How long at sinai

It does not say, "the first month in the 40th year". Since Israel left Sinai in the second month of the second year after leaving Egypt 14 months , this means they arrived at Kadesh in the first month of the third year after leaving Egypt or 24 months.

More details: Israel spent 38 continuous years at Kadesh Barnea. Calendar of events between Kadesh Barnea and the Jordan River: about 9 months. Israel Crossed the Jordan exactly 40 years after leaving Goshen to the day:. Shortly after mourning Aaron for 30 days, the people left Mount Hor, defeated the Transjordan nations, and then mourned for Moses 30 days.

They crossed the Jordan on the 10th day of the 1st month of the 41st year spring, BC , four days before the 41st Passover, which was exactly 40 years to the day they left Goshen. They started counting sabbatical years and Jubilee after crossing the Jordan. Understanding Jewish dating and times:. Jewish days started at sundown not midnight:.

Jewish inclusive reckoning method of counting days:. Calculating Exodus dates and times:. Calculating the days of the week at the Wilderness of Sin: Day 31 from Goshen. Calculating the day of the week they crossed the Red Sea: Sunday day Calculating the day of the week of Passover: Wednesday.

Calculating the day of the week of Pentecost: Sunday day God "Dawned from Seir on Mt. Sinai" on Pentecost Sunday BC. Sinai that was promised several days earlier at Rephidim Meribah. Day Sivan 2 1 st ascension of Moses: Ex Moses ascends Mt. Sinai and returns with oath for people to obey the Law soon to be revealed Ex On Friday Sivan 4, day 50 Moses ascends Mt.

Sinai 2 nd time. God says be ready on the third day which was Pentecost Sunday Ex Moses told them that God would descend on Mt. Sinai three days later and to prepare themselves during these three days. Friday was the only day they had to wash their clothes because the next day was the Sabbath.

The Bible says: "The Lord also said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow , and let them wash their garments; and let them be ready for the third day , for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. This means the duration would be a Friday - Sunday.

This method of counting is typical of the inclusive counting system of the Jews. This matches the three day sequence of Friday crucifixion being raised the third day on Sunday.

Counting the day after the 7 th sabbath makes Pentecost day 53 after leaving Goshen on Thursday Nisan God dawned from Seir and descend upon Mt. Sinai on Pentecost Sunday day 53, Sivan 7 as described in Hebrews Calculating distances between stops: Red Sea to Sinai. Goshen to Succoth. Etham: km. Passes Red Sea Camp at km then 24 km to Etham. Exodus ; Numbers Red Sea Camp : km. Itinerary from Red Sea Crossing to Mt.

Sinai at Lawz. Wilderness of Shur. Elim Day Red Sea Camp Day Exodus tells us they arrived on the 15th day of 2 nd month. Saturday - Saturday 8 days Manna came first on Sunday, day 7. Dophkah Day Journeyed in stages between Sin and Rephidim: Ex Alush Day Wilderness of Sinai Day Calculating rates of travel from Goshen to Sinai: km in 47 days.

Examples of historic rates of travel:. This means that traditional rates of travel are no applicable to the Exodus itinerary: Exodus ; Num ; ; Deut ; Neh ; Ps Scripture gives us a daily travel rate of 22 km per day:. A direct route from Mt. This is likely the time caravans would take to make the journey on camels. Camels and humans walk at the same rate of 5 km per hour.

This allows for only 5 hours of travel a day. The Hebrews likely travelled most of the day and even during the night. Nebuchadnezzar set up his military headquarters at Riblah: "Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. The use of passenger pigeons would be impossible to get a message from Babylon to Riblah, given it was a temporary outpost and Pigeons needed to be raised at Riblah and transported to Babylon to be useful as messengers back to Riblah.

This is the most likely route. A message that Nabopolassar had died could easily arrive from Babylon in about 7 days on horseback at a rate of km per day if the horse was in top shape. This computes to a daily travel rate of km per day on horseback. Veterinarians examined Poison after the race and pronounced that the horse was in good condition. This computes to a horseback travel rate on of km per day for 14 days to make the km trip.

Herodotus says it took 4 days to travel the full length of the km canal built by Darius I around BC. This produces a daily travel rate of 38 km per day. The journey is by foot not by ship, because a trireme, with three sets of rowers could travel the entire km in less than a day 7 hours at speeds of 22 km per hour.

