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Last updated: Bible chronology main Detailed Chronology of the Exodus from 20-Mar-2020 at 21:26 page (See History.) © Richard P. Español Egypt Aschmann Rick Aschmann (Aschmann.net/BibleChronology/The_Exodus.html) Lots of detail added 19-Mar-2020. See History. 1. Introduction 2. Month-by-month Summary View of the Exodus 3. Detailed Chronology of the Exodus 4. The Hebrew Calendar 1. Introduction In this chronology I only include events from 1447 or 1446 B.C. through 1406 B.C., since this period contains month-by-month or even day-by-day detail in many cases, actually an amazing amount of detail perhaps not matched anywhere else in the Bible. This covers part of Exodus, all of Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, and part of Joshua. Earlier events in Exodus and later events in Joshua are already clearly shown on the Bible chronology main page. The dates provided are my own, based on information gleaned from the text itself. The Narrated Bible generally does not provide these detailed dates for this time period, which is a bit surprising, given the amount of detail the text provides. If anyone thinks I have interpreted the text incorrectly in a particular case, please let me know. Note that events in the Bible text are not necessarily sequential, and in a few cases it is not entirely clear which events occur first, as in the case of Leviticus 10 and following chapters versus Numbers 7:54 and following. I have just tried to place them as logically as possible. The English month names given in quotes in the charts below are actually Hebrew months. To see what they correspond to, see 4. The Hebrew Calendar. In The Narrated Bible the Laws in the Pentateuch are often rearranged by topic, so the page numbers are not as helpful as for the narrative sections. In these cases I usually do not provide page numbers, but usually simply have ~, or occasionally ~ with a page number. It is not always clear when sections composed exclusively of laws and regulations were given. I will mark these in green to show that they do not really form part of the chronological narrative. Detailed Chronology of the Exodus from Egypt Rick Aschmann 1 Last updated 20-Mar-2020 at 21:26 Aschmann.net/BibleChronology/The_Exodus.html 2. Month-by-month Summary View of the Exodus 1447? (Late in year?) - Burning bush, etc., Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh, backlash (Exodus 3-6) 1446 (Early in year?) - Early plagues (Ex. 7:1-9:12) “March” - Plague 7 (Ex. 9:13-35) “April” - Plagues 9-10, first Passover, the Exodus, cross Red Sea (Ex. 10-15) “May” - Wilderness of Sin, quail and Manna, Rephidim, Jethro (Ex. 16-19) Moses 40 “June” - Arrive at Sinai, Ten Commandments (Ex. 19-31) “June” 11? days on “June” 1 “July” - Golden calf (Ex. 32:1-34:29) “July” 20? Mount “July” 23? Moses on Sinai Mount Sinai “September” - Moses comes down from mountain, veils face (Ex. 34:29-33) “Sep.” 4? another 40 days Israelites at Sinai ──Construction of the tabernacle over the course of 7 months almost 1445 (Ex. 35:1-40:16) 12 months “April” - Tabernacle erected, priests ordained, second Passover (Ex. 40:17-39, all of Leviticus, Numbers 7-9) “May” - Census, leave Sinai, Taberah, Kibroth Hattaavah (Numbers 1-6,10:1-11:34) “May” 20 “June” - Miriam’s complaint and leprosy (Numbers 11:35-12:15) (Early fall?) - Arrive in Kadesh, spies sent (Numbers 12:16-13:20) Spies explore the land for 40 days (Late in year?) - Spies return, people rebel and are judged (Numbers 13:25-13:22) (Numbers 13:21-24) 1445 - 1407 - 38 years of wandering in the wilderness! (Numbers 14:21-35, Deu. 2:1,14) 1407 “April” - Return to Kadesh, death of Miriam (Numbers 20:1) - People complain about lack of water (Numbers 20:2-13) - Passage requested of Edom, refused (Numbers 20:14-21) “August” - Mount Hor, death of Aaron, battle with Arad (Numbers 20:22-21:4a) (Late in year?) - Travel stages, cross Zered River (38 years after leaving Kadesh towards the end of 1445 to wander in the desert! (Numbers 21:4b-12) - More travel stages (Numbers 21:13-35) 1406 (Early in year?) - Arrive at Plains of Moab, trouble with Moab and Midian, Reuben and Gad settle in Gilead, directives for conquest (Numbers 22-36, Joshua 12:1-6) “March” - Moses’ Deuteronomy addresses, Death of Moses (all of Deuteronomy) “April” - Joshua takes leadership, spies in Jericho, first Passover in Canaan, manna ceases (Joshua 1:1-5:12) - Initial Conquest of Canaan (undatable, unclear how much occurred during 1406) (Joshua 5:13-11:23,12:7-24) Detailed Chronology of the Exodus from Egypt Rick Aschmann 2 Last updated 20-Mar-2020 at 21:26 Aschmann.net/BibleChronology/The_Exodus.html 3. Detailed Chronology of the Exodus In Moses’ Deuteronomy addresses he retells some of the events in the Exodus story. I have added a few of these references in the