A) INTRODUCTION.

B) THE RED SEA CROSSING.

C) THE TRADITIONALLY ACCEPTED SITE.

D) THE BEACH OF MIGDOL.

E) MOUNT SINAI.

F) THE MIDIAN TRAVELS.

G) YOUR OBJECTIONS.

H) GALATIANS 4:25.

I) TWO LAST OBSERVATIONS.

 

 

A) INTRODUCTION

 

 

In order to first discover the True Mount Sinai of the Bible, we must first determine where Israel crossed the Red Sea.  I give a lot of credit for this study to these Web addresses:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrDoATl_Hz8&list=PL6NNBo_y_fjMghqRaSXzB7UoBqpe0uLtX; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsn_HqSxkDg&t=1090s;

And Of Course, Mostly The Bible.

 

In a side note, Solomon’s sea port was at the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, at “Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom,” First Kings 9:26, which is modern day “Eilat, Israel” (which you can find in Google Maps).  And more specifically, archeology has identified the exact location as being at modern day “Yam-Suf, Israel.”  This will make sense later.

 

The reason Mount Sanai was assumed for centuries to be in the Sinai Peninsula, is because Helena, mother of Constantine I, said it was there and established a church there.  I’ll let you research that.

 

 

B) THE RED SEA CROSSING

 

 

It is estimated that the Israelites, being no longer in favor with the Pharaoh (Exo. 1:8), left Egypt from near now modern day Cairo, Egypt; where they were at the time (building the Great Pyramids of Giza).  We have this verse in Exodus 14:2:  “Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon:  before it shall ye encamp by the [Red] sea.”  This would take them from Cairo, Egypt, going over into the Sinai Peninsula from the Western branch of the Red Sea.  That is traditional history.

 

However, the land of Goshen is further north than Cairo.  Therefore, I believe that they left from there.  The Gulf of Suez would be only about twenty miles away, and at that point they also would be crossing the Egyptian border, into the “Wadi Watir” wilderness.  “God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea.”  Exodus 13:18.  This text puts the “Red Sea” on both sides of them; placing them in the Sinai Peninsula, not south of Cairo, and preparing to cross the Red Sea from the Western leg as historically assumed.

 

Since the Egyptian border and the “Wadi Watir” wilderness was only twenty miles away from Goshen, as opposed to very many more miles to the Red Sea from Cairo, and since from Cairo they would be crossing the Red Sea NOT from “the wilderness,” as the Bible states, crossing the Egyptian border and what is now the Suez canal area, fits so much better.  Plus, the Bible says “that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that wasnear; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war,” Exodus 13:17.  That definitely puts them higher north than Cairo.

 

Therefore, leaving from Goshen, they would have to cross over via where the Suez Canal is now (remember, there was no Canal there in Moses’s day); going through the “Wadi Watir” wilderness.  In order to get across the Suez Canal today, you take a tunnel “underneath” it.  It is about a little over a mile in length.  This puts us into the Sinai Peninsula.  At this point, most Bible scholars agree.  It should also be noted here, that the Sinai Peninsula is very flat near the Suez Canal, making it easy for fleeing Israel to make good time.

 

After crossing over into the “Wadi Watir” wilderness, what we know as the Sinai Peninsula, they headed south because of Exodus 13:17.  They came down to a prominent large beach, i.e., “Migdol,” which is now “Nuweibaa,” Egypt (you can find this in Google Earth; which is on the Western edge of the Gulf of Aqaba).

 

If you look on the map, “Nuweibaa” is a flat beach, with mountains all around it (except for the draw, or road if you will, through the mountains that got them there).  Israel must be wondering at this point why “Moses” (or God, but most had forgotten God was leading them) was leading them South, when some knew that the “Promised Land” was to the East-North-East.

 

Therefore, when Israel saw the Egyptians approaching through the only road back out of this predicament at the “Nuweibaa” beach on the Red Sea, with mountains all around, and the Red Sea in front of then, we can understand their concern, “For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.”  Exodus 14:3.  And the Israelites said unto Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou [meaning Moses; ignoring the True Deliverer of Israel; or are they truly blaming God?] taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?”  Exodus 14:11.

