksos rulers had been
driven out. This took place in the reign of Ahmose (1580 B.C -) when he expelled the Hyksosrulers. The Bible says that ”a new king, who knew not Joseph, came to power in Egypt”. The
beginning of the reign of Ahmose coincides almost exactly with the Bible date for the birth ofMoses (1570 B.C. Ussher).
So the evidence for the persecution and expulsion of Asiatic from Egypt at this time is verystrong. In the light of this, what IS remarkable is why secular historians routinely ignore all of
this – and insist that there is no evidence for the Israelites in Egypt !

4. An Exodus to Greece
The Seafaring Tribe of Dan
The primary trade characteristic of the tribe of Dan was seafaring, unusual for the Israelite
tribes. In the Song of Deborah the tribe is said to have stayed on their ships with theirbelongings.
Remember, that the main habitation of the Israelites was in the Nile Delta, near to the sea.
Many ships of the tribe of Dan would have been harboured there.
So, when the Israelites were expelled from Egypt some would have departed by land, butothers by sea.
In fact it is doubtful that a sea-faring tribe like Dan would simply leave all of their ships
behind and choose to trudge on foot instead.
Account of the Greek Exodus
Diodorus was born in Agyrium, Sicily before 100 BC He travelled widely and wrote a
general history in 40 books which have only partly survived.
Diodorus writes: Now that we are about to record the war against the Jews, we consider it
appropriate to give first a summary count of the establishment of the nation, from its
origins, and of the practices observed among them.
When in ancient times a pestilence arose in Egypt, the common people ascribed their
troubles to the workings of a divine agency; for indeed with many strangers of all sorts
dwelling in their midst and practicing different rites of religion and sacrifice, their own
traditional observances in honour of the gods had fallen into disuse.
Hence the natives of the land surmised that unless they removed the foreigners, their
troubles would never be resolved. At once, therefore, the aliens were driven from thecountry, and the most outstanding and active among them banded together and, as somesay, were cast ashore in Greece and certain other regions; their leaders were notablemen, chief among them being Danaus and Cadmus.
But the greater number were driven into what is now called Judaea, which is not far
distant from Egypt and was at that time utterly uninhabited. The colony was headed by a
man called Moses, outstanding both for his wisdom and for his courage.
On taking possession of the land he founded, besides other cities, one that is now the mostrenowned of all, called Jerusalem. In addition he established the temple that they hold inchief veneration, instituted their forms of worship and ritual, drew up their laws andordered their political institutions. He also divided them into twelve tribes, since this isregarded as the most perfect number and corresponds to the number of months that makeup a year. But he had no images whatsoever of the gods made for them, being of theopinion that God is not in human form (Book XL.3; 279-283).

Clinton's "Fasti Hellenici" dates the Cadmus expedition to 310 years before the fall of Troy

(Troy fell 408 years before the first Olympiad = 1183 B.C., so the Cadmus expedition
occurred in 1493 B.C.
" It is said of Cadmus that he came originally from Egypt in company with Phoenix :"Euseb. Chron. " Eusebius in another place mentions the arrival of Cadmus with a company
of Saitae. They founded Athens and Thebes. Chron. p. 14. The ancient Athenians
worshipped Isis, and were in their looks and manners particularly like the Egyptians. Diod.
I. p. 24—26^"

Fast Hellenici p 32
Cadmus is placed by the Parian Marble 268 years before the first Theban war and 310
before the fall of Troy'. He is a little before Danails in the Marble

F H p 85
According to Haydn's Dictionary of Dates, Cadmus arrived in Greece in 1493 B.C. andfounded the city of Thebes in Greece in 1490 B.C. Arrival of Cadmus, founder of Cadmea (Hales,
1494 ; Clinton, 1313) .... B.C. 1493

THEBES(the capital of the country successively called Aonia, Messapia, Ogygia, Hyantis, and
Bceotia) was called Cadmeis, from Cadmus, its founder, 1493 B.C.

ASYLUMS, OR PRIVILEGED PLACES, at first were places of refuge for those who byaccident or necessity had done things that rendered them obnoxious to the law. God commanded the Jews to build certain cities for this purpose, 1451 B.C., Numbers xxv. The
posterity of Hercules are said to have built one at Athens, to protect themselves against
such as their father had irritated. Cadmus built one at Thebes, 1490 B.C., and .Romulus
one at Mount Palatine, 751 B.C. See Sanctuaries.

So we have Danaus and Cadmus departing by sea from Egypt in 1493 B.C. and heading
across the Mediterranean to Greece, where they founded Thebes and Athens. Unlike Moses,
Cadmus and Danaus seem to have brought with them much of the Egyptian religion,
including the worship of Isis.
This is interesting because it suggests that during their stay in Egypt, many of the Israelites
had adopted Egyptian beliefs. When they departed Egypt, those who went with Moses also

carried these beliefs. Even on Mount Sinai, when Moses received the Law from God, manyof the Israelites reverted to worshipping a golden calf – Hathor.
So Moses appears to have been a religious reformer. He didn’t just set the people free – hepreserved and restored the Israelites native religion – and set it in writing. In comparison, theexodus to Greece was faster (taking only a few years instead of 40), far less toilsome (a sea
journey instead of an arduous walk), less puritanical - having merged the original Israelite
religion with that of Egyptian gods.

