We’re thrilled you’re enjoying the show. Archaeology definitely adds another layer of fascination to these discussions, and it’s amazing how physical artifacts align with Scripture’s accounts. We’ve actually considered sharing visuals of key archaeological finds, like inscriptions, coins, or ancient manuscripts, to illustrate these connections more vividly. As we dive deeper into historical contexts and discoveries in future episodes, we’ll make sure to feature these visuals. Seeing tangible evidence from history can indeed make the journey even more compelling! Thanks again for the suggestion, and stay tuned for more fascinating content. God bless!
There has always been scholarly skepticism about the number “600,000” mentioned in Exodus 12:37 referring to the number of men leaving Egypt. I have always harbored a suspicion, that I will share here; however, I am still working on it. It has several parts, but here is the first one. The “600,000 men” are mentioned after the Jews leave the city of Rameses and arrive at Sukkoth. That number may reflect the growing aggregate of all the Egyptian slaves (not just the Jewish ones) that joined the escape, including many other Semitic prisoners of war accumulated over centuries by Egypt. If so, then all those slaves are folded into the Mosaic narrative. Verse 37 says “A mixed multitude went up also with them.” Moreover, if this is true, those other tribes may have fragmented from the main Jewish core and returned to Canaan. And if that is true, after forty years of Israel’s wandering in the Sinai peninsula, those same groups would have already established settlements and forts in Canaan. So it is conceivable some portion of the 600,000 who were not direct descendants of Abraham, joined the Exodus, only to split off later, return to Canaan and the surrounding territories, and became the “inhabitants of the land” who opposed Israel’s entry to it decades later. This might also explain the mystery of why those inhabitants in Canaan were waiting for Israel to arrive and already knew the story of God overthrowing the Pharaoh of Egypt - because they too were beneficiaries of it. As for the campaigns in Canaan, God makes it clear that land was promised to Abraham’s descendants, so it is less a conquest than a reclamation.
I have a potentially strange question. We know from the gospels that Jesus spent much of his youth in Egypt. And I read a book that described a Jewish settlement in Egypt that was so against the Herodian rule that they built their own temple to God in Egypt. There is apparently archeology that supports this claim of Egyptian Jewish settlement at the time of the second temple in Jerusalem. My question is, when did the Egyptians and the Jews become friendly again? It must be during the “intertestimental period” including books like the Maccabees. When did the Egyptians embrace the Jews and the Jews felt safe enough to return to Egypt?
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Good work guys..but try and post some of the archeological evidences for us to see, makes the show more fascinating 😊
We’re thrilled you’re enjoying the show. Archaeology definitely adds another layer of fascination to these discussions, and it’s amazing how physical artifacts align with Scripture’s accounts. We’ve actually considered sharing visuals of key archaeological finds, like inscriptions, coins, or ancient manuscripts, to illustrate these connections more vividly.
As we dive deeper into historical contexts and discoveries in future episodes, we’ll make sure to feature these visuals. Seeing tangible evidence from history can indeed make the journey even more compelling! Thanks again for the suggestion, and stay tuned for more fascinating content. God bless!
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Any pharaohs military attack in the land of philistine or cannan between exodus?
There has always been scholarly skepticism about the number “600,000” mentioned in Exodus 12:37 referring to the number of men leaving Egypt. I have always harbored a suspicion, that I will share here; however, I am still working on it. It has several parts, but here is the first one. The “600,000 men” are mentioned after the Jews leave the city of Rameses and arrive at Sukkoth. That number may reflect the growing aggregate of all the Egyptian slaves (not just the Jewish ones) that joined the escape, including many other Semitic prisoners of war accumulated over centuries by Egypt. If so, then all those slaves are folded into the Mosaic narrative. Verse 37 says “A mixed multitude went up also with them.” Moreover, if this is true, those other tribes may have fragmented from the main Jewish core and returned to Canaan. And if that is true, after forty years of Israel’s wandering in the Sinai peninsula, those same groups would have already established settlements and forts in Canaan. So it is conceivable some portion of the 600,000 who were not direct descendants of Abraham, joined the Exodus, only to split off later, return to Canaan and the surrounding territories, and became the “inhabitants of the land” who opposed Israel’s entry to it decades later. This might also explain the mystery of why those inhabitants in Canaan were waiting for Israel to arrive and already knew the story of God overthrowing the Pharaoh of Egypt - because they too were beneficiaries of it. As for the campaigns in Canaan, God makes it clear that land was promised to Abraham’s descendants, so it is less a conquest than a reclamation.
Similar tablets can be seen at British Museum
I have a potentially strange question. We know from the gospels that Jesus spent much of his youth in Egypt. And I read a book that described a Jewish settlement in Egypt that was so against the Herodian rule that they built their own temple to God in Egypt. There is apparently archeology that supports this claim of Egyptian Jewish settlement at the time of the second temple in Jerusalem. My question is, when did the Egyptians and the Jews become friendly again? It must be during the “intertestimental period” including books like the Maccabees. When did the Egyptians embrace the Jews and the Jews felt safe enough to return to Egypt?