 

 

C) THE TRADITIONALLY ACCEPTED SITE

 

 

At this point I would like to state that the traditionally accepted crossing site does not have mountains all around, therefore making it not coincide with the Exodus 14:3 statement.  Josephus states, “For there was a [ridge of] mountains that terminated at the sea, which were impassable by reason of their roughness, and obstructed their flight.”  “Antiquities of the Jews,” Book 2, 15-3.

 

For those who might say, “How did all those people fit on a small beach?  The answer is, “Nuweibaa” is 5 miles long and 3 miles across.  More than two to three million people could still be comfortable.  Solomon had two pillars built, 16 feet high, one on each side of the Red Sea, to mark the place where Israel crossed (“Yam-Suf, Israel”).  This would be about 50 miles south of his “Eilat, Israel” sea port.  These can be seen even today.  Therefore, since Solomon has marked it for us, I will not argue with the wisest man who ever lived (1Ki. 3:11-15).  If you line the two pillars up, it is about 13 miles to go across to the other pillar.  Note:  Pillars were often used in ancient times to mark specific events and they are mentioned quite often in the Bible (Obviously not these, sadly).

 

Unfortunately, the inscriptions have been eroded away, hence the column’s importance was not understood until 1984, when a second granite column was found on the Saudi coastline, opposite and identical to the first one found on the Egyptian side.  What made archaeologists excited is that the inscriptions on it were still intact.  It contained Phoenician letters (Archaic Hebrew) which had the words: “Mizraim [Egypt]; Solomon; Edom; death; Pharaoh; Moses; Yahweh,” which indicates that King Solomon had these set up as a memorial to the miracle of the crossing of the Rea Sea.  Of course, Saudi Arabia does not admit tourists, and (they say) fearing unauthorized visitors, the Saudi Authorities have since removed this column and replaced it with a flag marker where it once stood (more evidence that they {Satan} does not want the truth known {God’s miracles}, nor do the Saudi’s want ancient Hebrew writings in their boarders).

 

 

D) THE BEACH OF MIGDOL

 

 

When you go down to the beach of “Migdol” (Nuweibaa), you actually find melted sand, i.e., stone, molded together and not loose like you would expect sand to be.  I’ll let you surmise what caused that (maybe the Pillar of Fire which stood between the Egyptians and the Israelites?).  As if we needed more evidence that this is the crossing spot.  However, explorers have gone out into the Rea Sea at this point of entrance and found ancient human remains, along with ancient Egyptian chariot parts, and horse’s hoofs.  You explain it away.

 

In order to prove that this is the actual place where the crossing of the Rea Sea took place, divers have found many chariot parts in this area.  Sceptics may scoff, but many expeditions, independent from each other, have confirmed these findings.  The first was Ron Wyatt (whom nobody believed), then others confirmed what he found:  Bill Fry; Aaron Sin; Ross Patterson; Peter Elmer; Michael Rood; and others (see www.Patternsofevidence.com).

 

The deepest spot of this crossing is about 2,800 feet deep.  Now that may seem to be a steep grade for Israel to be traveling with all their material goods.  However, at this point it is 13 miles across and about a 4% grade.

 

Let’s look at the old traditional crossing point south of Cairo and on the Western branch of the Red Sea; a bit north of the actual Sea.  I like it for one reason.  Because critics point out that it is only 2 to 3 feet deep in spots, and the scoffers say, “How could the entire Egyptian army drown in so shallow a water?”  At which point the 4-year-old little Sunday School girl replies, “WOW, what a miracle our God did!”  Drowning them in only 2 feet of water.

