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—Type “Galilee” into the Casual English Bible’s map search engine, below. Instantly, you’ll see dozens of beautiful maps…many in 3D style. Each one tracks with a different Bible story. These aren’t generic maps with a hundred place names.
—Type “Samson” into the Bible map search engine. You’ll see the tiny village where he lived in the Judean foothills below Jerusalem.
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3D sense of the lay of the land

Get a feel for the lay of the land:

—Ararat Mountains, where Noah’s boat ran aground. The Bible doesn’t say it was Mount Ararat.
—Judean hills where Joshua and the Israelites found most of their battles for the Promised Land. They avoided the plains, where their enemies with armored chariots had the advantage over Israel’s foot soldiers.
—Jesus’ 20-mile climb from Jericho and the Jordan River Valley upward half a mile high, to the crest of the Mount of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem.
—One surprise for some readers is the Jesus Triangle, a plug of ground between three cities. It’s where Jesus spent most of his ministry time. A person can walk that entire triangle in a single day. Type “Jesus triangle” to see it.

Map Exodus – Grumbling at “Pushy Complainers” Spring

Map of Exodus route

Map Exodus - Grumbling at "Pushy Complainers" Spring

Bible Book: Exodus, Deuteronomy Type: Maps Location: Canaan, Egypt, Elim oasis, Goshen, Kadesh Oasis, Marah Springs of Moses, Midian, Mount Sinai, Paran Desert, Rameses, Rephidim, Shur Wilderness, Sin Desert, Succoth, Zin Desert Era: Conquering Canaan, Exodus
Map route of Exodus. Grumbling at "Pushy Complainers" Spring
Grumbling at "Pushy Complainers" Spring
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Map Mt. Sinai

Mt. Sinai

Map Mt. Sinai

Bible Book: Exodus, Leviticus Type: Maps Location: Egypt, Mount Sinai Era: Exodus

Map Mt. Sinai

Legendary

Mount Sinai is the mountain where the Bible says God gave Moses the Ten Commandments, and that was a game-changer in the history of religions.

Geography of the hill

The mountain, also known as Jebel Musa, is located in the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. It's a rugged, iconic peak standing at approximately 7,497 feet (2,285 meters) above sea level. The mountain is characterized by its barren, rocky terrain, with steep and winding paths leading to its summit. Surrounding it, you'll find a stark desert landscape, which adds to the mystique of this historically significant mountain. We'll find the story in the second book in the Bible, the book of Exodus. In Exodus 19, God told Moses to bring the Israelites to Mount Sinai.

When God scared the people

The scene was dramatic. The mountain became shrouded in smoke and lightning, with God's voice booming like thunder. That's how he decided to introduce himself to the people. It made an impression. The people asked Moses to deal with God in the future. They didn't want to go through that again. When Moses climbed the mountain, he received God's instructions. It's captured there in Exodus 20:2-17. God said, "I am your God. You don't need any other gods or idols. Keep the Sabbath holy. Respect your parents. Don't lie or steal. And definitely don't murder." Those Ten Commandments became the blueprint for a just and moral society.

Israel makes a golden calf idol

Let's not forget the famous incident of the golden calf in Exodus 32. While Moses was on Sinai talking with the Almighty, the Israelites got restless and built themselves a shiny new idol. Not a good move. When Moses came down, he was so upset that he smashed those stone tablets. God had him make the second copy himself.

Elijah goes to Sinai

In 1 Kings 19, Elijah headed to Mount Horeb, another name for Sinai. There, he had a chat with God in a cave. No fireworks this time, just a still, small voice reminding Elijah that he wasn't alone in his mission. So, Mount Sinai has become a symbol of divine revelation and a reminder of the moral code that's guided countless folks for millennia. It's like the spiritual heart of the Bible, where God's wisdom was etched in stone and passed down for all of us regular folks to follow.
For more about Mount Sinai and other places and people in the Bible: Who's Who & Where's Where in the Bible, by Stephen M. Miller
Mt. Sinai
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Promised Land

Promised Land

Promised Land

Bible Book: Exodus, Leviticus Type: Maps Location: Canaan, Israel Era: Exodus

Promised Land

Land covered in milk and honey

"The Promised Land" is a term Bible writers used to talk about the land that God promised to the Israelites, ancient ancestors of today's Jewish people. People also knew it as Canaan, and described it as "a fertile land where milk and honey flow like rivers" (Exodus 3:17, Casual English Bible).

Boundary descriptions vary

Bible writers describe boundaries of the Promised Land in different ways. In Genesis 15:18-21, God made a covenant with Abraham and gave him the following description of the boundaries: "Everything from the river along the border with Egypt to the great Euphrates River. "
This description covers a vast area, including parts of modern-day Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Syria. The Casual English Bible explains that this description was probably more of a general outline, rather than precise borders.

Boundary in Numbers

Later in the book of Numbers, Moses gave a more detailed description of the Promised Land's boundaries.
South
"The Zin Desert will become your southern border. It will extend over to Edom’s border and up the southern tip of the Dead Sea...
West
You have a natural boundary on the west coast: the Mediterranean Sea. 
North
For your northern border, draw a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor of the northland. Stretch that line from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath to Zedad. Keep the line going to Ziphron and all the way to Hazarenan. That’s your northern border.
East

Now for your eastern border. Start your line at Hazar-enan. Run it south to Shepham. 11Take the line down to Riblah along Ain’s east side. Run it down into the hills east of the Sea of Galilee. Then take that line straight down the Jordan River, all the way to the Dead Sea. There you have it, the borders of your land on all four sides" (Numbers 32:3-12).