Afterward this canal was dug thus as I had ordered and ships went from Egypt through this canal to Persia thus as was my desire. At 38 km per day, Pharaoh would arrive at Nuweiba on day 15, three days before Moses arrived. Passenger Pigeons flew back to Egypt in 5 hours that were sent from the Migdol overlooking the Hebrew camp at the Red Sea.

This gave Pharaoh 7 days to easily travel the km. A horseback rider could travel km from the Straits of Tiran back to Egypt in only 4 days. Daily travel rates from Goshen to Sinai: km in 47 days. Etham backtrack distance from the camp by the Red Sea at the crossing point to Etham and back again 24 km x 2. Red Sea to Sinai Camp days: 7 days in wilderness of Sin including 1 st sabbath, 3 days at Rephidim, 2 nd sabbath. Goshen to Sinai including Etham backtrack 44 km and Red Sea crossing 16 km.

On day 18 Pharaoh's army begin pursued Israel with horses and choice chariots and other standard chariots for a total perhaps of from Egypt to where the angel stopped them.

You must also keep in mind the supernatural help that God gave the Hebrews during the Exodus. Nehemiah and Exodus says they traveled day and night by the light of the pillar of fire. Isaiah and Psalm say God miraculously prevented any of the 3. Young, old or crippled did not stumble once. This has led many to wrongly assume it took only three day from Goshen to the Red Sea. Some people falsely assume the trip took only seven days.

This assumption is based upon an inference about the 7 days of unleavened bread which was a memorial of when Israel left Egypt so quickly, that they did not have time for their bread to rise.

But nowhere does the Bible say they ate unleavened bread for 7 days, only that there would be a seven-day period to remember that first day they left with unleavened bread.

Day two, they ate leavened bread again. The Bible does not say, "Because you ate unleavened bread for 7 days after leaving Egypt, you will east unleavened bread for 7 days each year as a memorial. Instead the Bible says, paraphrased "You will not eat leaven for 7 days in remembrance of that one day you ate unleavened bread, when you first left Egypt. The Bible does tell us that the entire km trip from Egypt to Mt.

Sinai took 47 days. It was day 25 when they crossed the Red Sea and day 47 when they reached Sinai. It took 17 days to travel km to the Red Sea and they spent 8 days camped there waiting for Pharaoh's army to come. We included the 16 km Red Sea crossing in the km. It took 22 days to travel km to Sinai after the Red Sea including 7 days camping in the wilderness of Sin and 2 days battling the Amalekites at Rephidim 3 days for the visit of Jethro at Rephidim including a second Sabbath day before reaching Sinai.

It is km line of sight as the bird flies. Israel passed the Red Sea camp under the Migdol at km from Goshen, then travelled 24 km to Etham at km, then 24 km back to the Red Sea camp at km and crossed the Red Sea 16 km for a total of km.

These distances include the Etham and back the way they came, to the camp at the Red Sea before they crossed. Etham was 24 km past the point where they crossed, so the round trip was 48 km extra.

The distance Pharaoh's army traveled from Goshen to where the pillar of cloud stopped them is km. The angel stopped the Egyptian army on the coast of the Gulf of Suez 36 km short of reaching the Hebrew Red Sea camp which was km from Egypt.

It was 16 km 10miles across the Straits of Tiran. The straight-line diagonal track ran north of the Enterprise Passage, not through it, to the shores of Arabia in the Wilderness of Shur. After they crossed into the wilderness of Shur, the distance to the camp in the wilderness of Sinai was km. Average rates of travel must be based upon the total distance and the actual days they were moving. The total distance is km and the total number of actual travel days is Between Goshen and Sinai there were 18 rest days:.

Total distance Goshen to Sinai is km. There were 7 rest days while camped as bait at the Red Sea waiting for Pharaoh to arrive. Israel travelled 17 days and arrived at the Red Sea on day 17, which includes a night camp day 9 at Succoth to collect the Hebrew slaves at the local turquoise mines at Serabit el-Khadim and Wadi Nasb.

Messengers could be sent ahead of the main group to the miners in order to bring the Hebrew miner to the shoreline camp at Succoth. As Israel began to backtrack from Etham on day 17 it took only 4 hours for a passenger pigeon to travel the km back to Egypt at km per hour from the Migdol military watchtower which directly overlooked the Hebrew camp.