 

 

E) MOUNT SINAI

 

 

After crossing the Red Sea from the Eastern branch of it, it must be understood that “Midian,” Exodus 3:1, is in Saudi Arabia, not in the Sinai Peninsula (traditional Mt. Sinai).  Midian is also where Moses fled to, met his father-in-law, married his wife, tended sheep, spent 40 years there, and knew the area very well.  All historical maps show Midian as being in Saudi Arabia.  This is confirmed Biblically in Galatians 4:25 (discussed later).

 

If we go to the Bible, we see that Moses calls Mount Sinai, “the mountain of God,” Exodus 3:1, which is in “Midian,” Exodus 3:1, and God tells Moses, “When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God [WHERE] upon this mountain,” Exodus 3:12, in Midian.

 

Most scholars are now beginning to believe that the true Biblical Mount Sinai has been found and verified as being in Saudi Arabia, at “Jebel el Lawz.”  In fact, “Jebel el Lawz,” literally translates to, “Mountain of Laws.”  The Saudis have known this for centuries.  But because of their false religious system; they hate the Jews and will suppress any information about them being in their land.

 

Hershel Shanks, editor of “Biblical Archaeology Review,” published this, agreeing with others in his field of expertise, “Jebel el Lawz is the most likely site for Mount Sinai.”  “Newsweek,” 2-23-1998.  Others are, Ron Wyatt (the discoverer in 1984), Michael Rood, Dr. Roy Neuston (Professor of Biblical Archeology), who states, “The visible evidence is quite overwhelming that the location of the true Mount Sinai has been discovered in Saudi Arabia.”  Also, Dr. Dean McKenzie, who is a professor at the University of Oregon, states, “The evidence points to North-West Saudi Arabia as the location of the actual Mount Sinai.”  In fact, the locals call this mountain, “The Mountain of Moses,” to this day.  Note:  Being Muslims, they respect Moses.

 

Also, a “startling” feature upon the top of this mountain is that the rocks are all charred, as if they were in a fire.  “And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.”  Exodus 19:18.  Of all the other mountains in the region, only this one is blackened on the top.  I’ll leave that to you to explain.  However, several people have climbed up to the top of the mountain, and the interesting thing is, that when they turned over rocks that are blackened, the top is black, but the bottom is brown (or in other words, the natural color of the other mountains around it).

 

At the true site of Mount Sinai is a prominent “Spilt Rock,” where it can be remembered that God provided water for the complaining Israelites.  “And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice:  and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.”  Numbers 20:11.  This “rock” is clearly the very “Rock,” representing our Lord, that can be identified and seen today.  Much water erosion can be seen by the rock and within the rock where the desert rarely gives rain.  One should not have to imagine too far to wonder where all this erosion came from.

 

There is an Alter at the base of this Mount Sinia, round rock formations (to hold tents down with), and other artifacts have been and are still being found there (although Saudi Arabia has closed the site off for now and has taken and put into hiding artifacts that specifically have Hebrew writings on them.  I’m sure you can guess why).

 

In a side note, even in America can be found these circular rocks, which were used by the Cherokee Indians wherever they went to hold down their tents.  And Josephus tells us it was in the land of “Midian” (agreeing with Paul in Galatians 4:25):  “he [Pharaoh] was ready to undertake to kill Moses:  but when he had learned beforehand what plots there were against him, he went away privately; and because the public roads were watched, he took his flight through the deserts, and where his enemies could not suspect he would travel; and, though he was destitute of food, he went on, and despised that difficulty courageously; and when he came to the city Midian, which lay upon the Red Sea, and was so denominated from one of Abraham’s sons by Keturah, he sat upon a certain well, and rested himself there after his laborious journey, and the affliction he had been in.

 

“It was not far from the city, and the time of the day was noon, where he had an occasion offered him by the custom of the country of doing what recommended his virtue, and afforded him an opportunity of bettering his circumstances.  Now Moses, when he had obtained the favor of Jethro, for that was one of the names of Raguel, stayed there and fed his flock; but some time afterward, taking his station at the mountain called Sinai, he drove his flocks thither to feed them.  Now this is the highest of all the mountains {Sinai is the highest mountain in Northwestern Saudi Arabia} thereabout, and the best for pasturage, the herbage being there good; and it had not been before fed upon, because of the opinion men had that God dwelt there, the shepherds not daring to ascend up to it; and here it was that a wonderful prodigy happened to Moses; for a fire fed upon a thorn bush.”  Josephus, in his work, “Antiquities of the Jews,” book 2, chapters 11.2-12.1.

