Tiran Crossing Site? 

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Where I believe the Crossing did NOT take place on the Red Sea:

Strait of Tiran

Lets look at the facts, but more importantly... what does The Word of God state ?

There are no Biblical references to Islands or island hopping in the Crossing account.

There are numerous Scriptures that refer to the Children of Israel "in the midst" of the sea, but on "dry ground" with "walls" and "heaps" on their left and right.

No scripture anywhere eludes to climbing "out of the midst of the sea" onto islands during the passage. Or that some of Pharaoh's chariots couldn't "climb the deep see hills"...

It is a totally impractical crossing site due to not the depths but rather the slopes that the Children of Israel would have to climb, remember there were old and young, and livestock. 

The slopes from the sea bed to up on to the islands would be virtually impossible to traverse, also at night time, bearing in mind that the Children of Israel had no rock climbing experience or equipment.

One of the closing retorts by one of the main proposer's of this theory was; "Well, nothing is impossible for God, maybe He filled in the sea between the islands..".  

That "excuse" is anti scriptural as in many passages God states there is a wall on their left and right sides - heaps, not ONE heap on which they walked "along the top".

Logically - It would be nice to think of as a Crossing site, as in our modern thinking we could imagine bridging the gaps, there is even talk by the Saudi government in doing this. No bridges back then, no scripture references to miraculous bridges appearing.

 God has included in scripture numerous references to the environment in how the crossing took place, in Exodus 14 verses 22 and 29 and also in chapter 15 verse 19, the Children of Israel and the Egyptians are "in the midst" they have "walls" or "heaps" on their left and right, so much description, surely if there were islands involved somewhere it would be mentioned.... but it is not.

 Alas, as a crossing site the Straits of Tiran fails on all accounts. Biblically, practically and logically.

Biblical Consideration: Exodus 15 v 14 - 15  

14. The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestia.  

15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

If the Children of Israel crossed so far south at the Strait of Tiran, would these northern nations heard about it?

Sorrow in Palestia, Amazement in Edom, trembling in Moab, fear in Canaan.... why? because from the crossing at Nuweiba, the Israelites are now at their back door. Not so if they crossed so far south from the tip of Sinai at the Tiran Strait.