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Rameses
Israel leaves on the night of the Passover, about six hundred thousand men on foot.
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Map Israel's route out of Egypt: Rameses, the sea crossing, bitter water at Marah, Sinai, the failure at Kadesh-barnea and the view from Mount Nebo. (c. 1446 BC)
Why the geography matters
This concise route follows the major turning points from slavery in Egypt to covenant at Sinai and the threshold of Canaan.
Exodus 12–19; Numbers 13; Deuteronomy 34 · Moses, Aaron, Miriam, Joshua
9 stops · about 816 km along the drawn route
Rameses · Exodus 12:37
Israel leaves on the night of the Passover, about six hundred thousand men on foot.
Succoth · Exodus 12:39 · 41 km
First camp; bread baked without yeast because they were driven out in haste.
The Sea crossing · Exodus 14:21 · 109 km
The sea divided, Israel crossing on dry ground, Pharaoh's army drowned.
Marah · Exodus 15:23 · 184 km
Bitter water made sweet by a piece of wood.
Elim · Exodus 15:27 · 231 km
Twelve springs and seventy palms — a real oasis.
Rephidim · Exodus 17:1 · 295 km
Water from the rock, and the battle with Amalek.
Kadesh-barnea · Numbers 13:26 · 583 km
Forty years begin
The twelve spies return; the people refuse to go up.
Mount Nebo · Deuteronomy 34:1 · 816 km
Moses sees the whole land from the mountain and dies there.