Map 052 · The Patriarchs & the Exodus · Exodus 12:1–42

The Passover & Night of Exodus

The night death passed over every home with blood on the doorpost — and two million people walked out of Egypt before dawn

"And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt... And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead."

— Exodus 12:29–30 (KJV)

Map of Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula with the Journeyings of the Israelites showing the full Exodus route as a dotted line from Rameses and Goshen in Egypt southward through the Sinai Peninsula to Kadesh-Barnea and the Plains of Moab, with an inset map of the Horeb region showing Rephidim and Mt. Sinai

"Egypt & The Sinai Peninsula with the Journeyings of the Israelites." This map shows the complete overview of the Exodus journey — from Rameses and Goshen in Egypt, through the Sinai wilderness, to the borders of Canaan. The dotted line traces Israel's probable route. The inset bottom-right shows the Horeb/Sinai region in detail.

Source: Library of Congress / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. · Historical commentary by Michael Knighton · Christians Standing With Israel

🗺 How to Read This Map

① Rameses and Goshen — The Starting Point — Find 'Goshen' and 'Rameses' labeled in the upper-left area of the map, east of the Nile Delta. This is where Israel lived and was enslaved. It was from Rameses that six hundred thousand men — plus women and children — departed in a single night. Pithom (Maskhuteh) is labeled nearby — the second store-city Israel had built with forced labor.

② The Dotted Route — Israel's Journey — Follow the dotted line from Rameses southward through Succoth and Etham, then east through the Sinai Peninsula. This 'probable route' traces the main candidate for Israel's path: south along the Gulf of Suez coast, then inland through the southern Sinai mountains to Sinai/Horeb, then northeast to Kadesh-Barnea on the edge of Canaan.

③ Pi-hahiroth and the Sea Crossing — Find 'Pi-hahiroth' and 'Baal-Zephon' labeled on the dotted route, east of the Delta near the water. This is where Israel camped before the crossing. Migdol is labeled nearby — the military post that helped box them in. The Egyptian army was closing from behind while the sea blocked escape forward. God had positioned Israel here deliberately.

④ Canaan in the Upper Right — Look to the upper-right of the map and find 'Canaan' with Jerusalem, Hebron, Jericho, Gaza, and Beersheba all labeled. This is the destination — the land God had promised Abraham. The dotted line ends at the borders of Canaan after forty years of wilderness. Mt. Nebo is labeled in the upper-right — where Moses would die within sight of the Promised Land.

What This Map Shows

✦ Rameses — starting point of the Exodus

✦ Goshen — Israel's home for 400 years

✦ Pi-hahiroth — campsite before the crossing

✦ The full Sinai Peninsula route

✦ Kadesh-Barnea — the wilderness turning point

✦ Canaan — the promised destination

✦ Mt. Nebo — where Moses died in sight of the land

✦ The complete journey overview

The Night Everything Changed

Look at this map. It shows the entire Exodus — the whole journey from Egypt to the edge of Canaan — in a single image. Find Goshen and Rameses in the upper-left. Find Canaan in the upper-right. The dotted line between them traces forty years of the most formative journey in the history of any nation on earth. It all began with one night.

The Passover was the culmination of ten plagues and the birthday of a nation. God's instructions to Moses were precise: on the tenth of the month of Abib, each household was to take an unblemished lamb, keep it for four days, then slaughter it at twilight. The blood was to be applied to the two doorposts and the lintel of the house — not hidden, not subtle, but visibly marked. The lamb was to be roasted whole and eaten that night, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, fully dressed and ready to travel. "It is the LORD's passover," God declared. "For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in Egypt... and when I see the blood, I will pass over you" (Exodus 12:11–13).

At midnight, God passed through Egypt. Every firstborn died — from Pharaoh's son on his throne to the prisoner's son in the dungeon, to the firstborn of the livestock. Egypt woke to a nation of the dead. Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron in the night and said: get out. And Israel rose up — find Rameses on the map — and walked out of Egypt before dawn, after 430 years to the very day (Exodus 12:41).

They left in such haste that the bread had no time to rise. They asked their Egyptian neighbors for silver, gold, and clothing — and received it. "The LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required: and they spoiled the Egyptians" (Exodus 12:36). The wealth of Egypt transferred to the departing slaves in a single night. Follow the dotted line on the map southward from Rameses — this is the road of the greatest deliverance in human history, and it began with the blood of a lamb on a doorpost.

