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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 of Exodus: Out of Egypt to the Promised Land

map of route of Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land

Map of Exodus: Out of Egypt to the Promised Land

Bible Book: Numbers, Deuteronomy Type: Maps Location: Canaan, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba, Gulf of Suez, Kadesh Oasis, Mount Sinai, Nile River Delta, Plains of Moab, Rameses, Road to Egypt, Route of Exodus, Succoth Era: Exodus

Out of Egypt to the Promised Land

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.
Out of Egypt to the Promised Land
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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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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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Elijah runs away from Jezebel

3d Bible map of Elijah running away from Jezebel. For The Casual English Bible

Elijah runs away from Jezebel

Bible Book: 1 Kings Type: Maps Location: Abel-mehola, Beersheba, Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Jezreel, Mount Sinai, Samaria, Sinai Peninsula Era: Heroes, kings, Prophets, Jews exiled

ELIJAH RUNS FROM JEZEBEL

QUEEN JEZEBEL GIVES ELIJAH ONE DAY TO LIVE

Ahab told his wife Jezebel what Elijah did and that he killed all the prophets she had been supporting. Jezebel sent this message to Elijah, “If I don’t end you by this time tomorrow, may the gods do worse to me than you did to those prophets.” Terrified, Elijah ran for his life. He ran all the way through Samaria and Judah. He didn’t stop until he reached the town of Beersheba on Judah’s southern border. He left his servant there. And he traveled another day’s distance deep into the southern badlands. He stopped in the shade of a broom tree and asked God to kill him. He said, “I’ve done enough. Bring my life to an end. I’m just as bad as my ancestors were.”

ELIJAH TO GOD: “KILL ME”

Elijah stretched out on the ground and fell asleep under the broom tree. But a messenger from God tapped him and said, “Wake up. It’s time to eat.” Elijah looked up and saw hot food by his head. The angel had fried some bread over hot stones. And there was a jug of water, too. Elijah ate and drank and then lay back down to rest again. The angel came back later, tapped him to wake him and said, “Time to get up and eat. You need to eat or you won’t have the energy to make the trip ahead.” Elijah got up, ate and drank, and then continued his trip. The angel gave him enough food and water for the trip to Mount Sinai, 40 days and nights. There, he spent the night in a cave. The LORD asked him, “Why did you come here?” Elijah said, “You are the LORD, God of everyone, and I have worked hard for you. But the people of Israel have broken their agreement with you, destroyed your altars, and slaughtered your prophets. I’m the last prophet standing. But they’re trying to kill me, too.” 1 Kings 19:1-10
Elijah runs from Jezebel
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