Pharaoh would understand the topography of the area that he could arrive before Israel came back up the coast towards Egypt just past Succoth before they would have an eastern escape route. Pharaoh was triggered by the dead end and backtrack at Etham even before Israel reached the final Red Sea camp on day Pharaoh easily travelled the km in 7 days with horse drawn chariots at a rate of 57 km per day 34 miles per day and arrived on day 24 or sooner if he drove faster or longer each day.

Navel support of supplies down the coast of the Gulf of Suez by ship would have made the trip even faster. Israel crossed the Red Sea on day We would predict that their rate of travel would be lower after crossing the Red Sea, given the urgency of fleeing Egypt was gone. The rates of travel figures are realistic easily possible for a large crowd. Keep in mind that God gave them miraculous help and they traveled day and night and Israel could have arrived at the Red sea in 7 days.

Daily travel rate before crossing is 29 km per day. Daily travel rate after crossing is 18 km per day. Herodotus said that the same basic area was traveled at a rate of 38 km per day.

This means they traveled 38 km 23 miles per day. This prince was the first to attempt the construction of the canal to the Red Sea - a work completed afterwards by Darius the Persian - the length of which is four days' journey , and the width such as to admit of two triremes being rowed along it abreast. Herodotus 2. Considering they miraculously travelled day and night, the 3. Chronological markers of the Exodus.

Jacob entered Egypt in BC and the Exodus occurred. On the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections.

Overview map Click on photo for high resolution Satellite map Click on photo for high resolution Introduction: 1. Scripture specifically tells us the total number of days it took to travel from Goshen to Sinai: 47 a.

The day they left Goshen: Nisan 15 Num b. Goshen b. Ezion Geber near Elat on the Gulf of Aqaba d. Kadesh Barnea at modern Petra e. Dibon f. Shittim g. Nebo h.

The location of the Jordan crossing in BC 3. Guidance: Exodus b. Shelter canopy from Sunlight and Rain: Isaiah ; Psalm c. Two verses say that God gave them supernatural help crossing the depths of the Red Sea: a. Sinai is 47 days: 1. Sarna, Ex , AD d. If they arrived on the 15 th day of the third month, they arrived after Pentecost, missing an important messianic synchronism of where both the Law of Moses and the Law of Christ were revealed on Pentecost Sunday Isa ; Acts 2 e.

Exodus tells us that when they entered the Wilderness of Sin on the 15th day of the second month Iyar 15 a. It is also possible to have up to 4 consecutive 30 day lunar months: i. Welker, AD 6. The Red Sea crossing was on day 25 from Goshen: Iyar 9 a. Ancient literary Sources confirm a day journey from Goshen to Sinai: 1. Sinai not his 1 st ascension: Ex i. Ex ii. AD Josephus : Three months: 90 days or three inclusive months a. AD Augustine : Calculates a day journey and the synchronism of both laws given on Pentecost: a.

Day 12 from Crossing 38 camped at Sin. Seder Olam 5. God dawns from Seir Moses hears 10 Comm. Sinai God provides a stone copy of the 10 Commandments and reveals the plan for the tabernacle contained in Exodus chapters 99 Golden calf, breaks tablets 7 th Ascent Ex Depart for Canaan.

Other events at Mt. Sinai: Jethro visits: Sometime during the time at Sinai, but after Moses had received the law, Jethro visits and gives advice to Moses to set up thousands, hundreds and tens to help judge the people: Ex Tabernacle is set up: On the first day of the first month Nisan 1 of the second year, the tabernacle is set up for the first time.

Ex ,17 Sometime during the month of Nisan, second year, Nadab and Abihu are killed by God for using strange fire. They were drunk did not focus on the seriousness of the Holiness of God. Lev ; Numbers On the first of the second month Moses takes a census: Num Moses asked Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, to join them and be a scout for them. At first they say no, but then, like the parable of the two sons, changed his mind and joined Moses.

They got an inheritance with the tribe of Judah: Judges ; This shows that Mt. Sinai must be near Midian since Hobab must have been familiar with the local area to be scout. How could a Midianite be a scout in the modern Sinai peninsula, since the traditional Mt.

Sinai Mt. Musa is km from the town of Midian modern Al Bad? Num It is very sad that 40 years later, likely long after Jethro died, the Midianites joined with the Moabites to curse Israel through Baalam. Perhaps God knew this would be the tragic outcome and that is why Moses asked Hobab to join them. Just as Jesus asked the rich young ruler to give everything up and join Him for a promised future reward, Moses asked Hobab.