Greek King Lists and Date of the Greek Exodus
The importance of the Greek Exodus is that it confirms the date of the Exodus as about 1493
B.C. This is further confirmed by the Greek king lists
The Argive King Lists (Castor)
Now we will list the kings of the Argives, begining with Inachus and ending with
Sthenelus the son of Crotopus. These kings reigned for a total of 382 years, until
Sthenelus was expelled by Danaus, who seized control of Argos. The descendants of
Danaus ruled Argos, ending with Eurysthenes, the son of Sthenelus, the son ofPerseus. After Eurysthenes, the descendants of Pelops ruled Argos. The duration of
the reign of the kings of the Danaidae was 162 years. The duration of the reign of thePelopidae was 105 years, starting with Atreus, and ending with Penthilus, Tisamenus
and Cometes the son of Orestes, in whose time the invasion of the Heracleidae
occurred.

The dates of each of the Argive kings are as follows.
1679
1654
1624
1606.51571.51544.5
1527
1504
1483
1472
1422
1381
1358
1341
1310
1265
1200-1183
1183-1176
1176-1175
1175-1174
1174-1173
1173-1171
1171-1158

Inarchus
50/2
Phoroneus
60/2
Apis
35/2
Argus
70/2
Criasus54/2
Phorbas35/2
Triopas46/2
Crotopus
21
Sthenelus
11
Danaus50
Lynceus41
Abas
23
Proetus17
Acrisius
31
Eurestheus
45
Atreus Thyestes
65
Agamemnon
17
Aegisthus[7/8]
Orestes
15 (or 18)<no king>
Orestes (back from exile)
Aletes (usurper)
Orestes (restored)

The Argive King Lists (Pausanius)
1675
1650
1625
1600
1575
1550
1525
1500 Io,
1475
1450
1425
1400
1375
1350
1225
1300
1275
1250
1225
1200

Inarchus
Phoroneus
Apis <Niobe>, Car
Argus
Peirasus, Phorbas
Triopas, Lelex
Iasus, Agenor, Pelasgus
Crotopus
SthenelasGelanor, Danaus
Lynceus
Abas
Acrisius, Proetus
Danae, Magaphantes
PerseusElectryon
Alkmene + (Amphytrion), Sthenelus
Eurestheus
AtreusAgamemnon

The Argive Kings (Syncellus)
1679.51651.51621.51604
1569
1541.5
1529
1511
1499
1488
1430
1395
1358-1341

Inachus
Phoroneus
Apis
Argus
CriasusPhorbasTriopasCrotopus
Sthenelus
DanausLynceus
Abas
Proetus

56/2
60/2
35/2
70/2
55/2
25/2
36/2
24/2
11
58
35
37
17

The Argive Kings (Tatian)
1675
1650
1625
1600
1575
1550
1525
1500
1475
1450
1425
1400
1375
1350
1325
1300
1275
1250
1225
1200

Inachus
Phoroneus
Apis
Criasis {or Argeius}
Triopas {or Criasis}Argeius {or Phorbas}
Phorbas {or Triopas}
Crotopas
Sthenelaus
DanausLynceus
Proetus {or Abas}
Abas {or Proetus}
Acrisius
PerseusSthenelaus
Eurystheus
AtreusThyestes
Agamemnon

TimeLine Compiled by Tatian
1650 New Order, Ogygus at Athens, First deluge. [Phoroneus]
1580 Reign of Amosis 400 years or 20 generations before the Troy was taken. [Inachus]
1525 Actaeus at Athens, Country named Actaea prior to being called Attica. [Phorbas]
1500 Reign of Cecrops in Athens, Prometheus and Epimetheus and Arias and Io. [Triopas]
1475 The coming of Danaus into Peloponnesus and the return of Europa from Phoenicia toCrete. [Sthenelaus]
1440 Burning of Phaethon, Flood of Deucalion. [Crotopas]
1425 Abduction of Core, Founding of the temple in Eleusis, Triptolemus, and the coming of
Cadmus to Thebes and the reign of Minos. [Lynceus]
1420 Reign of Amphictyon and the founding of Dardania by Dardanus. [Sthenelaus]
The Argive Kings (Hyginus)
1675
1650
1625
1600
1575
1550
1525
1500

Inachus
Phoroneus
Niobe, Apis
Argus
Peranthus
Triopas(Agenor)
Pelasgus, (Belus)

1475
1450
1425
1400
1375
1350
1325
1300
1275
1250
1225
1200
1175
1150
1125
1100
1075

DanausAcrisius + (Aganippe)
Danae
Perseus (Tantalus)
PelopsThyestes
AtreusAgamemnon
Aegisthus
Orestes
AletesTisamenus, (Aristodemus)
Temenus, (Eurystheus)
Clytus, (Alexander)

According to Haydn's Dictionary of Dates, Danaus was King of Argos in 1474 B.C.
Herodotus refers to the Greeks as Danai because they descend from the tribe of Danaus - theHebrew tribe of Dan.
The first ship (probably a galley) was brought from Egypt to Greece, by Danaus, 1485 B.C.

