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Volume III
The Exodus and Finding the Real Mount Sinai,
Decoding the Hebrew Scripture
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1, Introduction, 1
My Beginnings, 1
The Beginning of a Nation and a Religion, 1
The Secular Viewpoint of the Exodus Story, 2
How I Found the Real Mount Sinai, 3
The Time Period Covered, 4
The Complexity of the Whole Story, 5
The Expeditions, 5
Conditions of the Study Area, 6
The First Expedition, 7
The Local Population of Bedouins, 10
The Seven Scars of Mount Sinai, 13
Uniqueness of Mount Sinai, 15
Unusual Finds in the Valley North of the Hill, 15
Chapter 2, Egyptian History and Locations at the Time of the Exodus, 19
Other Versions of the Exodus and Egyptian History, 19
The Egyptian Cities in Question, 26
Luxor and Karnak, 26
Tanis, 27
Zoan and Goshen, 30
Sukot or Succoth, 31
Pithom and Ramses, 35
Chapter 3, The Pharaohs of the XVIII Dynasty at the Time of the Exodus, 39
Amonhotep III, 39
Amonhotep IV Later Changed to Akhenaton, 40
Akhenaton’s Wife, Nefertiti, 43
Why Did He Change His Name? 46
Smenkh-ka-Rê (Smenkhkare), Akhenaton’s Oldest Son, 47
Tutankhamen, 51
Ay (also spelled Aye) , 51
Haremheb, 51
Ramses, 53
Chapter 4, The Ephriamites and the Beginning of Moses’ Journey, 55
Tribal Structure and Organization, 55
Moses and Aaron, Who Were They? 56
What Happened to the Levites? 58
The Ephraimites’ Big Sin, 59
Moses’ Pre-Exodus History, 60
What You Know can Incriminate You, 61
Solving the Puzzle of Moses’ Name, 62
His Wife, 64
His Son’s Names, 65
Nun, His Grandson, 66
Joshua, Moses’ Great Grandson, 66
Aaron and his Background, 69
What Was Aaron’s Duties Back in Egypt? 69
What Were They Doing at Mount Sinai the Same Time? 71
Chapter 5, The Plagues Leading up to the Exodus, 73
When was the Passover? 73
The Rod and its Role in Creating the “Signs” or Plagues? 74
The Plants, the Nile River, and the Lambs Do Not Lie, 75
How did God Communicate with Moses? 81
Chapter 6, The First 27 Days of the Exodus, 85
September 11, Passover Night and the Issue of Calendars, 85
The Population Numbers in the Torah, 86
September 13, The Exodus Begins, 88
September 20, Sukot (Succoth) , 89
October 1, Arrived at Etham, 90
October 5, Arrived at Pi-Hahiroth and the crossing, 92
Chapter 7, The Crossing to the Battle of Amalek, 97
The Crossing, October 6th, 97
October 7th, At Elim or The Wells of Moses, 104
Moses Side Trip to Ball-zephon, 105
October 9th, Arrived at Baal-zephon, 107
October 10th, The Well of Marah, 108
October 11th, back to Elim and Proceed Into the Wilderness of Sinn, 110
October 13 and 14th, Encamped by the Red Sea and the First Sabbath, 111
October 15th, Encamped in Front of Sinn Bishr, 111
October 20th, Reaching Dophkah (the Well of Henaik), 112
October 20th, Arrived at Rephidim, 114
October 22, 1306 b.c.e., The Battle with Amalek, 117
Section Conclusion, 121
Chapter 8, Encampment at Mount Sinai, 123
The Journey to Mount Sinai, 123
Saturday, November 11, 1306 b.c.e., 123
The Twelve Standards, 127
The Altars on Top of Mount Sinai, 130
The Sacrificial Altar, 130
Abraham’s Altar, 133
The Sacred Cubit and the Message of the Dimensions, 137
The Altar Where the Ark was Placed, 139
The Candle Stand and the Bread Stand, The Missing Keys, 144
The Tabernacle, 145
The Tabernacle Roof, 146
The Walls of the Tabernacle, 147
The Feast of Tabernacles, 148
The Wadi Encampment of the Levites and Ephraimites, 148
Aaron’s Sacrificial Altar and the Altar Platform for the Golden Calf, 151
The Golden Calf and Aaron’s Role in Making it, 153
The Jewish Tradition About the Torah and the Tablets, 158
The Legends of the Jews and what they say about the two tablets, 159
Moses Reaction to what His Brother Did, 160
The Golden Calf, 162
The Other Tribal Names, 163
Korah’s Rebellion, 164
Chapter 9, The Ark of the Covenant and How it Worked, 167
How did Moses Know How to Build the Ark? 167
Description of the Ark, Tabernacle, and Sacrificial Altar, 168
The Fat, 169
Priestly Procedures That had to be Followed, 170
The Ark of the Covenant and the Incense Table, 171
The Table for the Ark, 171
The Incense Table, 171
The Ark, 172
The Ark Box, 173
The Ark Cover, 173
The Throne, 175
Biblical References to High Voltage, 178
A Voice of the Lord of Hosts was Heard, 179
The Round Crystalline Disks, 180
What was the Ark of the Covenant? 183
How did the Ark Work? 184
What did the Priests do in Front of the Ark of the
Covenant? 186
Chapter 10, Dating the Exodus, 189
The Calendar and When the Exodus Occurred, 189
Dates for the Exodus, 190
Ancient Calendars, 190
The Technical Problems with the Hebrew Lunar Calendar, 190
Ancient Calendars, 191
The Babylonian Calendar, 191
The Assyrian and Canaanite Calendars, 191
The Egyptian Calendar, 192
The Real Beginning of the Jewish Calendar and
the Exodus, 192
Why is the Torah so Elusive about When the Exodus Really Occurred? 192
The Month of the Year, 193
The Plants, the Nile River, and the Lambs Do Not Lie, 194
Succoth/Sukot, 196
Other Evidence From the Hebrew Scriptures, 196
Joshua, 196
Gideon and the Angle, 196
Samson, 197
King Solomon, 198
King Hezekiah, 198
King Josiah, 199
The Prophet Ezekiel and the Future, 200
The Other Two Holidays, 200
Day of Atonement, 200
Jubilee Year, 201
King Solomon, 201
Elijah, 202
Section Conclusion, 203
How did the Dates for Observance Get Swapped? 203
King Jeroboam I of the Kingdom of Israel, the Idolater, 203
Changes in the Torah, 205
The Political State of Affairs, 207
The Conquering Babylonians and the Final Changing of the Calendar, 207
Chapter 11, The Aftermath in Egypt, 213
The Domestic Front, 213
What Changed Amenhotep IV to Become Akhenaton, 213
The Watershed Event, 213
Aton, Akhenaton’s New God and Religion, 215
Aton, the One and Only God, 216
The Red Orb of Aton, 219
Academia’s Reaction, 220
Akhenaton’s Actions Towards Creating His New Religion, 220
Egypt’s Foreign Possessions, 221
From the Palestine Area, 224
Chapter 12, The End of Historical Relativism and Conclusion, 229
Historical Relativism, 229
The End of Historical Relativism Applied Towards the Torah, 230
Volume I, From Abraham to Jacob, 230
Volume II, Joseph and Slavery for the Hebrews, 230
Volume III: The Exodus and Finding the Real Mount Sinai, 231
Days to the Next Polar Reversal.
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