The rich young ruler refused and was eternally lost, but Hobab accepted and gained a better inheritance. One generation later: Pharaoh who knew Joseph was kind, but the next Pharaoh enslaved them. In the same way, Jethro the priest of Midian and his son Hobab, were allies to Moses, but 40 years later, likely after Jethro died, the elders of Midian were enemies of Moses. Num Day from leaving Goshen, Israel departs from Sinai for promised land after spending 11 months, 5 days at Sinai: Numbers E.

Sinai and returns with oath for people to obey the Law soon to be revealed. Moses returns to the camp and asks the people if they will keep the law soon to be revealed.

The people reply yes. Sinai to give God the people's "yes" answer. God says to be ready on the third day Sunday Sivan 7, day 53 from Goshen when he will descend on the Mountain in fire: Ex The people are told to walk to the base of the mountain from their camp and be ready for God's coming. Hobab did not come easily. But subsequent biblical texts indicate that he did come. As such, he is like Ruth who joins Naomi en route to the Land of Promise, leaving all behind, with a promise of something ahead that is of more value than anything left at home.

Even though God led Israel with the cloud, Hobab would have been useful since he knew the wilderness and could advise Moses concerning its terrain, oases, and other features. The name of Moses' father-in-law is Reuel here v. He was Zipporah's father cf. The Israelites apparently carried the ark in front of the whole nation as they marched v.

The cloud was evidently over it but not necessarily over the whole nation v. The cloud stood over the ark and led those carrying it and the nation as the Israelites moved forward. Moses' prayers whenever the cloud moved v.

They show his prayerful concern for the people he was responsible to lead. Israel's enemies v. There is no sense here of the impending doom that awaits Israel's rebellion in the wilderness. The Hebrew word for "west" is the same word as "Sea". So "west-wind" is literally a "sea wind". There is a distinct word for "east", which is the direction of the rising sun. The tabernacle in the wilderness was oriented to be facing towards the east. The Numbers 11 passage might be interpreted to say, "brought quail from the west [sea wind] or from the sea [body of water].

Quail are upland game birds that do not live near salt water. If it said that God brought pelicans from the sea, it would make more sense. Therefore, it is unclear if the text of Numbers 11 means "brought quail from the west or from the sea".

Since the Ps passage says the quail came from both south and east winds, perhaps God blew them in from a variety of directions: east, west, and south at different times.

Or perhaps it is saying that God brought them in from near the sea or direction of the sea with both east and southerly winds. In any case, it is not very helpful in making a determination as to where the camp was located in relation to the Red Sea.

The people spent all day and all night and all the next day, and gathered the quail he who gathered least gathered ten homers and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very severe plague. From Kibroth-hattaavah the people set out for Hazeroth, and they remained at Hazeroth.

And by His power He directed the south wind. When He rained meat upon them like the dust, Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas, Then He let them fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their dwellings. So they ate and were well filled, And their desire He gave to them. Before they had satisfied their desire, While their food was in their mouths, The anger of God rose against them And killed some of their stoutest ones, And subdued the choice men of Israel. From Kibroth-hattaavah the people set out for Hazeroth, and they remained at Hazeroth Num Has He not spoken through us as well?

Moses prayed and God ordered that Miriam was to be confined outside the camp for 7 days, since she was unclean. This kind of narration style thing is typical in both the Old and New Testament. The statement that "the sons of Israel set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai. When it says, the cloud settled down in Paran, that means at Kadesh. The man caught gathering sticks on the Sabbath. Koran's rebellion. The death of Miriam. Moses struck the rock. Moses requested the kings of Edom and Moab for passage to get to the Jordan.

They came to Kadesh once, then they left for the Jordan. The key is to view the entire section between Numbers - as an overview of the major events of the entire 38 years at Kadesh.

This overview ends at , where it recounts that they came to Kadesh in the first month after leaving Sinai 11 months later. The verse tells us they arrived at Kadesh in the first month, but it does not tell us the year! Since Israel left Sinai in the second month of the second year after leaving Egypt 14 months , this means they arrived at Kadesh in the first month of the third year after leaving Egypt or 24 months after leaving Goshen.