So Haydn dates the arrival of Danaus in Greece to 1485 B.C. - very close to Usshers date for
the Hebrew Exodus.

We can see from all of this that the departure of the Israelites from Egypt was a real,
historical event, with a precise date – 1491 B.C.
Given the long period of persecution, it is odd that everyone departed at one singular time. It
would seem that there was some precipitating event that led to the sudden departure.
Some went by sea to Greece, and others by land to Judea. The journey to Greece wasrelatively short, lasting only a few years. In comparison, those who followed Moses were tospend 40 years in the desert.
It would be interesting to ask if the Greeks preserved any record of the 10 plagues.
Moses instituted a return to the Israelites native religion – the worship of a singular God
YHWH, even to the extent of abandoning the pictographic language of Egypt – many ofwhose symbols were the Egyptian gods – and developing a new alphabet – as will be seenfrom the Sinai inscriptions discussed later.
Those who followed Dan to Greece were more affluent and less religious – the tribe of Dan
were wealthy sea-trading merchants, steeped in polytheism, commerce and trade.

However, the poorer Israelites followed Moses on foot, and many suffered hardships, andcomplained and missed their life in Egypt. They were easily tempted to revert to their
Egyptian beliefs.

Eye Witness Accounts
Contemporary Language
The Book of Exodus was written soon after the events it describes. We know this because it
contains hundreds of Egyptian loan words that are absent in latter texts.
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Appeal to Authority based on Miraculous Events
And the Laws provided to Moses, frequently refer back to the Exodus events as establishing
their authority. This appeal to authority based on miracles would be null and void if thosemiracles had never happened.
So did the events happen? Was there a plague of burning hail? Did the Nile really turn toblood? Did all the first born in Egypt die in one night? Did Moses really divide the Red Sea?
Witnessed by Many
It is not claimed that the plagues of Egypt were carried out in secret, and witnessed by only afew. Rather it is claimed that there were 600,000 witnesses and the phenomena were nationwide. If the book of Exodus was contemporary with the events described, then its readers
would have been eye-witnesses. If these events were made up, surely the people would haverejected Moses as insane or as a liar – and no one would have followed Moses religion.
The members of 12 tribes witnessed the plagues in Egypt, and continued to witness
miraculous events in the wilderness for 40 years – just as the 12 disciples witnessed themiracles of Jesus, then continued to witness miracles over the next 40 years.
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Other Eyewitness Accounts by the Israelites
Other eye witness accounts include the Sinai inscriptions, messages engraved into the rocksof the Sinai during the time that the Israelites were wandering in the Wilderness. These
inscriptions are written in a proto-Hebrew alphabet, and mention Biblical names and events.
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The Supernatural Timing of the Exodus
God made a covenant with Noah in 2348 B.C., then 430 years later He made a covenant with
Abraham in 1921 B.C. At that time He revealed that 400 years would pass until the Israelites
were brought out of Egypt into Canaan, because “the sin of the Amorites had not yet reached
its full measure”
Finally, in 1491 B.C., 430 years later still, God brought the Israelites out of Egypt and made acovenant with Moses.
The timing of these events suggest that God was instrumental in causing the Exodus of theIsraelites. It looks as if He timed it to the day.
Ref : https://t.me/c/1568554345/93
The exodus marked the birth of the nation of Israel – and the birth of its 12 tribes.
10 of those tribes would last until 721 B.C. , a period of 770 years, when they were destroyedby the Assyrians. The remaining two tribes would also be attacked by the Assyrians in 701
B.C. but would be miraculously spared, and allowed to exist until 70 A.D. – a further 770
years.
A Prototype of Christ’s Passover
The events of the Exodus served as a prototype for Christ’s Passover, and so Christ’s
resurrection and ascension testify to the reality of the Exodus events.
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Will it Happen Again
The judgements in the Book of Revelations are similar to the Egyptian plagues. And both
follow a period of depopulation. Revelations describes in more detail what causes theseplagues.
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A Matter of Faith
We have seen that the Book of Exodus was a contemporary document.
Every old testament prophet testifies to the truth of these records, and lend to it theirauthority. And the historical writings of the books of Kings and Chronicles also claim them
to be true. Finally, Jesus claimed them to be true also.
Ultimately, it’s an act of faith – we can just trust and surrender. It is said that it is only
through following God that you will know the truth.