5. =The Exodus= (Exod. 12. 40, 41). The word means "going out." This was the birthday of a nation, the hour when the Is'ra-el-ites rose from being merely a mass of men to become a people. The date of the exodus is uncertain, but the best scholars have concluded that it took place in the reign of the King Me-neph'thah (or Me-re-neph'thah), who may have reigned about B. C. 1270. [Illustration: JOURNEYS OF THE ISRAELITES] II. In order to follow the journeys of the Is'ra-el-ites we must draw a map of the =Wilderness of the Wandering=. 1. Draw the coast lines, and note =three Seas=. 1.) The "great sea," or _Med-i-ter-ra'ne-an_ (Josh. 1. 4). 2.) The _Red Sea_ (Exod. 13. 18), (Gulfs of Su-ez' and Ak'a-ba). 3.) The _Dead Sea_. 2. Draw the mountain ranges, and note =five Deserts=. 1.) The _Desert of Shur_ (Exod. 15. 22), between Go'shen and Ca'naan. 2.) The _Desert of Pa'ran_, in the center of the Si-na-it'ic triangle (Num. 10. 12). This is the wilderness in which thirty-eight of the forty years were passed (Deut. 1. 19). 3.) The _Desert of E'tham_ (Num. 33. 8), on the shore of the Gulf of Su-ez'. 4.) The _Desert of Sin_, near Mount Si'nai (Exod. 16. 1). 5.) The _Desert of Zin_, the desolate valley between the Gulf of Ak'a-ba and the Dead Sea, now called the Ar'a-bah (Num. 13. 21). 3. Locate also the =five Lands= of this region. 1.) _Go'shen_, the land of the sojourn (Exod. 9. 26). 2.) _Mid'i-an_, the land of Mo'ses' shepherd life (Exod. 2. 15), on both sides of the Gulf of Ak'a-ba. 3.) _E'dom_, the land of E'sau's descendants, south of the Dead Sea (Num. 21. 4). 4.) _Mo'ab_, the land of Lot's descendants, east of the Dead Sea (Num. 21. 13). 5.) _Ca'naan_, the land of promise (Gen. 12. 7). 4. Fix also the location of =three Mountains=. 1.) _Mount Si'nai_, where the law was given (Exod. 19. 20). 2.) _Mount Hor_,[3] where Aar'on died (Num. 20. 23-28). 3.) _Mount Ne'bo_ (Pis'gah), where Mo'ses died (Deut. 34. 1). 5. Notice also =seven Places=, some of which are clearly, others not so definitely, identified. 1.) _Ram'e-ses_, the starting point of the Is'ra-el-ites (Exod. 12. 37). 2.) _Ba'al-ze'phon_, the place of crossing the Red Sea (Exod. 14. 2). 3.) _Ma'rah_, where the bitter waters were sweetened (Exod. 15. 22-25). 4.) _E'lim_, the place of rest (Exod. 15. 27). 5.) _Reph'i-dim_, the place of the first battle, near Mount Si'nai (Exod. 17. 8-16). 6.) _Ka'desh-bar'ne-a_, whence the spies were sent forth (Num. 13. 26). 7.) _Ja'haz_, in the land of Mo'ab, south of the brook Ar'non, where a victory was won over the Am'or-ites (Num. 21. 23, 24). Blackboard Outline