Key Scripture References

Exodus 12:1–13 — Passover instructions; the blood on the doorposts

Exodus 12:21–28 — Moses instructs the elders; the people obey

Exodus 12:29–30 — Midnight; death of the firstborn

Exodus 12:31–36 — Pharaoh releases Israel; Egypt gives them wealth

Exodus 12:37–42 — Departure from Rameses; 430 years fulfilled

1 Corinthians 5:7 — Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us

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Map 052 · The Patriarchs & the Exodus · Exodus 12:1–42

The Passover & Night of Exodus

The night death passed over every home with blood on the doorpost — and two million people walked out of Egypt before dawn

"And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt... And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead."

— Exodus 12:29–30 (KJV)

"Egypt & The Sinai Peninsula with the Journeyings of the Israelites." This map shows the complete overview of the Exodus journey — from Rameses and Goshen in Egypt, through the Sinai wilderness, to the borders of Canaan. The dotted line traces Israel's probable route. The inset bottom-right shows the Horeb/Sinai region in detail.

Source: Library of Congress / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. · Historical commentary by Michael Knighton · Christians Standing With Israel

🗺 How to Read This Map

① Rameses and Goshen — The Starting Point — Find 'Goshen' and 'Rameses' labeled in the upper-left area of the map, east of the Nile Delta. This is where Israel lived and was enslaved. It was from Rameses that six hundred thousand men — plus women and children — departed in a single night. Pithom (Maskhuteh) is labeled nearby — the second store-city Israel had built with forced labor.

② The Dotted Route — Israel's Journey — Follow the dotted line from Rameses southward through Succoth and Etham, then east through the Sinai Peninsula. This 'probable route' traces the main candidate for Israel's path: south along the Gulf of Suez coast, then inland through the southern Sinai mountains to Sinai/Horeb, then northeast to Kadesh-Barnea on the edge of Canaan.

③ Pi-hahiroth and the Sea Crossing — Find 'Pi-hahiroth' and 'Baal-Zephon' labeled on the dotted route, east of the Delta near the water. This is where Israel camped before the crossing. Migdol is labeled nearby — the military post that helped box them in. The Egyptian army was closing from behind while the sea blocked escape forward. God had positioned Israel here deliberately.

④ Canaan in the Upper Right — Look to the upper-right of the map and find 'Canaan' with Jerusalem, Hebron, Jericho, Gaza, and Beersheba all labeled. This is the destination — the land God had promised Abraham. The dotted line ends at the borders of Canaan after forty years of wilderness. Mt. Nebo is labeled in the upper-right — where Moses would die within sight of the Promised Land.

What This Map Shows

✦ Rameses — starting point of the Exodus

✦ Goshen — Israel's home for 400 years

✦ Pi-hahiroth — campsite before the crossing

✦ The full Sinai Peninsula route

✦ Kadesh-Barnea — the wilderness turning point

✦ Canaan — the promised destination

✦ Mt. Nebo — where Moses died in sight of the land

✦ The complete journey overview

The Night Everything Changed

Look at this map. It shows the entire Exodus — the whole journey from Egypt to the edge of Canaan — in a single image. Find Goshen and Rameses in the upper-left. Find Canaan in the upper-right. The dotted line between them traces forty years of the most formative journey in the history of any nation on earth. It all began with one night.

The Passover was the culmination of ten plagues and the birthday of a nation. God's instructions to Moses were precise: on the tenth of the month of Abib, each household was to take an unblemished lamb, keep it for four days, then slaughter it at twilight. The blood was to be applied to the two doorposts and the lintel of the house — not hidden, not subtle, but visibly marked. The lamb was to be roasted whole and eaten that night, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, fully dressed and ready to travel. "It is the LORD's passover," God declared. "For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in Egypt... and when I see the blood, I will pass over you" (Exodus 12:11–13).

At midnight, God passed through Egypt. Every firstborn died — from Pharaoh's son on his throne to the prisoner's son in the dungeon, to the firstborn of the livestock. Egypt woke to a nation of the dead. Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron in the night and said: get out. And Israel rose up — find Rameses on the map — and walked out of Egypt before dawn, after 430 years to the very day (Exodus 12:41).

They left in such haste that the bread had no time to rise. They asked their Egyptian neighbors for silver, gold, and clothing — and received it. "The LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required: and they spoiled the Egyptians" (Exodus 12:36). The wealth of Egypt transferred to the departing slaves in a single night. Follow the dotted line on the map southward from Rameses — this is the road of the greatest deliverance in human history, and it began with the blood of a lamb on a doorpost.