See Exodus route calendar for more details and below in a fuller discussion. Rithmah : "They journeyed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah. Rimmon-perez : "They journeyed from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez. Libnah : "They journeyed from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah. Rissah : "They journeyed from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

Kehelathah : "They journeyed from Rissah and camped in Kehelathah. Haradah : "They journeyed from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah. Makheloth : "They journeyed from Haradah and camped at Makheloth. Tahath : "They journeyed from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

Terah : "They journeyed from Tahath and camped at Terah. Mithkah : "They journeyed from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

Hashmonah : "They journeyed from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah. Moseroth : "They journeyed from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. Bene-jaakan : "They journeyed from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan. This mountain must be in Edomite territory as they traveled from the far east, directly to Ezion Geber. Jotbathah :. From there they set out to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.

Deuteronomy Abronah : "They journeyed from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. Ezion-geber :. Modern Aqaba, sea port on north shore of Gulf of Aqaba. Wilderness of Zin, that is, Kadesh Barnea. Maps from the 's called Kadesh "stop 33" from Egypt.

Spying out the land: Num They spent 38 years at Kadesh, then in the 40th year from Egypt, they went west from into the Arabah valley and camped opposite Mt. Hor where Aaron died. It was this movement after 38 years that triggered the King of Arad to become alarmed. The Deut puzzle:. Aaron did not die at Moserah, but that was where God told Aaron that he was going to die in the wilderness for his sin, just as Moses was later told at Kadesh when he struck the rock.

There Aaron died and there he was buried and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his place. At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to serve Him and to bless in His name until this day.

Therefore, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance with his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance, just as the Lord your God spoke to him. The real puzzle is what does this listing of 5 stops have to do with the context at all and why does it say that Aaron died at Moserah, when we know he died at Mt. The puzzle is not that the towns Beeroth Bene-jaakan and Moserah are similar to the list in Num Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.

They are different names. Moserah is different from Moseroth. Perhaps the Jaakan were a tribe or clan who dug wells for others for hire. They could have been outsiders or perhaps they were fellow Hebrews who were known as the "well diggers.

The puzzle is not that these two names, assuming they are the same as the Numbers 33 list are in reverse order to the Num 33 list. The solution is not to ignore the text as an uninspired addition to scripture. Pseudepigrapha is cleverer than to contradict known revelation on two counts stop order and where Aaron died and invent three new stops not previously recorded in the Numbers 33 list. In addition, the narrative changes from first person to third.

Perpetrators of such satanic crimes of adding to the Biblical text try to pass off their insertions by blending into the existing text so that nobody notices. If you are trying to add something to the scriptures without getting caught, this is how not to do it. We will assume it is valid and inspired scripture. While we have concluded that the names are different places than the Num 33 list, we reject the suggestion that Moserah is another name for Mt.

Hor or the larger area that surrounded it as a solution. If such an important event happened there the Num 33 list would have made some comments. But they are just listed without any comment. The Num 33 list does indeed stop and make comment on important events.

In fact it spends three whole verses on the death of Aaron: "They journeyed from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom. Then Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of the Lord, and died there in the fortieth year after the sons of Israel had come from the land of Egypt, on the first day in the fifth month.

Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor. Numbers This is in addition to: "Now when they set out from Kadesh, the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

Since the words of Deuteronomy 10 were spoken by Moses only a few months after the death of Aaron at Mt. Hor, it would be highly unlikely Moses would contradict such an important and recent historical event.

The insertion of this mystery itinerary of stops found nowhere else in scripture that is somehow connected with the death of Aaron is the real puzzle.

What does it mean and why is it here at all? First we notice that the list of five stops begins and ends with places abundant with water. They always grumbled for water. Water was a sign of blessing from God. Second, this listing of stops must have been well known to the Hebrews who were standing there listening to Moses at the Zered Wadi.

It is interesting that while Aaron was actively involved in the making of the golden calf, the Levites were absent. However, in the punishment of the people for making the golden calf, Moses called for "anyone who is with him" and the Levites came forward. It seems the Levite were not in agreement with Aaron, their high priest and patriarch of the tribe.

In the same way the high priest at the time of Jesus mislead his people into crucifying him. Matthew It is interesting that the only Levite mentioned in the new testament was "Barnabas, which translated means Son of Encouragement" Acts Just as the Levites were a positive force for good with Moses, so too was Barnabas, the Levite, for the early Christians. Solution: After they left Sinai, we know they traveled for about 11 months.