Bill wrote in
ups.com:

No no no. There's no question the Exodus was going east. Any body of
water they had to cross was on their east. Why would they cross a
body of water that was on their west? Sea of Reeds, Red Sea no matter
the name the body of water had to be to the east of the Exodus or
there would be little reason to go across it. Check out the maps in
the Bible and you'll see what I mean.

I'm not that familiar with Exodus so please enlighten me. Where were
they going to and where did they come from? i thought they were going
from Egypt to what later bacame Israel. I may be wrong on the
destination but I am pretty sure they started in Egypt. I saw the ten
commandments years ago but I really don't remember. Now if they left
Egypt and crossed the Red Sea, according to you they went East. Is
that right?

Bill


They came from the land of Goshen near the Nile delta where they worked
as slaves growing and gathering crops and other slave work like building
roads and cities, etc. Yes, they were doing an exodus from Egypt and
would eventually settle in the promised land which is around Isreal but
they took a circuitous route to get there so they wouldn't be tempted by
the people who worshipped false gods along the direct route. This is the
way Moses and an angel of God lead them. They followed, some
begrudgingly. It was a hardship all this travel through desert lands on
short rations. Even water was hard to find and God had to provide a
spring from time to time and manna from heaven so they didn't starve.

--
Cheerio,
Ed Gordon
http://www.egordon873.homestead.com/drug.html