42 encampments?

[The_Spartan]

Reading from another topic, about someone "blowing a trumpet " for "Hebrews", i decided to look up the places the Israelites wandered through during their 40 years of "wandering " in the desert.

So here is the list

After departing from – Ramesses, they

1. camped in Soccoth
   
2. came into Etham
   
3. came over against Phihahiroth(camped before Magdalum)
   
4. camped in Mara
   
5. came into Elim
   
6. pitched their tents by the Red Sea
   
7. camped in the desert of Sin (????)
   
8. came to Daphca
   
9. camped in Alus
   
10. pitched their tents in Raphidim
    
11. camped in the desert of Sinai
    
12. came to the graves of lust (??)
    
13. camped in Haseroth
    
14. came to Rethma
    
15. camped in Remmomphares
    
16. came to Lebna
    
17. camped in Ressa
    
18. came to Ceelatha
    
19. camped in the mountain Sepher
    
20. came to Arada
    
21. camped in Maceloth
    
22. came to Thahath
    
23. camped in Thare
    
24. pitched their tents in Methca
    
25. camped in Hesmona
    
26. came to Moseroth
    
27. camped in Benejaacan
    
28. came to mount Gadgad
    
29. camped in Jetebatha
    
30. came to Hebrona
    
31. camped in Asiongaber
    
32. came into the desert of Sin, which is Cades
    
33. camped in mount Hor
    
34. camped in Salmona
    
35. came to Phunon
    
36. camped in Oboth
    
37. came to Ijeabarim
    
38. pitched their tents in Dibongab
    
39. camped in Helmondeblathaim
    
40. came to the mountains of Abarim
    
41. camped from Bethsimoth
    
42. even to Ablesatim in the plains of the Moabites,
    

The above is from From the Douay Rheimes Bible, Numbers Chapter 33.

No offense meant from any religious view point, even to Christians or Jews.I am just curious.

The Bedouins are bloody much faster than these Wandering Jews (pun intended on the "wandering Jew")

1. whats the difference between "desert of Sin (7)", desert of Sinai (11)", and desert of Sin/Cades (32)
   
2. Has any of these 42 places been identified with actual geographical places? places like desert of sin, graves of lust are sort of dubious to locate on a map.
   
3. Did they actually cross over the red sea? i read somewhere that the body of water they did cross over was some bay or lagoon sort of water body which was shallow during low tides and it was at this moment they crossed over.
   

Edited September 11, 2013 by The_Spartan

[granpa]

http://religion.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Wandering_narrative

http://religion.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Biblical_geography

Edited September 11, 2013 by granpa

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Reading from another topic, about someone "blowing a trumpet " for "Hebrews", i decided to look up the places the Israelites wandered through during their 40 years of "wandering " in the desert.

So here is the list

The above is from From the Douay Rheimes Bible, Numbers Chapter 33.

No offense meant from any religious view point, even to Christians or Jews.I am just curious.

The Bedouins are bloody much faster than these Wandering Jews (pun intended on the "wandering Jew")

1. whats the difference between "desert of Sin (7)", desert of Sinai (11)", and desert of Sin/Cades (32)
   
2. Has any of these 42 places been identified with actual geographical places? places like desert of sin, graves of lust are sort of dubious to locate on a map.
   
3. Did they actually cross over the red sea? i read somewhere that the body of water they did cross over was some bay or lagoon sort of water body which was shallow during low tides and it was at this moment they crossed over.
   

Ah, even at the risk that some take offense: It never happened that way.

The most accurate explanation I have found was by Finkelstein and Silberman, The Bible Unearthed, Touchstone, 2001. They try to reconstruct the story from the archeological point of view, and well, it is not very flattering for either Judaism or any of its following sects/religions.

[The_Spartan]

Ah, even at the risk that some take offense: It never happened that way.

The most accurate explanation I have found was by Finkelstein and Silberman, The Bible Unearthed, Touchstone, 2001. They try to reconstruct the story from the archeological point of view, and well, it is not very flattering for either Judaism or any of its following sects/religions.

Hey. I got the ebook on Bible Unearthed, but never got around to reading it. thats what i am going to do now!

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Hey. I got the ebook on Bible Unearthed, but never got around to reading it. thats what i am going to do now!

Careful that they don't get you for blasphemy!