Deuteronomy column beside those events, but in blue to show that this is Moses’ later recollection of them. (I will not provide page numbers in The Narrated Bible in these cases.) I have not included all of Moses’ retellings, since Moses’ style is a bit rambling, and it became too complicated to do so. An almost complete list of the Israelite encampments is listed in Numbers 33, and I have given this list its own column. Most of these places are unknown. As with all of my chronology material, I wrote this so that I would understand what happened, and hopefully it will help others as well. Date Verses and phrases Israelite encampment Event(s) Exodus, Numbers Num. Deuter- Date given Page that support the date or other location Leviticus, 33 onomy (or in and Joshua camp implied) The list by Smith Narr- (183- ated 184) Bible 1447? (Late in year?) Midian Burning Bush Exodus 99 3:1-4:17 Midian Moses leaves for Egypt 4:18-23 101 lodging place Moses’ son circumcised 4:24-26 102 Mountain of God (Sinai) Aaron meets Moses 4:27-28 Egypt (Goshen = Rameses) Moses and Aaron meet Israelites 4:29-31 ” Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh 5:1-5 103 ” backlash 5:6-22 ” God promises deliverance 6:1-7:9 104 1446 (Early in year?) Exodus ” Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh again 7:7 1446? 105 7:7 (Moses 80, Aaron 83) 7:10-7:13 (Acts 7:30) Throughout Egypt Plagues 1-6 7:14-9:12 1446? 105 (Late?) March 1 9:31-32 ” Plague 7, hail 9:13-35 108 ” Plague 8, locusts 10:1-20 109 “April” 11-13 10:22-23 ” Plague 9, darkness for three days 10:21-23 “April” 14 12:6 ” Pharaoh refuses, Passover 10:24- 110 12:28 “April” 15 12:29 “At midnight” ” Plague 10, Angel of Death 12:29- 112 13:3-4 13:16 ” (Numbers 33:3) Goshen = Rameses The Exodus: leave Rameses (Goshen) 13:17-18 3-5 113 Succoth 13:20 5-6 114 Etham 13:20 6-7 114 Pi Hahiroth Crossing of the Red Sea 14:1-15:21 7-8 Marah Bitter water made sweet 15:22-26 8-9 117 Elim 12 springs, 70 palms 15:27 9-10 118 Red Sea 10- 118 11 “May” 15 16:1 Wilderness of Sin Quail and manna 16 11- 12 Detailed Chronology of the Exodus from Egypt Rick Aschmann 3 Last updated 20-Mar-2020 at 21:26 Aschmann.net/BibleChronology/The_Exodus.html Dophkah 12- 13 Alush 13- 14 Rephidim (Massah, Meribah) water from the rock, Amalek 17 14- 119 15 ”? Jethro brings Moses’ family 18 120 1446* “June” 1?2 19:1 Wilderness of Sinai arrive at Sinai, consecration 19:1-15 15 1445? 122 “June” 3? 19:16 “the third day” ” Moses meets God on the mountain 19:16-25 123 ” Ten Commandments 20:1-17 5:6-21 123 ” People afraid to meet God 20:18-20 ” First lawgiving 20:21- 124 24:4a “June” 4? 24:4 “early the next morning” ” Moses called to the mountain again 24:4b-16a 126 “June” 11? 24:16 “on the seventh day” ” God calls to Moses 24:16b-18 ” Second lawgiving 25:1-31:18 “July” 20? 32:5-6 “Tomorrow there will be a ” Worship of golden calf 32:1-5 135 festival” “July” 21? 24:18 “forty days and forty nights” ” Calf destroyed; tablets broken 32:6-29 136 from June 11 “July” 22? 32:30 “The next day” ” Moses intercedes for the people 32:30-34:3 137 “July” 23? 34:4 “early in the morning” ” Moses returns to the mountain 34:4-28 138 “September” 4? 34:28 “forty days and forty nights” ” Moses comes down, veils face 34:29-33 139 ” Construction of the tabernacle 35:1-40:16 140 1445 “April” 1 40:17 ” Tabernacle erected 40:17-38 147 “April” 1 ” Cloud first appears over tabernacle 9:15 ” Laws about offerings Leviticus ~ 1-7 “April” 1? ” Ordination of priests 8 148 “April” 1 Numbers ” Leaders of tribes bring offerings: 7:1-11 153 “April” 1 7:12 “first day” ” Judah 7:12-17 154 “April” 2 7:18 “second day” ” Issachar 7:18-23 “April” 3 7:24 “third day” ” Zebulun 7:24-29 “April” 4 7:30 “fourth day” ” Reuben 7:30-35 “April” 5 7:36 “fifth day” ” Simeon 7:36-41 155 “April” 6 7:42 “sixth day” ” Gad 7:42-47 “April” 7 7:48 “seventh day” ” Ephraim 7:48-53 “April” 8? Leviticus ” Ordination of priests completed 9 149 9:1 “eighth day” “April” 8?? ” Nadab and Abihu die 10:1-7 150 3:4 152 “April” 8?? ” other issues with priests 10:8-20 150 “April” 8?? Numbers ” More laws 11-27 ~ Detailed Chronology of the Exodus from Egypt Rick Aschmann 4 Last updated 20-Mar-2020 at 21:26 Aschmann.net/BibleChronology/The_Exodus.html “April” 8 7:54 “eighth day” ” Manasseh 7:54-59 155 “April” 9 7:60 “ninth day” ” Benjamin 7:60-65 156 “April” 10 7:66 “tenth day” ” Dan 7:66-71 “April” 11 7:72 “eleventh day” ” Asher 7:72-77 “April” 12 7:78 “twelfth day” ” Naphtali 7:78-83 ” Summary of offerings 7:84-88 ” Moses hears God in Most Holy Place 7:89 157 ” More laws 8 ~ “April” 14 9:1,3,5 ” second Passover celebrated 9:1-14 158 “May” 1 1:1,18 ” census of Israelites (without Levites) 1 159 ” arrangement of camp 2 161 ” separate census of Levites 3:1-39, 162 4:1-49 ” redemption of the firstborn 3:40-51 165 ” More laws 5-6 ~ ” Silver trumpets for mobilizing