The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-10-07
os Cross the Red Sea:

,vrntjnn Of historians ana pFiei'a'
y h,s recently been held IN l'ohoon
sc@ea'rr raS attracted very wide attention.
VIC, .IrrS>cs Of Sir Henry Raw!inson ana
L'r ,y,,'n ,,,ncr we're bold and icoroc'aStic, ano
N.N -. - many cherished opinions; bet the
cen S..''~ r.sd by Rrugsch Bey. distinguished
iHh.t,a- ol Egypt, on the question OF Tue sue
>cH.,'' .,y.,S ,hr 1sraeli,cs crossed from Egypt
y" ;" 49,. Promised Land. was OF unusual ih'
.,.., ... Monumental inscriptions nao peen
''.,,,...,.i geology studied, names compared,
''',',, ,,'.n. prcp4rcd 30 authenticate toe hi>.
''.. ..,.,5 The following isa brief resume
=, :.c positions arrived N: ,
@ 49,, ,r.y, chosen for my theme said brugsch
= -. the exodus OF the Hebrews from
~: - their arrival at Elm. All SaYants
"'. h.y, previously occupied themselves
W" ~, rrronstruction OF this route nave
W." ,nc basis of their researches the
IN' .r.,',,,y Of Egypt during the time OF the
rmnirc, comparing it with that OF
,ars - many Savant>. SO many Clfer'
V-' ,".,;,,,s conccrninc this route. But all,
-, 49,, ,y.en,icn Of two. agree that the
T.," ,. n',,,- through the Red sea. My own
'.~"i,. grp founded on the geographical
.....,,i,,, If Egyptian monuments contem'
i".','.,. .,',.h the Iine Of the exodus. was
i''.',' ,'.r,r,r>t!uct the Egypt Of this epoch.
,yrN A., .oyry-two provinces Win It's ealel
.,... .,lvl,h very great number OF very
,.,.:.,'. ,;,,fil> Of the topography ana also OF
:. ,,.,... r..t,. From this have arrived at
49,. .,,...,sn- conclusions, which consider
,,.3.>ii5"at!e: ,.s :.
'''i rLs. IN. town Of Ranses " differs in
., ,,ay from HE town OF Ioan," Whlch Is
',...l,r at in the Bible as the place where
N.,c, reformed his miracles before the
T,,ro., # hi, time. This is the same town
',T,.. -, Greeks called Tanes, and which
,Is ,hr chief town of the district Tanitis.
y Taa, the town of Pithom, likewise
mentioned in the Bible. was the chief town
-. ~. adjoining districts called by the
DIX. The District of Sethroites. The Sc
,,s.,, name of the same town. cited in the
r.,ryr! II The British museum, was Suko or
.r.a,a which corresponds exactly with the
s,r..r3 station at which the Hebrews camped
All, their exodus from Ram>eS.
: Tnr third station. called in the Bible
rr.m. bears the name Of Hetham in the
T,ygrisu texts. Tue name means " the for
,.@.j" Ibis fort was situated westward
:-a,n ,As racv elkantareh Il. e., the bridge
,,.,.,ily, an the ccnfine, of the desert. After
t,;fr, arrived At Ethan the Hebrews turn
r,.otbe north. and arrived then at (4) Mig
ri. witch VAS the fourth station. The
Nane i, c5mTrtcly Egyptian. and means the
mrtrc>, o! Ma.ioon of the Greek and Ro-
man authors. situate at TeLe-Semout of our
div. >.f:rv oui from Migdol, the Hebrews
,,nr.t trtwccn Migdol and the sea q. e..
Tie Net.tcriauean) before the entrance of
tle Nroih P.hahiroth), in the face of Baal
Hegaon. The lIiroth, an Egyptian term,
d,g0l.> those fearful abySses situated be-
tween ilr Mediterranean sea and the Lake
SiF,p.i> The place Of Baal Zephon, in
E.y,Iu B4ali Zapouna, is the name OF a
>ygr'Yrg ,i,ulted at the Casian Mount.
i, Pharaoh and his army pursued the
Hebrews on this isthmus between the
81 and the lake OF SirboniS, to which the
ia>r!lngn, 1--WE, a> to all lakes, even to the
E.i ,r1 tc name Of Sea of Alga Gam
SHtl.. There bci,l the Egyptians at those
I4arr, Il. sam" fate which, in the course
1; history. h.tyl single travellers as we'll
= Who'll" arinie>-tbey were swallowed
ly rl.aoy>>,s Of the Sea Of Algse, or Weeds.
Uacr arrived At Mount kasias, where was
Ii" eastern frontier of ancient Egypt, and
wh"rv The way OF the Philistines " begins,
iar Hebrews tIaversed in 4 southern direc-
l9a The desert to Marah, "where the water
VI, titirr." These are the bitter-water lakes
&. oGr day. The sixth station, Elm, is
ca.ri in Egypt A-lim," Il. e., the town OF
"a,Ar>" u the north of the Red sea. All
these Indications exactly correspond in He
bg.w and III Egyptian. No sayaut can sep
Ma'c ;A~u from one another, nor alter the
ste lpw fixed once for all.