Comments on: Debunking of “Yahweh Inscription” (Allegedly) from Jebel al-Lawz

By: MSH

MSH — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:40:48 +0000

I’m not going through all the views here; I’m familiar with them, and readers can look them up. “Sea” can refer to any body of water; hence all the views. The only real interpretive key we get is the reference to (Pi)ha-hiroth, which in Egyptian means “mouth of the canal” (see Exod 14:2, 9). Hoffmeier has located this canal via satellite photography, but the problem is we don’t know (a) which way the procession was traveling in places, (b) where exactly they were when they turned BACK to Pi-hahiroth (Exod 14:1; Num 33:7); and (c) why it is that Numbers 33 has them passing through the “red sea,” then moving three days, and then camping by the “red sea”!? (Num 33:8,11).

There are lots of theories supporting various routes. People can look them up.

By: David

David — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:30:45 +0000

If Mount Horeb is in Sinai wouldn’t the Red Sea [or, if it is preferred, "Reed Sea" or "Sea of Reeds"] have to have been crossed from within Mizraim since the “Mountain of God” was only reached after a “Sea” was crossed? Where, then, from within Mizraim, was a “Sea” crossed into Sinai? Lake Timsa is out of the question since it rarely exceeds a depth of 3 feet. The Bitter Lakes [which some say is the Reed Sea or Sea of Reeds although there is another candidate] has, today, a mean depth of 16 feet, and the Gulf of Suez [also called the "Red Sea"] is between 40 and 60 feet deep. How did 600,000 + people, animals, and carts get to the bottom of the Bitter Lakes” 16 feet drop so so as to walk across its bottom or the 40 to 60 feet drop in the Gulf of Suez or up to the tops on the other sides? Israel did not cross on thin air or, if so. that truely was super-natural. Wouldn’t some sort of land bridge or land mass above the bottoms allowing easy transition from the shores wide enough and long enough that could be walked across be required? Have any been found? If none have been found at those locations, or if there were none at the time of the exodus, wouldn’t a crossing at any of those locations, or any other location, have been, if not impossible, extremly difficult? Or was one produced for the occasion and is no longer there being, in the course of 3000 + years, washed away? That will probably be the answer given and the question then is, “how is that known” and Isaiah 43:16 will be pointed to. In which case God not only divided the waters into walls on both sides by an “east wind” but also raised the land mass beneath the waters, presumbably 16, 40, or 60 feet high wide enough and long enough [20 miles in the case of the Gulf of Suez (Red Sea)] to walk across which, in the course of 3000 + years washed away. Or did the land mass decline when the waters collapsed taking Pharoah’s chariots and army to the bottom? So, for one of those reasons, no land mass fitting the necessities have been found at those locations. Where, then, from within Mizraim was a “Sea” crossed into Sinai? And how?

By: MSH

MSH — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:20:31 +0000

@tpearce: Yep, I’m aware of it (I’m on their mailing list). If the movie ever airs, I suspect that it will revive either the Tanir crossing of the Gulf of Aqaba or the Nuweiba crossing point (also Aqaba Gulf). Both lead to Midian. I have no problem with the Midian view; it’s just that a lot of paleobabble has accrued to it (unfortunately).

By: tpearce

tpearce — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:40:10 +0000

Mike:

Not sure if you are aware of this website and the film that is being produced concerning this whole subject. I thought it would be interesting to include in light of your recent post. I would be interested in your thoughts. Here is the link: http://www.exodusconspiracy.com/index.html