Red Sea (Exodus 10)
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Other places named Red Sea: Red Sea, Red Sea (Exodus 23).
| Type | body of water and river |
|---|---|
| Also called | Red sea |
| Most likely | Gulf of Suez (high confidence) |
| Coordinates | 28.750° N, 33.000° E |
| Mentioned in | 3 verses |
| First mention | Exodus 10:19 |
Red Sea (Exodus 10) is a body of water and river named in 3 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Gulf of Suez (high confidence; 2 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Gulf of Suez | high (78%) | 28.750° N, 33.000° E |
| another name for the Red Sea | very low (6%) | 30.338° N, 32.378° E |
| Gulf of Aqaba | very low (2%) | 28.750° N, 34.750° E |
Verses
Exodus
- Exodus 10:19And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.
Numbers
- Numbers 33:10And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
- Numbers 33:11And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.