 

This mountain is the tallest in the area for miles around and it takes almost a full day to get to the top.  Imagine Moses going to the top to meet with our Lord, and then 40 days latter coming down.  Josephus states, “Mount Sinai was the highest of mountains in the city of Midian, which is just outside of Albeda [which is 15 miles to the south].”  If we go to modern Albeda, Saudi Arabia today, the locals call it “Jethro” (Moses’ father-in-law), where Moses must have lived before going back to Egypt.  Also, the locals can show you the “Caves of Moses,” there at Albeda.

 

Lastly, Philo states that “Mount Sinai is East of the Sinai Peninsula, and South of Palestine,” which of course agrees with this vicinity.  And according to our true Authority, Galatians 4:25 tells us that “mount Sinai [is] in Arabia.”  Plus, Saudi Arabia has now fenced the entire mountain off, with a guard-house, listing this sire as a restricted area, and for archeologists only.  Do you think Saudi Arabia knows something about this site?  Also, part way up onto the mountain is what the locals call a particular “cave,” First Kings 19:8-9, on the mountain, “Elijah’s Cave.”  This is where their tradition believes that the prophet Elijah hid from Ahab and Jezebel.

 

In another interesting fact, the Saudi Arabian authorities have placed a fence around an area of rocks, where a sign states that this is an “Archeological Area, Stay Out.”  It is all but confirmed that this is where Aaron had set up the worship of the “golden cafe.”  Plus, there are inscriptions on these rocks that are “not” indicative, or native for the area, but are more ancient Egyptian in origin, such as the Egyptian cow god; the Israelites holding on to what they knew, just coming from there.  The good news is the Saudi’s are not damaging any of this area; except they chiseled out an inscription of the Menorah.  We know this because pictures were taken of it before the Saudis fenced it off and vandals (malicious Arab hating Jews) got to it.  But the outline of it can still be clearly seen.

 

For more information see, “Patterns of Evidence Dot Com” (under Tim Mahony; Red Sea Crossing).

 

 

F) THE MIDIAN TRAVELS

 

 

Getting back to the Arabian side of the Red Sea, where Israel landed after crossing, after praising God (Exodus, Chapter Fifteen, verses 1-21), Israel was then led by the Lord “out into the wilderness of Shur,” Exodus 15:22.  Heading south, “they came to Marah,” Exodus 15:23.  Marah is in “the wilderness of Sin,” Exodus 16:1, which confirms again that they were in Saudi Arabia and not in the Sinai Peninsula.

 

From there they went south again down “to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees,” Exodus 15:27.  This site has been confirmed geologically, which also helped to establish where Marah was.  To this day, there are still many palm trees there and EXACTLY 12 wells.  Saudi locals point out that this place is called “Elim,” and that for as long as they can remember it has always been known by that name.  Again, in Saudi Arabia, not the Sinai Peninsula.

 

Then, according to Numbers 33:10, “they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.”  This spot is believed to be at what is now the modern-day city of “Magna Oasis.”  Located here is plenty of water with a well that the locals still call, “The Well of Moses.”

 

From here, Numbers 33:11 tells us that they then went back into “the wilderness of Sin,” which would be heading back north.  It would appear that they back-tracked to Elim (Exo. 16:1) out into “the wilderness of Sin.”