Key Scripture References

Exodus 12:1–13 — Passover instructions; the blood on the doorposts

Exodus 12:21–28 — Moses instructs the elders; the people obey

Exodus 12:29–30 — Midnight; death of the firstborn

Exodus 12:31–36 — Pharaoh releases Israel; Egypt gives them wealth

Exodus 12:37–42 — Departure from Rameses; 430 years fulfilled

1 Corinthians 5:7 — Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us

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The Ten Plagues of Egypt

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Exodus Route — Rameses to Red Sea →

Map 052 · The Patriarchs & the Exodus · Exodus 12:1–42

The Passover & Night of Exodus

The night death passed over every home with blood on the doorpost — and two million people walked out of Egypt before dawn

"And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt... And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead."

— Exodus 12:29–30 (KJV)

"Egypt & The Sinai Peninsula with the Journeyings of the Israelites." This map shows the complete overview of the Exodus journey — from Rameses and Goshen in Egypt, through the Sinai wilderness, to the borders of Canaan. The dotted line traces Israel's probable route. The inset bottom-right shows the Horeb/Sinai region in detail.

Source: Library of Congress / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. · Historical commentary by Michael Knighton · Christians Standing With Israel

🗺 How to Read This Map

① Rameses and Goshen — The Starting Point — Find 'Goshen' and 'Rameses' labeled in the upper-left area of the map, east of the Nile Delta. This is where Israel lived and was enslaved. It was from Rameses that six hundred thousand men — plus women and children — departed in a single night. Pithom (Maskhuteh) is labeled nearby — the second store-city Israel had built with forced labor.

② The Dotted Route — Israel's Journey — Follow the dotted line from Rameses southward through Succoth and Etham, then east through the Sinai Peninsula. This 'probable route' traces the main candidate for Israel's path: south along the Gulf of Suez coast, then inland through the southern Sinai mountains to Sinai/Horeb, then northeast to Kadesh-Barnea on the edge of Canaan.

③ Pi-hahiroth and the Sea Crossing — Find 'Pi-hahiroth' and 'Baal-Zephon' labeled on the dotted route, east of the Delta near the water. This is where Israel camped before the crossing. Migdol is labeled nearby — the military post that helped box them in. The Egyptian army was closing from behind while the sea blocked escape forward. God had positioned Israel here deliberately.

④ Canaan in the Upper Right — Look to the upper-right of the map and find 'Canaan' with Jerusalem, Hebron, Jericho, Gaza, and Beersheba all labeled. This is the destination — the land God had promised Abraham. The dotted line ends at the borders of Canaan after forty years of wilderness. Mt. Nebo is labeled in the upper-right — where Moses would die within sight of the Promised Land.

What This Map Shows

✦ Rameses — starting point of the Exodus

✦ Goshen — Israel's home for 400 years

✦ Pi-hahiroth — campsite before the crossing

✦ The full Sinai Peninsula route

✦ Kadesh-Barnea — the wilderness turning point

✦ Canaan — the promised destination

✦ Mt. Nebo — where Moses died in sight of the land

✦ The complete journey overview

The Night Everything Changed

Look at this map. It shows the entire Exodus — the whole journey from Egypt to the edge of Canaan — in a single image. Find Goshen and Rameses in the upper-left. Find Canaan in the upper-right. The dotted line between them traces forty years of the most formative journey in the history of any nation on earth. It all began with one night.

The Passover was the culmination of ten plagues and the birthday of a nation. God's instructions to Moses were precise: on the tenth of the month of Abib, each household was to take an unblemished lamb, keep it for four days, then slaughter it at twilight. The blood was to be applied to the two doorposts and the lintel of the house — not hidden, not subtle, but visibly marked. The lamb was to be roasted whole and eaten that night, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, fully dressed and ready to travel. "It is the LORD's passover," God declared. "For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in Egypt... and when I see the blood, I will pass over you" (Exodus 12:11–13).

At midnight, God passed through Egypt. Every firstborn died — from Pharaoh's son on his throne to the prisoner's son in the dungeon, to the firstborn of the livestock. Egypt woke to a nation of the dead. Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron in the night and said: get out. And Israel rose up — find Rameses on the map — and walked out of Egypt before dawn, after 430 years to the very day (Exodus 12:41).

They left in such haste that the bread had no time to rise. They asked their Egyptian neighbors for silver, gold, and clothing — and received it. "The LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required: and they spoiled the Egyptians" (Exodus 12:36). The wealth of Egypt transferred to the departing slaves in a single night. Follow the dotted line on the map southward from Rameses — this is the road of the greatest deliverance in human history, and it began with the blood of a lamb on a doorpost.