The Casual English Bible suggests that this description may have been a more precise boundary, but it is still not very specific regarding the southern and eastern borders.

Ezekiel's boundaries

The book of Ezekiel provides yet another description of the boundaries of the Promised Land. Ezekiel's description is more specific, saying that the land would be divided among the tribes of Israel and would include the land of Judea and Samaria. Some scholars say this description was meant to be symbolic, rather than actual borders.
Despite the differences in the descriptions of the Promised Land's boundaries, one point seemed clear to Bible writers: God promised this land to the Israelites as their inheritance, and he delivered on that promise. The Promised Land is a central theme in the Bible, representing a place of God's provision, where his people can live in peace and prosperity.
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Map of Exodus Leaving Egypt

maps of Exodus out of Egykpt

Map of Exodus Leaving Egypt

Bible Book: Exodus, Psalms Type: Maps Location: Egypt Era: Exodus, Heroes, kings

Exodus Map

Exodus map of Moses and Hebrews leaving Egypt. The map shows a possible route Moses took when he led the Hebrews to freedom. Many Bibles say Moses and the Hebrews crossed the “Red Sea.” But the Hebrew words are yam suph, “sea reeds.” Later in the story, Moses and the Hebrew refugees will escape through a path God makes in this body of water. Scholars usually track Moses and the Hebrews escaping Egypt by walking southeast, out of the Nile Delta fields. That's toward the Red Sea and the Sinai Peninsula. They would have passed through lake regions along what is now the Suez Canal. This connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. These lakes and ponds reportedly had reeds growing along the banks, like the ones the Bible says grew along the Nile River and helped anchor Baby Moses in a basket (Exodus 2:3). Compare with other Bible versions at Bible Gateway.

Mount Sinai

Horeb is a Hebrew word that can mean “dry,” “desolate,” or “desert.” But here, it reads more like a name. Most Bible scholars say it’s an alternate name for Mount Sinai—much like “Zion” is another name for “Jerusalem.” Some say the mountain is in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Others say it’s in what is now Saudi Arabia, where the people of Midian lived.

Sinai, Land of God

Two Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions from about the 1400s BC, around the time some scholars say Moses lived, said the mountainous territory of the Sinai was the “land of the Shasu of Yahweh.” “Shasu” was what Egyptians called the nomads and herders from what is now the areas of Israel, Palestinian Territories, Syria, and Jordan. Yahweh, translated “LORD” in all capital letters, was God’s name (3:14). The inscription might mean the Sinai was the land of nomads who worshipped God or who were known by the name of God—perhaps as “the people of God.” These inscriptions are the two oldest references outside the Bible to anyone worshiping Yahweh, the God of the Israelites, who were ancestors of today’s Jewish people.
Leaving Egypt
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3D Map Mount Sinai-Mount Zion

3D Map of the distance between Mount Sinai and Mount Zion (Jerusalem)

3D Map Mount Sinai-Mount Zion

Bible Book: Exodus, Psalms Type: Maps Location: Egypt, Israel, Jebel Musa, Jerusalem, Mount Sinai, Mount Zion Era: Exodus, Heroes, kings

3D Map Mount Sinai to Mount Zion

Two-week walk in 40 years

It was 240 miles, 380 km, from Mount Sinai to Jerusalem, also known as Mount Zion. That's about a two-week walk through a lot of wasteland.

But it took Moses and the Israelite ancestors of today's Jewish people, 40 years.

They weren't that slow. They were that stubborn and stuck in their own heads. They had a habit of doing what they wanted instead of doing what God said. 

Scouting report

Men scouting the Promised Land came back with a mixed report.

27Here’s the report they gave: “We went where you told us to go. This is certainly a land where milk and honey flow like rivers. We picked this fruit there. 28The people who live there have strong defenses and large cities protected behind walls. We saw some descendants of the giant Anak. 29Amalekite people live in the Negev. Further north, Jebusites and Amorites live in the central hill country. Along the seacoast is where some Canaanites live. Others live alongside the Jordan River"...

31Other scouts who had gone with him pushed back, “We can’t beat these people. They’re too strong for us.” 32These men gave a terrible report about what they saw. They told the Israelites, “The land we just explored is too big for us. If we tried to conquer all the people there, they would put us in the ground. These are huge people we’re talking about. 33That’s not all. We saw the giant Nephilim, ancestors of the giant Anak. Looking up at them, we felt like grasshoppers. And looking down at us, they felt we looked like grasshoppers, too." Numbers 13

Too frightened to obey God

Terrified, the people refused to go any further, God or no God.

So, God put them in timeout for a generation, 40 years. One year for every day the scouts had been gone.

The only adults from that generation who would get to step on the Promised Land where the only two scouts who advised going into the land and taking it from the people, Joshua and Caleb:

29"You’re going to die in the badlands. All the men in your armies—everyone age 20 and older who complained about me—dead. 30There’s no way I’m going to let you go into the land I promised you. The only exceptions are Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun. 31I’ll bring your children there—the ones you said I’d let your enemies take for themselves. Your children will see the land you turned down. 32But you? You’re going to die in the desert badlands. "

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3D Map Mount Sinai to Mount Zion
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