lesson 9 sees Moses take matters into his own hands as he strikes a rock rather than speaking to it. but is there more to Moses’ sin than we may have been taught in Sunday School?

images

in the map below, the red route is what i am proposing (based on the info from bible.ca) is a more accurate Exodus route, with the red stars along the route representing actual Sinai (Mt. Lawz, or Jabal al-Lawz in modern-day Saudi Arabia) and Kadesh-Barnea (near modern-day Petra in Jordan, close to where Moab would have been just east of the Dead Sea). the yellow stars mark the traditional sites of Sinai and Kadesh-Barnea.

books

Five Books of Moses : Translation & Commentary by Robert Alter

Hebrew Bible : Translation & Commentary by Robert Alter

The JPS Torah Commentary : Numbers by Jacob Milgrom

links

Discovery Bible Study

Faithlife Study Bible

wikipedia article on Avaris

Five Coffees and a Book - FREE ebook and discussion guide

this blog - skidmore.substack.com

more

sites, social media, and more

Get full access to sketches from Scripture at skidmore.substack.com/subscribe