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BC Dating of the Exodus
My
next enigma to solve was, if the exodus were 2510 years after Adam, that is,
854 years after the flood, it was likely in a sabbatical year, but in what
year BC was the exodus? Here again I was in uncharted waters, in a relatively
unexplored region. What was the context of the film, Exodus, starring
Yul Brynner as Ramesses II and Charlton Heston as Moses? The movie doesn’t
say which year BC the exodus occurred. Like
in the movie, archaeologists also imply that Ramesses II was the pharaoh of
the exodus. Allegedly, Queen Nefertari and her son, Crown Prince
Amun-her-khepsef, died in 1255 BC (251 x 5). The next Crown Prince of 1255
was born of another wife of Ramesses II. Ramesses II died in 1213, when his
son, Merneptah, became Pharaoh. The
trouble is that present researchers were not there; so they are confined to
merely quoting secular sources. Rabbinical research is based upon earlier
rabbinical writings. What is the truth? Truth depends upon the sources we
quote. Jubilees after the ExodusArchbishop Ussher, in The Annals of the
World, page 60, says David began ruling in a jubilee year and continued
for seven years in Hebron. He says David conquered Jerusalem and, “The
ark of the covenant… was now brought from Kirjathjearim in this sabbatical
year… David rejoiced before it, and sang a song.”
David
ruled another 33 years in Jerusalem, and Solomon finished the temple in his
11th year. “…in the next jubilee year… he (Solomon) brought the
ark into the Holy of Holies in the temple” (Ussher: page 60). Ussher
continues on page 67 saying, “In the eleventh year of Solomon’s reign, in the
eighth month, called Bul, the temple and its furnishings were completed. It
had taken seven years and six months to build. The dedication of the temple
was postponed until the autumn of the next year, because that was the beginning
of the jubilee year.” An exodus in 1255 BC (251
x 5), the time of Ramesses II, fits the profile for dating the exodus, but
could Ussher’s jubilees fit if there were only five jubilees (245 years) from
the exodus to David’s first year? BC Dates Based Upon an
Exodus in 1255 BC
I first had to discover that the exodus was likely during a
sabbatical or jubilee year. If so, the following should fit into the
sabbatical cycle. Assuming the exodus was in
1255, there would be 245 years (five jubilees) to David’s first year in 1010
BC. From an exodus in 1255 to
David’s seventh year in Hebron, in 1003 BC, there were 252 years (36
sabbaticals). From an exodus in 1255 to
the founding of Solomon’s temple in 968 BC, there were 287 years, that is, 41
sabbaticals. From 1255 to 961, when the
temple was completed, there were 294 years (six jubilees). (Note: These 294 years
seem to preserve the 294-year calendar (which consists of six jubilees),
which divides all time into sevens. Each year consists of 364 days (52 weeks)
and lacks 1.242 days per year, which accumulates to 365 days in 294 years (in
6 jubilees). 365 days divided by 294 years equal 1.242 days per year. 294
times 2 equals 588 years.) Here’s another pattern. Moreover, 606 lunar years equal
588 solar years. From an exodus in 1255 to
926, when Shishak king of Egypt stripped gold from Solomon’s temple, there
were 329 years (7 x 47). This was the fifth year of Rehoboam. From an exodus in 1255 to
709 BC (Hezekiah’s 18th year), there were 546 years (7 x 78). From an exodus in 1255
down to 520 BC (when the second temple was founded) there were 735 years or
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