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Journey groups: Use the dropdown to switch between New Testament, Exodus Routes, or All Journeys. Then select a specific journey.
Step through: Select a journey, then use ◀ Prev / Next ▶ to walk stop by stop. ⟲ resets to the beginning.
Keyboard shortcuts: → Next stop, ← Prev stop, Esc Reset. Works even with sidebar hidden.
City info: Click any city dot for a popup with scripture, history, and distances.
Layers: Toggle journeys, labels, distances in the Layers tab.
Map styles: Use the layer control (top right) to switch between Esri Topo, NatGeo, Satellite, Street Map, CartoDB, and other views.
Leg distances (in US miles) are computed via haversine formula. Cumulative miles track from the journey’s start. Actual ancient travel was longer.
Traditional (teal): Kitchen/Aharoni consensus. Crosses at Bitter Lakes/Gulf of Suez. Mt. Sinai at Jebel Musa.
Hoffmeier (brown): Turns north from Etham. Crosses at Ballah Lake. Mt. Sinai at Jebel Musa.
Rudd (rose): South along Gulf of Suez coast. Crosses at Straits of Tiran. Mt. Sinai at Jebel al-Lawz, Saudi Arabia.
The Sinai-to-Moab journeys trace all 33 stations from Numbers 33:15–49. Stops use a three-tier visual system:
• Solid line + filled marker = confirmed/plausible location
• Dotted line + hollow marker = speculative (rationally placed between known points)
• Diamond marker = narrative-only stops (not in Numbers 33 list)
17 stations from the 38-year wandering period have no known locations. They are placed along probable routes between Kadesh-Barnea and Ezion-Geber, following terrain and water sources.