Key Scripture References

Exodus 12:1–13 — Passover instructions; the blood on the doorposts

Exodus 12:21–28 — Moses instructs the elders; the people obey

Exodus 12:29–30 — Midnight; death of the firstborn

Exodus 12:31–36 — Pharaoh releases Israel; Egypt gives them wealth

Exodus 12:37–42 — Departure from Rameses; 430 years fulfilled

1 Corinthians 5:7 — Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us

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MAP 051

The Ten Plagues of Egypt

MAP 053

Exodus Route — Rameses to Red Sea →

Map 052 · The Patriarchs & the Exodus · Exodus 12:1–42

The Passover & Night of Exodus

The night death passed over every home with blood on the doorpost — and two million people walked out of Egypt before dawn

"And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt... And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead."

— Exodus 12:29–30 (KJV)

"Egypt & The Sinai Peninsula with the Journeyings of the Israelites." This map shows the complete overview of the Exodus journey — from Rameses and Goshen in Egypt, through the Sinai wilderness, to the borders of Canaan. The dotted line traces Israel's probable route. The inset bottom-right shows the Horeb/Sinai region in detail.

Source: Library of Congress / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. · Historical commentary by Michael Knighton · Christians Standing With Israel

🗺 How to Read This Map

① Rameses and Goshen — The Starting Point — Find 'Goshen' and 'Rameses' labeled in the upper-left area of the map, east of the Nile Delta. This is where Israel lived and was enslaved. It was from Rameses that six hundred thousand men — plus women and children — departed in a single night. Pithom (Maskhuteh) is labeled nearby — the second store-city Israel had built with forced labor.

② The Dotted Route — Israel's Journey — Follow the dotted line from Rameses southward through Succoth and Etham, then east through the Sinai Peninsula. This 'probable route' traces the main candidate for Israel's path: south along the Gulf of Suez coast, then inland through the southern Sinai mountains to Sinai/Horeb, then northeast to Kadesh-Barnea on the edge of Canaan.

③ Pi-hahiroth and the Sea Crossing — Find 'Pi-hahiroth' and 'Baal-Zephon' labeled on the dotted route, east of the Delta near the water. This is where Israel camped before the crossing. Migdol is labeled nearby — the military post that helped box them in. The Egyptian army was closing from behind while the sea blocked escape forward. God had positioned Israel here deliberately.

④ Canaan in the Upper Right — Look to the upper-right of the map and find 'Canaan' with Jerusalem, Hebron, Jericho, Gaza, and Beersheba all labeled. This is the destination — the land God had promised Abraham. The dotted line ends at the borders of Canaan after forty years of wilderness. Mt. Nebo is labeled in the upper-right — where Moses would die within sight of the Promised Land.

What This Map Shows

✦ Rameses — starting point of the Exodus

✦ Goshen — Israel's home for 400 years

✦ Pi-hahiroth — campsite before the crossing

✦ The full Sinai Peninsula route

✦ Kadesh-Barnea — the wilderness turning point

✦ Canaan — the promised destination

✦ Mt. Nebo — where Moses died in sight of the land

✦ The complete journey overview

The Night Everything Changed

Look at this map. It shows the entire Exodus — the whole journey from Egypt to the edge of Canaan — in a single image. Find Goshen and Rameses in the upper-left. Find Canaan in the upper-right. The dotted line between them traces forty years of the most formative journey in the history of any nation on earth. It all began with one night.

The Passover was the culmination of ten plagues and the birthday of a nation. God's instructions to Moses were precise: on the tenth of the month of Abib, each household was to take an unblemished lamb, keep it for four days, then slaughter it at twilight. The blood was to be applied to the two doorposts and the lintel of the house — not hidden, not subtle, but visibly marked. The lamb was to be roasted whole and eaten that night, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, fully dressed and ready to travel. "It is the LORD's passover," God declared. "For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in Egypt... and when I see the blood, I will pass over you" (Exodus 12:11–13).

At midnight, God passed through Egypt. Every firstborn died — from Pharaoh's son on his throne to the prisoner's son in the dungeon, to the firstborn of the livestock. Egypt woke to a nation of the dead. Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron in the night and said: get out. And Israel rose up — find Rameses on the map — and walked out of Egypt before dawn, after 430 years to the very day (Exodus 12:41).

They left in such haste that the bread had no time to rise. They asked their Egyptian neighbors for silver, gold, and clothing — and received it. "The LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required: and they spoiled the Egyptians" (Exodus 12:36). The wealth of Egypt transferred to the departing slaves in a single night. Follow the dotted line on the map southward from Rameses — this is the road of the greatest deliverance in human history, and it began with the blood of a lamb on a doorpost.

