There would have been no reason for the Egyptians to pursue the Israelites recklessly, as described in The Bible. The entire Levant region was under Egyptian rule, with Egyptian army garrisons scattered throughout Palestine. And two and a half million Israelites would not have been hard to find, whenever the Egyptians wanted to find them. It seems unlikely that any chariots were really in pursuit of the Israelites.
In any case, Israel Finkelstein says that over ninety percent of scholars do not believe there was an Exodus from Egypt. That being the case, there was no pursuit of the Israelites and no chariots. The tradition of the Exodus from Egypt developed many centuries after the time attributed to it.
600 chariots were sent to follow the Israelites. Moses recorded this and had been an eyewitness to the events. The Egyptians were losing a large slave force in a period of much building construction, hence the need to pursue their departing slave workforce in such a significant way. There is evidence that the Egyptians were weakened militarily after this time for a period which supports the loss they suffered.
Exodus 14:7 says that the pharaoh took six hundred chariots, being all the chariots in Egypt, in pursuit of Moses and the Israelites.
However, there would have been no reason for the Egyptians to pursue the Israelites recklessly, as described in the Bible. The entire Levant region was under Egyptian rule, with Egyptian army garrisons scattered throughout Palestine. And two and a half million Israelites would not have been hard to find, whenever the Egyptians wanted to find them. It seems unlikely that any chariots were really in pursuit of the Israelites.
In any case, Israel Finkelstein says that over ninety percent of scholars do not believe there was an Exodus from Egypt. That being the case, there was no pursuit of the Israelites and no chariots. The tradition of the Exodus from Egypt developed many centuries after the time attributed to it.
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None. %The Israelites entered the Holy Land thirty-three days after Moses died.
The first time he left Egypt, Moses left alone. The 2nd time he left, he was accompanied by a throng of up to several million people, comprised of all of the "Children of Israel" and many Egyptians who chose to leave with them.
It was not Israelites who got into Egypt but the Pharoh's slaves became Israelites after Moses (Peace be upon him) freed them and took them to the land of Israel. Many historians say that Judaism is a covenant between God and Abraham but Prophet Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian. The nation of Moses were named as Jews by the historians. They travelled to the Land of Israel and became Israelites. After Moses many Prophets came to them to end the corruption among them. This is the mercy of God for them and yet they differed many times regarding faith and punishments from God came to them in different forms. It is not necessary to mention the punishments here, you can find it on the net. They still think they are the chosen people of the God but it is not true, only fact is they were the chosen people by God and they lost the divine grace and mercy of God when the whole Jewsih nation denied the Prophethood of Jesus and Muhammad (Peace be upon them).
The bible says they were in the desert for 40 long years.
Deuteronomy 29:4, "I have led you in the wilderness for forty years".
Walking the Bible A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses - 2006 A Coat of Many Colors The Israelites in Egypt 1-2 was released on: USA: 2006
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The significance of the exodus out of Egypt was to show the Israelites the power of their God, the God of Israel. Up until this point some of the Israelites were being influenced by the Egyptian ways and their so called gods. After many years of enslavement and praying to God for their freedom, the God of Israel has groomed Moses and is showing his power to Israel and also to their oppressors, the Egyptians. Moreover, Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt also points to the cross, in that through Christ sacrifice we are being led out our enslaved sin life to a life of salvation.
Emancipator: because God sent him to Pharaoh to demand the freedom of the Israelites (Exodus ch.3), thus setting the Exodus in motion. Lawgiver: because it was Moses who conveyed God's Torah to the Israelites (Exodus 24:12).
When the Jewish people came to Egypt, there was only 70 of them. But When the Jewish people left Egypt about 200 years later, there was about 60,000 of them. This was because at the time that the Israelites were slaves, mothers gave birth to about 6 children at a time!
Abraham and Sarah- Mesopotamia (Iraq) Moses, Aaron, Miriam, Joshua, and Phinehas - Israelites born in Egypt Obadiah- Edom (he was a convert) All the rest of the Hebrew Bible authors (Prophets) came from what is now Israel.
No personal covenant is mentioned with Moses. Rather, God made a covenant between Himself and the Israelites, including Moses (Exodus 34:27). This covenant requires that the Israelites obey the Torah (Exodus 19:5, Leviticus ch.26, Deuteronomy ch. 28 and 31). Nonetheless, it will never cease to exist (Leviticus 26:44). However, it does have a "conditional" nature to it as most contracts do. If the Israelites fulfill their half of the agreement, God will bless them and provide for them. If the Israelites do not fulfill their half of the agreement, God will curse them and destroy them. Many Religious Jews see the Diasporic Nature of the Jewish Community to be evidence of a general failure for Jews (the descendants of the Israelites) to uphold the agreement made between Moses and God.