through the Red Sea. loi 



plved bv the T'tUar of the Cloud, Ev.14.. 19, lo. which (divided The ifra- 

 or) came between the Camp of the Egyptians and the Caynp ^p/'through the 

 Jfrael\ and thereby left the Jfraelites, (provided this Cloud ^''"^ > ^"^ 



^ . ^. . ^ f~ . not at Ain 



lliould be removed J in a Situation only of being molefted in the-^^""/"- 

 Rear. For the narrow Valley, which we may prefume was al* 

 ready occupied by their Encampments, would not permit the 

 Egyptians to approach them, either on the Right Hand or on 

 the Left. 



5". If this PaflTage was near the Extremity of the Red Sea, 

 at Ein el Motif eh or y4in Moufa, what Account can be given of 

 that remarkable Circumftance, Ex. 15-. xi. where it is faid, 

 that when Mofes brought Ifraelfrom the Red Sea, they went 

 out into (or landed in) theWtldernefs ofShur. For Shur, a par- 

 ticular Diftridl of the Wildernefs otiEtham, lyes diredly front- 

 ing the Valley, from which I fuppofe they departed, but a 

 great many Miles to the Southward oi Ain Moufa. If they 

 landed likewile at Ain Moufa, where there are feveral Foun- 

 tains, there would have been no Occafion for the facred Hifto- 

 rian to obferve, that the IfraeliteSy after they went out from 

 the Sea into the Wildernefs of Shur, went three Days in the 

 Wildernefs and found no Water. Ex. \^.ix. For it is proba- 

 ble, that ^itt Moufa, ( though I am not able to account for 

 the Name, or the Tradition that might have firft introduced 

 it,) were either not known at this Time or not regarded. And 

 provided they were known, yet Mofes, in directing his Marches, 

 with all the Expedition he was able, to theSouthward, towards 

 Mount Sinai, might not think proper to have Recourfe to 

 Them ; inafmuch as they lay, at leaft one Days Journey to the 

 Northward of Shur, quite out of their intended Way ; and 

 therefore to have partook of them, would, in Effed:, have been 

 underftood, as if they were turning back again towards Egypt, 

 For this Reafon Marah is recorded, Ex. 15-. xg. to be the firfl 

 Place where they found Water ; as their wandering fo far, be- 

 fore they found it, feems to make Marah alfo their firft Sta- 

 tion, after their Paffage through the Red Sea. 



6. Moreover, the Channel over-againft ^in Moufa does 

 not appear to be above three Miles over ; whereas that be- 

 twixt Sbur or Sedur and Jihhel Gewoubee and At-taclzah, is 

 nine or ten ; and therefore would be capacious enough, as the 



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