Welcome to Episode 8 of The Dry Ground Podcast! We are engaging in a discussion about the large numbers of Israelites involved in the Exodus. What are the factors important to interpreting these numbers? We are talking roughly 2 million Israelites bolting from Egypt during the Exodus. It seems like a logistical nightmare. I find it hard to get my family of four in the car for an outing to the mall! How did Moses do it? With God, obviously! There are some great explanations for these numbers and we will be relying on a scholar named Nahum M. Sarna to guide us during this podcast. I recommend you check out his book if you want to take it deeper (Exploring Exodus: The Origins of Biblical Israel Book) Let's do this. 

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Bibliography for The Dry Ground Podcast

Childs, Brevard Springs. Book of Exodus: A Critical, Theological Commentary. Philadelphia: Westminster Pr, 1974.

Faithlife. NIV Faithlife Study Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2017.

Fretheim, Terence E (Erling). Exodus. Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Louisville, Ky: Westminster/John Knox Pr, 1991.

New Interpreter’s Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha. Nashville: Abingdon Pr, 2003.

Sarna, Nahum M. Exodus. Jewish Publication Society Torah Commentary. Philadelphia: JPS, 1990.

Sarna, Nahum M. Exploring Exodus: The Heritage of Biblical Israel. New York: Schocken Bks, 1986.