Key Scripture References

Exodus 12:1–13 — Passover instructions; the blood on the doorposts

Exodus 12:21–28 — Moses instructs the elders; the people obey

Exodus 12:29–30 — Midnight; death of the firstborn

Exodus 12:31–36 — Pharaoh releases Israel; Egypt gives them wealth

Exodus 12:37–42 — Departure from Rameses; 430 years fulfilled

1 Corinthians 5:7 — Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us

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MAP 051

The Ten Plagues of Egypt

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Exodus Route — Rameses to Red Sea →

Map 052 · The Patriarchs & the Exodus · Exodus 12:1–42

The Passover & Night of Exodus

The night death passed over every home with blood on the doorpost — and two million people walked out of Egypt before dawn

"And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt... And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead."

— Exodus 12:29–30 (KJV)

"Egypt & The Sinai Peninsula with the Journeyings of the Israelites." This map shows the complete overview of the Exodus journey — from Rameses and Goshen in Egypt, through the Sinai wilderness, to the borders of Canaan. The dotted line traces Israel's probable route. The inset bottom-right shows the Horeb/Sinai region in detail.

Source: Library of Congress / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. · Historical commentary by Michael Knighton · Christians Standing With Israel

🗺 How to Read This Map

① Rameses and Goshen — The Starting Point — Find 'Goshen' and 'Rameses' labeled in the upper-left area of the map, east of the Nile Delta. This is where Israel lived and was enslaved. It was from Rameses that six hundred thousand men — plus women and children — departed in a single night. Pithom (Maskhuteh) is labeled nearby — the second store-city Israel had built with forced labor.

② The Dotted Route — Israel's Journey — Follow the dotted line from Rameses southward through Succoth and Etham, then east through the Sinai Peninsula. This 'probable route' traces the main candidate for Israel's path: south along the Gulf of Suez coast, then inland through the southern Sinai mountains to Sinai/Horeb, then northeast to Kadesh-Barnea on the edge of Canaan.

③ Pi-hahiroth and the Sea Crossing — Find 'Pi-hahiroth' and 'Baal-Zephon' labeled on the dotted route, east of the Delta near the water. This is where Israel camped before the crossing. Migdol is labeled nearby — the military post that helped box them in. The Egyptian army was closing from behind while the sea blocked escape forward. God had positioned Israel here deliberately.

④ Canaan in the Upper Right — Look to the upper-right of the map and find 'Canaan' with Jerusalem, Hebron, Jericho, Gaza, and Beersheba all labeled. This is the destination — the land God had promised Abraham. The dotted line ends at the borders of Canaan after forty years of wilderness. Mt. Nebo is labeled in the upper-right — where Moses would die within sight of the Promised Land.

What This Map Shows

✦ Rameses — starting point of the Exodus

✦ Goshen — Israel's home for 400 years

✦ Pi-hahiroth — campsite before the crossing

✦ The full Sinai Peninsula route

✦ Kadesh-Barnea — the wilderness turning point

✦ Canaan — the promised destination

✦ Mt. Nebo — where Moses died in sight of the land

✦ The complete journey overview

The Night Everything Changed

Look at this map. It shows the entire Exodus — the whole journey from Egypt to the edge of Canaan — in a single image. Find Goshen and Rameses in the upper-left. Find Canaan in the upper-right. The dotted line between them traces forty years of the most formative journey in the history of any nation on earth. It all began with one night.

The Passover was the culmination of ten plagues and the birthday of a nation. God's instructions to Moses were precise: on the tenth of the month of Abib, each household was to take an unblemished lamb, keep it for four days, then slaughter it at twilight. The blood was to be applied to the two doorposts and the lintel of the house — not hidden, not subtle, but visibly marked. The lamb was to be roasted whole and eaten that night, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, fully dressed and ready to travel. "It is the LORD's passover," God declared. "For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in Egypt... and when I see the blood, I will pass over you" (Exodus 12:11–13).

At midnight, God passed through Egypt. Every firstborn died — from Pharaoh's son on his throne to the prisoner's son in the dungeon, to the firstborn of the livestock. Egypt woke to a nation of the dead. Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron in the night and said: get out. And Israel rose up — find Rameses on the map — and walked out of Egypt before dawn, after 430 years to the very day (Exodus 12:41).

They left in such haste that the bread had no time to rise. They asked their Egyptian neighbors for silver, gold, and clothing — and received it. "The LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required: and they spoiled the Egyptians" (Exodus 12:36). The wealth of Egypt transferred to the departing slaves in a single night. Follow the dotted line on the map southward from Rameses — this is the road of the greatest deliverance in human history, and it began with the blood of a lamb on a doorpost.

