Exact Dating of the Exodus and Birth and Crucifixion of Jesus
Antiquities of the Jews - Book III CONTAINING THE INTERVAL OF
TWO YEARS FROM THE EXODUS OUT OF EGYPT, TO THE REJECTION OF THAT
GENERATION HOW MOSES WHEN HE HAD BROUGHT THE PEOPLE OUT OF EGYPT
LED THEM TO MOUNT SINAI; BUT NOT TILL THEY HAD SUFFERED MUCH IN
THEIR JOURNEY 1. WHEN the Hebrews had obtained such a wonderful
deliverance, the country was a great trouble to them, for it was
entirely a desert, and without sustenance for them; and also had
exceeding little water, so that it not only was not at all
sufficient for the men, but not enough to feed any of the
cattle, for it was parched up, and had no moisture that might
afford nutriment to the vegetables; so they were forced to
travel over this country, as having no other country but this to
travel in. They had indeed carried water along with them from
the land over which they had traveled before, as their conductor
had bidden them; but when that was spent, they were obliged to
draw water out of w