Bible Atlas · Rameses to the plains of Moab
The Exodus: Egypt to the Edge of the Land
14 stops, from Rameses to Nebo, in the order Exodus, Numbers and Deuteronomy name them. Play the journey, or tap any stop for its verse.
Every stop, in order
Rameses · Qantir
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
Exodus 12:37Succoth · Tell el Maskhuta
The site is not certain. Tell el Maskhuta is the leading identification.
And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
Exodus 13:20Etham · Tell er Retaba
The site is not known. One proposal takes Etham as another name for Pithom, shown here at Tell er Retaba.
And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
Exodus 13:20Pi-hahiroth · Tell Defenneh
The site is not known. It is shown beside Baal-zephon, as Exodus 14:2 places it, at one proposed site among several.
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
Exodus 14:2- On the way
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Exodus 14:22Marah · Ain Hawarah
The site is not certain. Ain Hawarah is the leading identification.
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Exodus 15:23 Elim · Wadi Gharandal
The site is not certain. Wadi Gharandal is the leading identification.
And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
Exodus 15:27The wilderness of Sin · Debbet er Ramleh
The area is not certain. Debbet er Ramleh is the leading identification.
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 16:1Rephidim · Wadi Rufaiyil
The site is not certain. Wadi Rufaiyil is the leading identification; Wadi Feiran is another.
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
Exodus 17:1Sinai · Jebel Musa
Jebel Musa is the traditional site. The location is debated.
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.
Exodus 19:2Hazeroth · Ain el Khadra
The site is not certain. Ain el Khadra is the leading identification.
And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
Numbers 11:35Kadesh · Ain el Qudeirat
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
Numbers 13:26- The years in the wilderness
After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
Numbers 14:34Mount Hor · Jebel Nebi Harun
The site is not certain. The map shows the traditional site, Jebel Nebi Harun near Petra; Har Zin in the Negev is the main scholarly alternative.
And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
Numbers 20:22 - On the way
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
Numbers 21:4The plains of Moab
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
Numbers 22:1 Nebo · Jabal al Naba
The summit is not certain. Jabal al Naba is the leading identification; Rujm Siyaghah, beside it, is the other.
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
Deuteronomy 34:1
Questions
What was the route of the Exodus: Egypt to the Edge of the Land?
The Exodus: Egypt to the Edge of the Land (Rameses to the plains of Moab) went from Rameses to Nebo, in 14 stops in the order Exodus, Numbers and Deuteronomy name them: Rameses, Succoth, Etham, Pi-hahiroth, Marah, Elim, The wilderness of Sin, Rephidim, Sinai, Hazeroth, Kadesh, Mount Hor, The plains of Moab, Nebo.