Key Scripture References

Exodus 12:1–13 — Passover instructions; the blood on the doorposts

Exodus 12:21–28 — Moses instructs the elders; the people obey

Exodus 12:29–30 — Midnight; death of the firstborn

Exodus 12:31–36 — Pharaoh releases Israel; Egypt gives them wealth

Exodus 12:37–42 — Departure from Rameses; 430 years fulfilled

1 Corinthians 5:7 — Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us

←

MAP 051

The Ten Plagues of Egypt

MAP 053

Exodus Route — Rameses to Red Sea →

Map 052 · The Patriarchs & the Exodus · Exodus 12:1–42

The Passover & Night of Exodus

The night death passed over every home with blood on the doorpost — and two million people walked out of Egypt before dawn

"And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt... And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead."

— Exodus 12:29–30 (KJV)

"Egypt & The Sinai Peninsula with the Journeyings of the Israelites." This map shows the complete overview of the Exodus journey — from Rameses and Goshen in Egypt, through the Sinai wilderness, to the borders of Canaan. The dotted line traces Israel's probable route. The inset bottom-right shows the Horeb/Sinai region in detail.

Source: Library of Congress / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. · Historical commentary by Michael Knighton · Christians Standing With Israel

🗺 How to Read This Map

① Rameses and Goshen — The Starting Point — Find 'Goshen' and 'Rameses' labeled in the upper-left area of the map, east of the Nile Delta. This is where Israel lived and was enslaved. It was from Rameses that six hundred thousand men — plus women and children — departed in a single night. Pithom (Maskhuteh) is labeled nearby — the second store-city Israel had built with forced labor.

② The Dotted Route — Israel's Journey — Follow the dotted line from Rameses southward through Succoth and Etham, then east through the Sinai Peninsula. This 'probable route' traces the main candidate for Israel's path: south along the Gulf of Suez coast, then inland through the southern Sinai mountains to Sinai/Horeb, then northeast to Kadesh-Barnea on the edge of Canaan.

③ Pi-hahiroth and the Sea Crossing — Find 'Pi-hahiroth' and 'Baal-Zephon' labeled on the dotted route, east of the Delta near the water. This is where Israel camped before the crossing. Migdol is labeled nearby — the military post that helped box them in. The Egyptian army was closing from behind while the sea blocked escape forward. God had positioned Israel here deliberately.

④ Canaan in the Upper Right — Look to the upper-right of the map and find 'Canaan' with Jerusalem, Hebron, Jericho, Gaza, and Beersheba all labeled. This is the destination — the land God had promised Abraham. The dotted line ends at the borders of Canaan after forty years of wilderness. Mt. Nebo is labeled in the upper-right — where Moses would die within sight of the Promised Land.

What This Map Shows

✦ Rameses — starting point of the Exodus

✦ Goshen — Israel's home for 400 years

✦ Pi-hahiroth — campsite before the crossing

✦ The full Sinai Peninsula route

✦ Kadesh-Barnea — the wilderness turning point

✦ Canaan — the promised destination

✦ Mt. Nebo — where Moses died in sight of the land

✦ The complete journey overview

The Night Everything Changed

Look at this map. It shows the entire Exodus — the whole journey from Egypt to the edge of Canaan — in a single image. Find Goshen and Rameses in the upper-left. Find Canaan in the upper-right. The dotted line between them traces forty years of the most formative journey in the history of any nation on earth. It all began with one night.

The Passover was the culmination of ten plagues and the birthday of a nation. God's instructions to Moses were precise: on the tenth of the month of Abib, each household was to take an unblemished lamb, keep it for four days, then slaughter it at twilight. The blood was to be applied to the two doorposts and the lintel of the house — not hidden, not subtle, but visibly marked. The lamb was to be roasted whole and eaten that night, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, fully dressed and ready to travel. "It is the LORD's passover," God declared. "For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in Egypt... and when I see the blood, I will pass over you" (Exodus 12:11–13).

At midnight, God passed through Egypt. Every firstborn died — from Pharaoh's son on his throne to the prisoner's son in the dungeon, to the firstborn of the livestock. Egypt woke to a nation of the dead. Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron in the night and said: get out. And Israel rose up — find Rameses on the map — and walked out of Egypt before dawn, after 430 years to the very day (Exodus 12:41).

They left in such haste that the bread had no time to rise. They asked their Egyptian neighbors for silver, gold, and clothing — and received it. "The LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required: and they spoiled the Egyptians" (Exodus 12:36). The wealth of Egypt transferred to the departing slaves in a single night. Follow the dotted line on the map southward from Rameses — this is the road of the greatest deliverance in human history, and it began with the blood of a lamb on a doorpost.

Key Scripture References

Exodus 12:1–13 — Passover instructions; the blood on the doorposts

Exodus 12:21–28 — Moses instructs the elders; the people obey

Exodus 12:29–30 — Midnight; death of the firstborn

Exodus 12:31–36 — Pharaoh releases Israel; Egypt gives them wealth

Exodus 12:37–42 — Departure from Rameses; 430 years fulfilled

1 Corinthians 5:7 — Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us

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The Passover & Night of Exodus

The night death passed over every home with blood on the doorpost — and two million people walked out of Egypt before dawn

"And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt... And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead."

