Moses

A journey · 11 stops

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Moses · −1526 – −1406

1. Goshen −1526 – −1487
Born under Pharaoh's decree against Hebrew sons, he is hidden in a basket on the Nile and raised by Pharaoh's daughter. He kills an Egyptian taskmaster and must flee.
2. Midian −1486 – −1448
He finds refuge with Jethro the priest, marries his daughter Zipporah, and spends decades as a shepherd in the desert.
3. Horeb −1447 – −1447
A bush burns and is not consumed. From it God sends him back to Pharaoh, and reveals the divine name.
4. Rameses −1447 – −1446
Let my people go. Ten plagues strike Egypt. On the night of the first Passover the firstborn die and Israel marches out.
5. Succoth −1446 – −1446
The first camp of the freed slaves. They bake unleavened bread from the dough they carried out in haste.
6. Sea of Reeds −1446 – −1446
Pharaoh's chariots close in. The sea parts, Israel crosses on dry land, and the waters return. Moses and Miriam sing. The site of the crossing is debated.
7. Elim −1446 – −1446
After bitter water at Marah, they reach an oasis of twelve springs and seventy palm trees.
8. Mount Sinai −1446 – −1446
In the third month, at the mountain: thunder, the Ten Commandments, the covenant, the golden calf, and the building of the Tabernacle.
9. Kadesh −1444 – −1408
Twelve spies scout the land and ten lose heart. The generation is condemned to wander for forty years. Miriam dies here, and Moses strikes the rock.
10. Mount Hor −1407 – −1407
On the border of Edom, Moses takes his brother up the mountain, dresses Eleazar in the high priest's robes, and Aaron dies there.
11. Mount Nebo −1406 – −1406
He gives his last speeches, sees the promised land from the summit, and dies without entering it. No one knows his grave to this day.