 

Numbers 33:12-49 takes us all over the place.  And many have “Dophkah,” Numbers 33:12, as being in the Sinai Peninsula, thus their confusion.  But a couple of key verses in this Numbers discourse, is verses 14 & 15, which mention “Rephidim.”  This helps us to continue the journey of the Israelites from Elim to Rephidim, in Exodus 17:1.  Rephidim has been located in Saudi Arabia, near the now known Mount Sinai, north west of.  It is here that Mosesstruck the rock to give the people water.  As mentioned above, this split rock can be clearly seen and identified to this very day.  “And they thirsted not when He led them through the deserts:  He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them:  He clave [“split”] the rock also, and the waters gushed out.”  Isaiah 48:21.  “[15] He clave [“split”] the rocks [the Hebrew is “isur,” and should be translated as “rock,” not “rocks,” as it is in verse 16] in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. [16] He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.”  Psalm 78:15-16.

 

The locals call this “rock,” “the rock of Horeb.”  Mount Sinai is also known as Mount Horeb.  It is here that the Amalekites came “and fought with Israel in Rephidim,” Exodus 17:8.  The Amalekites were the descendants of Esua, which were a people who lived south of the Dead Sea region.  Thus, this again proves that Israel is in Arabia, and not the Sinai Peninsula.

 

Also, there is at Rephidim, just below the split rock, “an alter,” whom “Moses built,” “and called the name of it Jehovahnissi,” Exodus 17:15.  This can be seen today.  And, Rephidim literally means, “Place of rest.”  Hebrew inscriptions found in the area of the split rock are inscribed to say, “Place of rest.”  Other inscriptions refer to “The death of the Amalekites.”  And an amazing discovery in the area has the inscription, “Died Hagar and Amiah, Daughter of Hagar.”

 

From here, according to Exodus 19:1-2, they journeyed to “[1] the wilderness of Sinai. [2] For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.”  Meaning, Mount Sinai.

 

 

G) YOUR OBJECTIONS

 

 

AND NOW, FOR ANY WITH OBJECTIONS (I have put together my own object for the above; we may never really know for sure which is the correct site; but the fact that the above site is guarded and the one below [the traditional site] is not may be the best clue).

 

WHERE IS MOUNT HOREB?

(Where The Ten Commandments Were Given)

 

Let’s start with Exodus 3:12:  “And He said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee:  When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.”

 

Now what “mountain” might that be?  It would be a “mountain” in the land of Midian (see Exo. 2:16), where Mosesfled to and tended Jethro’s sheep.  However, what becomes confusing is that according to Exodus 19:1-2, the “mountain of God,” Exodus 3:1, is questionably in “the wilderness of Sinai,” in “the desert of Sinai.”  By contrast, the questionability goes away when the Apostle Paul tells us in Galatians 4:25, that “mount Sinai [is] in Arabia,” and we know that the land of Midian is in Arabia.

 

However again, we must remember that Moses was tending sheep, and when you do that, you go where there is food for them.  We can prove that Mount Sinai is outside of the Land of Midian, because in Exodus, Chapter 18, Moses and the Israelites are camped at “the Mountain of God” (Mount Sinai), when Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, visits them.  Verse 27 states, “Then Moses let his father-in-law depart [“depart” from where? from Mount Sinai], and he went his way to his own land [Midian].”  Thus, Jethro departs from Mount Sinai to return to the Land of Midian; which is close by and certainly not in the Sinai Peninsula, meaning Jethro would have to have crossed the Red Sea (or go around) each time if you insist upon the traditional Mount Sinai site in what should have NEVER been named, the Sinai Peninsula.

 

According to the, “Mandelkern Biblical Concordance,” the phrase, “his own land” (third person singular possessive), is used 30 times in the Hebrew Scriptures (Exo. 18:27; Num. 21:24 & 26 & 34 & 35; Deu. 2:24 & 31; 3:2; 4:47; 11:3; 29:1-2; 33:13; 34:11; Jos. 8:1; 1Ki. 22:36; 2Ki. 18:33; Isa. 2:7 & 8;13:14; 18:2 & 7; 36:18; 37:7; Jer. 2:15; 27:7; 50:18; Pro. 8:31; Dan. 11:19 & 28; Neh. 9:10), “Mandelkern,” 1896:153.  In the “Pentateuch” (first five Books of the Bible), that phrase is used 13 times.  Let’s explore those.