— Exodus 12:29–30 (KJV)

"Egypt & The Sinai Peninsula with the Journeyings of the Israelites." This map shows the complete overview of the Exodus journey — from Rameses and Goshen in Egypt, through the Sinai wilderness, to the borders of Canaan. The dotted line traces Israel's probable route. The inset bottom-right shows the Horeb/Sinai region in detail.

Source: Library of Congress / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. · Historical commentary by Michael Knighton · Christians Standing With Israel

🗺 How to Read This Map

① Rameses and Goshen — The Starting Point — Find 'Goshen' and 'Rameses' labeled in the upper-left area of the map, east of the Nile Delta. This is where Israel lived and was enslaved. It was from Rameses that six hundred thousand men — plus women and children — departed in a single night. Pithom (Maskhuteh) is labeled nearby — the second store-city Israel had built with forced labor.

② The Dotted Route — Israel's Journey — Follow the dotted line from Rameses southward through Succoth and Etham, then east through the Sinai Peninsula. This 'probable route' traces the main candidate for Israel's path: south along the Gulf of Suez coast, then inland through the southern Sinai mountains to Sinai/Horeb, then northeast to Kadesh-Barnea on the edge of Canaan.

③ Pi-hahiroth and the Sea Crossing — Find 'Pi-hahiroth' and 'Baal-Zephon' labeled on the dotted route, east of the Delta near the water. This is where Israel camped before the crossing. Migdol is labeled nearby — the military post that helped box them in. The Egyptian army was closing from behind while the sea blocked escape forward. God had positioned Israel here deliberately.

④ Canaan in the Upper Right — Look to the upper-right of the map and find 'Canaan' with Jerusalem, Hebron, Jericho, Gaza, and Beersheba all labeled. This is the destination — the land God had promised Abraham. The dotted line ends at the borders of Canaan after forty years of wilderness. Mt. Nebo is labeled in the upper-right — where Moses would die within sight of the Promised Land.

What This Map Shows

✦ Rameses — starting point of the Exodus

✦ Goshen — Israel's home for 400 years

✦ Pi-hahiroth — campsite before the crossing

✦ The full Sinai Peninsula route

✦ Kadesh-Barnea — the wilderness turning point

✦ Canaan — the promised destination

✦ Mt. Nebo — where Moses died in sight of the land

✦ The complete journey overview

The Night Everything Changed

Look at this map. It shows the entire Exodus — the whole journey from Egypt to the edge of Canaan — in a single image. Find Goshen and Rameses in the upper-left. Find Canaan in the upper-right. The dotted line between them traces forty years of the most formative journey in the history of any nation on earth. It all began with one night.

The Passover was the culmination of ten plagues and the birthday of a nation. God's instructions to Moses were precise: on the tenth of the month of Abib, each household was to take an unblemished lamb, keep it for four days, then slaughter it at twilight. The blood was to be applied to the two doorposts and the lintel of the house — not hidden, not subtle, but visibly marked. The lamb was to be roasted whole and eaten that night, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, fully dressed and ready to travel. "It is the LORD's passover," God declared. "For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in Egypt... and when I see the blood, I will pass over you" (Exodus 12:11–13).

At midnight, God passed through Egypt. Every firstborn died — from Pharaoh's son on his throne to the prisoner's son in the dungeon, to the firstborn of the livestock. Egypt woke to a nation of the dead. Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron in the night and said: get out. And Israel rose up — find Rameses on the map — and walked out of Egypt before dawn, after 430 years to the very day (Exodus 12:41).

They left in such haste that the bread had no time to rise. They asked their Egyptian neighbors for silver, gold, and clothing — and received it. "The LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required: and they spoiled the Egyptians" (Exodus 12:36). The wealth of Egypt transferred to the departing slaves in a single night. Follow the dotted line on the map southward from Rameses — this is the road of the greatest deliverance in human history, and it began with the blood of a lamb on a doorpost.

Key Scripture References

Exodus 12:1–13 — Passover instructions; the blood on the doorposts

Exodus 12:21–28 — Moses instructs the elders; the people obey

Exodus 12:29–30 — Midnight; death of the firstborn

Exodus 12:31–36 — Pharaoh releases Israel; Egypt gives them wealth

Exodus 12:37–42 — Departure from Rameses; 430 years fulfilled

1 Corinthians 5:7 — Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us

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The Ten Plagues of Egypt

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Exodus Route — Rameses to Red Sea →

Map 052 · The Patriarchs & the Exodus · Exodus 12:1–42

The Passover & Night of Exodus

The night death passed over every home with blood on the doorpost — and two million people walked out of Egypt before dawn

"And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt... And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead."

