Map of Yisra’el’s (Israel’s) Journeys
The map below will zoom a lot (if you turn your phone sideways, it will zoom more). If the bottom one is blurry, it has not fully loaded. The map uses Google Earth maps. These maps are not fully done yet.
How the map above was created: The first part of a city name in the map is the original Hebrew made into English letters. In parentheses is the English translated name used in many Bibles. The square brackets contain the modern city name. Ra‘meses, Goshen, Yericho (Jericho), ’Avel Hashshitstsim (Abel-shittim), Beth Hayshimoth (Beth-jeshimoth), and Charan (Haran) are known and established, with most not arguing their location. The Suph (Red) Sea, the Suph (Red) Sea Crossing, the 1st split rock in or next to Rephidim and close to Mount Chorev (Horeb), Mount Sinay (Sinai) & camp are known and can be established with evidence shown in the references in the timeline. ‘Etsyon Gever (Ezion Geber) and ’Eloth are by the Suph (Red) Sea next to each other in the land of ’Edom (1 Kgs 9:26; 2 Chr 8:17). The northern border of the land of ’Edom/Se‘ir is the valley/river Zered which is known. The southern border of the land of ’Edom/Se‘ir needs to go as far as ‘Etsyon Gever (Ezion Geber) and ’Eloth by the Suph Sea (Red Sea). Mount or Mountains of Se‘ir are in the Land of ’Edom/Se‘ir. Kadesh Barne‘a in the Wilderness of Pa’ran had water as Yisra’el (Israel) did not complain of water while they were there (Num 13:26), and sometimes Kadesh Barne‘a is shortened to the name Kadesh (Num 13:26). Kadesh or Merivath (Meribah) Kadesh is on the edge of ’Edom right as you enter the Wilderness of Tsin (Zin) and had no water as the people complained they had no water and is also the location for the 2nd split rock (Dt 32:51; Num 20:1, 2, 14, 16; 27:14; 33:36). “Front” in Hebrew can mean “east” and “back” can mean “west.” Ba‘al Tsephon (Baal Zephon) is by the sea (the sea can be seen from the location) with Migdol (means: tower) & Pi-Hachiroth (Pi-hahiroth) (means: mouth of the gorges) to the east, and the Suph (Red) Sea Crossing is east of Ba‘al Tsephon (Baal Zephon) (Ex 14:2, 9). An online search gives an average walking speed of 2 to 3 mph with a brisk pace of 3 to 4 mph. This gives an average travel per day of 20 to 28 miles (2 mph x 10 hours or 2.5 mph x 8 hours =20 miles, 3.5 mph x 8 hours = 28 miles). This matches the 20 miles a day given in the Patterns of Evidence film Journey to Mount Sinai. I am assuming boundaries of mountains, terrain change, deserts, rivers, and valleys did not change a lot from then and were used to define wilderness boundaries. Also, as this is mostly desert with cities established by a water source, cities would not change in location unless the water supply dried up or somehow became available. Valley/river/brook of Mitsrayim (Egypt), Zered, and ’Arnon are known and established, with most not arguing their location. ’Avel Hashshitstsim (Abel-shittim) and Beth Hayshimoth (Beth-jeshimoth) are about 4 miles apart; so, the camp of Yisra’el (Israel) took up about 4 miles (Num 33:49). Yisra’el walked through ’Edom by walking around it, as the king of ’Edom would not let them pass through the middle of ’Edom (Num 20:18, 20, 21). The second split rock at Petra is tiny and would not be seen as Mosheh (Moses) struck it (Num 20:8, 9, 10, 11); and, it is in the middle of ’Edom where the king of ’Edom did not want them going; so, it is more than likely not the second split rock. Petra, that is being called Kadesh, is 3 miles from the site where they say ’Aharon (Aaron) was buried at Mount Harun. Num 20:22 states Yisra’el left Kadesh to go to Mount Hor where ’Aharon (Aaron) was buried. Why would they need to even move camp, if their camp takes up 4 miles? Also, Yisra’el traveled from ‘Etsyon Gever (Ezion Geber) to Kadesh (Num 20:22; 33:36). Petra is 73.4 miles from ‘Etsyon Gever (Ezion Geber) and only 5 days of travel from Mount Chorev (Horeb) (if you are trying to make Kadesh one place instead of two); Mount Chorev (Horeb) to Kadesh Barne‘a is 11 days travel (220-275 miles) (Dt 2:1). Kadesh being Petra and Mount Harun being Mount Hor are very unlikely, just as the traditional Mount Sinai was very unlikely. The boundary of Mitsrayim (Egypt) was established from maps of 1450 BC from these 3 references [1] [2].