 

Each time it is used of a specific geo-political entity, a kingdom, nation or tribal area.  It is used of the Kingdom of the Amorites (Num. 21:24 & 26; Deu. 2:24 & 31; 4:47), with the borders clearly delineated as going from the Arnon to the Jabbok (Num. 21:24).  Also, the Kingdom of Bashan (Num. 21:34 & 35; Deu. 3:2; 4:47), which is implied, is going from the Jabbok to Mt. Hermon (Deu. 4:48).  It also is used for the nation of Egypt (Deu. 11:3; 29:1-2; 34:11), as well as the tribal territory of Joseph (Deu. 33:13).  Joshua gives the delineation of the tribal territory of Ephraim and Manasseh which make up the tribes of Joseph (Deu. 33:17; Jos. 13:29-33; 16:1-10; 17:1-18).  If Moses is consistent with his use of the word, and I think he is, the context suggests Jethro returned to the country of Midian.

 

Also, if we take a closer look at Numbers 10:30, which places Mount Sinai outside the land of Midian, it states, “I [Hobab; another name for Jethro] will not go, but I will depart [from Mount Sinai] to my own land [Midian] and to my kinsmen.”  Hobab is returning to Midian where his kinsmen live, away, but not far from Mount Sinai.  In fact, in the modern city of “Al Bad,” there we find what is known as “The Caves of Jethro.”  “Al Bad” is directly East of Mount Sinai, and not that far from.  Once again confirming that Mount Sinai is not in the traditionally held position of the Sinai Peninsula.  Also, near “The Caves of Jethro” is a well, known to the locals as, “The Well of Moses,” and is ascribed as being the well where Moses met the daughters of Jethro.  See Exodus 2:16-21.  Even the Saudi government has set this site as an historical monument to Jethro and Moses.  This also would be fitting to the Biblical account as to Moses taking Jethro’s sheep to higher pastures for feeding, near Mount Sinai; 25 miles away; due East; about a two-day journey from this location of Jethro’s caves.  It is still quite common for shepherds to take their sheep here to higher grounds in the summer months.

 

 

H) GALATIANS 4:25

 

 

Now let’s look closer at Galatians 4:25.  The Bible, i.e., Paul, does not say “Saudi Arabia,” he only states “Arabia.”  One can easily argue that the Apostle Paul used the First Century A.D. Roman concept of Arabia in this passage.  In the First Century A.D., based on the prior use by Herodotus, Pliny, and Strabo, “Arabia” extended from the Persian Gulf to the Nile Delta, thus including the Sinai Peninsula which would then be in “Arabia.”  Paul would be perfectly correct in placing Mount Sinai in the original Sinai Peninsula, because the now Sinai Peninsula was also part of the “Arabia” of his day.

 

Thus, the Biblical Mount Sinai is in the old Arabian Peninsula of Southern Sinai.  For further research see Ron Wyatt, who started this debate.  Many of his YouTube videos are on the net.  By contrast, in the book, “Holy Relics or Revelation,” by two SDA researchers, Russell and Colin Standish, who agree with my findings, so I am told, as I did not use any of their material here, also substantiate my Biblical analysis.

 

 

I) TWO LAST OBSERVATIONS

 

 

One last thought.  Exodus 15:22 states:  “So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea [“from” meaning this sentence is taking into account that they have already passed through “the Red sea”], and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.”  Looking at any Bible atlas, including most Bibles that have atlases in the back, one can see that the wilderness of Shur is East of the Red Sea and in the Western area of the Sinai.  This location is also attested to in Egyptian sources.  To cross the Red Sea and be in the wilderness of “Shur,” one could only be crossing the Western most arm of the Red Sea and not the Gulf of Aqaba.

 

Also consider Exodus 13:17:  “And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt.”  This would send them south rather quickly, as the Philistines occupied almost all of the upper Sinai Peninsula at the time and Israel would not have traveled half way through the Sinai as Ron Wyatt assumed.

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