— Exodus 12:29–30 (KJV)

"Egypt & The Sinai Peninsula with the Journeyings of the Israelites." This map shows the complete overview of the Exodus journey — from Rameses and Goshen in Egypt, through the Sinai wilderness, to the borders of Canaan. The dotted line traces Israel's probable route. The inset bottom-right shows the Horeb/Sinai region in detail.

Source: Library of Congress / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. · Historical commentary by Michael Knighton · Christians Standing With Israel

🗺 How to Read This Map

① Rameses and Goshen — The Starting Point — Find 'Goshen' and 'Rameses' labeled in the upper-left area of the map, east of the Nile Delta. This is where Israel lived and was enslaved. It was from Rameses that six hundred thousand men — plus women and children — departed in a single night. Pithom (Maskhuteh) is labeled nearby — the second store-city Israel had built with forced labor.

② The Dotted Route — Israel's Journey — Follow the dotted line from Rameses southward through Succoth and Etham, then east through the Sinai Peninsula. This 'probable route' traces the main candidate for Israel's path: south along the Gulf of Suez coast, then inland through the southern Sinai mountains to Sinai/Horeb, then northeast to Kadesh-Barnea on the edge of Canaan.

③ Pi-hahiroth and the Sea Crossing — Find 'Pi-hahiroth' and 'Baal-Zephon' labeled on the dotted route, east of the Delta near the water. This is where Israel camped before the crossing. Migdol is labeled nearby — the military post that helped box them in. The Egyptian army was closing from behind while the sea blocked escape forward. God had positioned Israel here deliberately.

④ Canaan in the Upper Right — Look to the upper-right of the map and find 'Canaan' with Jerusalem, Hebron, Jericho, Gaza, and Beersheba all labeled. This is the destination — the land God had promised Abraham. The dotted line ends at the borders of Canaan after forty years of wilderness. Mt. Nebo is labeled in the upper-right — where Moses would die within sight of the Promised Land.

What This Map Shows

✦ Rameses — starting point of the Exodus

✦ Goshen — Israel's home for 400 years

✦ Pi-hahiroth — campsite before the crossing

✦ The full Sinai Peninsula route

✦ Kadesh-Barnea — the wilderness turning point

✦ Canaan — the promised destination

✦ Mt. Nebo — where Moses died in sight of the land

✦ The complete journey overview

The Night Everything Changed

Look at this map. It shows the entire Exodus — the whole journey from Egypt to the edge of Canaan — in a single image. Find Goshen and Rameses in the upper-left. Find Canaan in the upper-right. The dotted line between them traces forty years of the most formative journey in the history of any nation on earth. It all began with one night.

The Passover was the culmination of ten plagues and the birthday of a nation. God's instructions to Moses were precise: on the tenth of the month of Abib, each household was to take an unblemished lamb, keep it for four days, then slaughter it at twilight. The blood was to be applied to the two doorposts and the lintel of the house — not hidden, not subtle, but visibly marked. The lamb was to be roasted whole and eaten that night, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, fully dressed and ready to travel. "It is the LORD's passover," God declared. "For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in Egypt... and when I see the blood, I will pass over you" (Exodus 12:11–13).

At midnight, God passed through Egypt. Every firstborn died — from Pharaoh's son on his throne to the prisoner's son in the dungeon, to the firstborn of the livestock. Egypt woke to a nation of the dead. Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron in the night and said: get out. And Israel rose up — find Rameses on the map — and walked out of Egypt before dawn, after 430 years to the very day (Exodus 12:41).

They left in such haste that the bread had no time to rise. They asked their Egyptian neighbors for silver, gold, and clothing — and received it. "The LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required: and they spoiled the Egyptians" (Exodus 12:36). The wealth of Egypt transferred to the departing slaves in a single night. Follow the dotted line on the map southward from Rameses — this is the road of the greatest deliverance in human history, and it began with the blood of a lamb on a doorpost.

Key Scripture References

Exodus 12:1–13 — Passover instructions; the blood on the doorposts

Exodus 12:21–28 — Moses instructs the elders; the people obey

Exodus 12:29–30 — Midnight; death of the firstborn

Exodus 12:31–36 — Pharaoh releases Israel; Egypt gives them wealth

Exodus 12:37–42 — Departure from Rameses; 430 years fulfilled

1 Corinthians 5:7 — Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us

←

MAP 051

The Ten Plagues of Egypt

MAP 053

Exodus Route — Rameses to Red Sea →