1491 BC · AM 2513 · Egypt and Exodus

Israel leaves Egypt after the 430-year sojourn

Israel journeyed from Rameses toward Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot besides women and children. At the end of 430 years of sojourning counted from Abraham, the LORD's people departed Egypt (Exodus 12:37-51; Galatians 3:16-18), 1491 BC.

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📖 Exodus 12:37–39

37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children. 38And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. 39Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.

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