Tracing A Map Of The Exodus From Egypt

By Harold Watson


Religion is an organized set of spiritual beliefs. There will usually be a central figure, a spiritual founder. Now, there will be places of worships, usually churches or temples of some sort. There will also be some behavioral guidelines that the believers are expected to follow every day in their lives. The thing about the night sky is that it is so vast. Throughout its inky blackness, there are so many stars that twinkle against it, it can make a person wonder if there was someone who crafted it, who put it all together. Such musings then formed the basis for religion. Some of these musings can be done over a map of the Exodus from Egypt.

Now, according to the Bible and popular culture, there was a slave class in Egypt. They were supposedly the ones who built the pyramids. Then they were set free by the chief deity of their faith, using an intermediary who was supposedly raised by Egyptian royalty.

They were set free because their deity rained down hell on Egypt, sometimes literally. The water turned to blood. There were pests everywhere. Then the final nail in that particular coffin was killing off every firstborn child.

Now, the former slaves supposedly wandered around the desert for a long time, without that much shade or sun block. Lots of people probably died, never reaching that fabled land of milk and honey. Supposedly, they were looking around for forty years before they reached their destination.

Tracing the path that was taken can present itself with a level of difficulty. This mostly because there really is no detailed account of where they went. What is known is that they were in the Middle East. But the specifics might have been lost in the fog of the ages.

Finding a map should be easy enough. After all, the internet is a thing that exists out in the world. So using it to find the route that was taken should not be all that difficult. Just type in a few keywords, hit ENTER, and then wait for the internet to do its thing, the thing that it does best.

Another option is to buy one. But not just any map. If it is being bought then it should look old, like it was graphed at some point during the Middle Ages. Not for any real practicality, but most for aesthetic purposes.

Practicality is not always the way to go. There is no reason to own such a map. But it sure would look cool framed and mounted on a wall.

Now, people are different from each other. While they are not all entirely unique, there is enough distinction that no two individuals are totally the same. Which is why even faith has many interpretations.




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