trinitylove Posted July 10, 2006 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 6 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/10/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 06/23/1975 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Many years ago I met a Russian Jew who told me he was well-versed in Hebrew and the Old Testament. He said that in the original Hebrew translation of Exodus 14:21-22, that the sea was parted not only into one wide path of dry land, but into 12 paths-one for each tribe. Does anyone know the validity of this and if it's true? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Many years ago I met a Russian Jew who told me he was well-versed in Hebrew and the Old Testament. He said that in the original Hebrew translation of Exodus 14:21-22, that the sea was parted not only into one wide path of dry land, but into 12 paths-one for each tribe. Does anyone know the validity of this and if it's true? Thanks! No validity for that from Scripture. However the one path that did exist was large enough for the entire 1.2 million Israelites to pass through the sea in one night. That is a large path! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinitylove Posted July 10, 2006 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 6 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/10/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 06/23/1975 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 Thanks for your reply. Either way it's interesting to think of such a monumental event. God is so cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Posted July 10, 2006 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 115 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 8,281 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 249 Days Won: 3 Joined: 03/03/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/30/1955 Share Posted July 10, 2006 If the word which now means 'thousand' in Hebrew, originally meant 'family' we cut the numbers of the Israelites in the Exodus down to about 30,000.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naziyr Posted September 15, 2006 Group: Junior Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 113 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/15/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/30/1984 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Shalom! I've heard this argued in rabbinical circles, and usually the number is around 2 million by historical archeological evidence. But above all, the most agreed upon thing is that they Hebrews walked on DRY LAND. That's deep. It wasn't muddy, moist, or in a claylike substance, it was DRY. Such symbolism for things that followed as they wandered the DRY dessert to get to the 'safety' of the promised land. Okay, just my two cents... but still... ya. Shalom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest liarsandmartyrs Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Absolutely no biblical reference, but look for a documentary called, The Exodus Revealed: Search for the Red Sea Crossing. VERY interesting, and proves without a shadow of a doubt that God did part the Red Sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftwine Posted October 10, 2006 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 38 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/20/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted October 10, 2006 Try Exodus Decoded on History Channel. ..... . Very Good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iammoreorless Posted November 28, 2006 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 18 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/27/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted November 28, 2006 Exodus Decoded was very interesting. I enjoyed the fact that it was slated to support The Exodus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hupo Posted March 8, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,055 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 18 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/19/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/12/1944 Share Posted March 8, 2007 If I was an archeologist I guess I would do some calculations. The one I would realy go for is ... how large was Pharoh's army? how big was each chariot? how many horses for each chariot etc..... as they ALL drowned, they all had to be on that path that God opened up. Now depending on where exactly that path was opened, we could calculate the length. We may be able to calculate how much space the Egyption army took up on that path and then get a good estimate of the width of that path. But, I am not an archeologist so all the above is just my two cents Blessings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkan Posted March 29, 2007 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 8 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/22/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted March 29, 2007 Exodus Decoded was very interesting. I enjoyed the fact that it was slated to support The Exodus. Interesting, Yes! Supportive, Yes! Completely Biblically accurate, I think not. We must be careful how we view things that we don't allow our own undertanding to overshadow God's word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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