Episodes
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1. How Many Israelites Departed Egypt?
Date TBA · 31 min
Does the biblical information favor total numbers of 20 thousand Israelites or 2 million? This question is a complicated piece of the Exodus journey. Go deeper into the arguments for the two main views that debate the true size of Israel’s population.
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2. How Long to Reach a Population of Millions?
Date TBA · 19 min
A common argument against the Israelite population reaching millions by the Exodus is that they did not have enough time in Egypt to make that feasible. Could they have gotten to millions within 4 centuries - what about in 2 centuries or in 4 generations?
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3. The Israelite Multiplication Challenge
Date TBA · 14 min
If the Israelite population continued to multiply at the same rate that led to millions while in Egypt, what would happen in future generations? Would these ballooning numbers be a valid reason to reject the idea of millions by the time of the Exodus?
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4. The Canaan Challenge to Large Numbers
Date TBA · 12 min
Before the Conquest the Bible says that the Israelite population was smaller than the nations that lived in Canaan. How many people lived in Canaan at the time, and what does this mean for the idea that there were millions of Israelites?
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5. The Egypt Challenge to Large Numbers
Date TBA · 10 min
If there were really 3 million or more Israelites by the time of the Exodus, the size of their population may have rivaled that of Egypt. See the opposing arguments for why that would - or would not - be believable and fit the Bible’s descriptions.
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle Population Controversy: quick answers
How many episodes are in Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle Population Controversy?
Population Controversy of Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle has 5 episodes, about 1 hours in total.