Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Way of the Red Sea?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with road between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.

First appears in Numbers 14:25 · 2 books · 4 chapters

Overview

Biblical road. Modern identification: road between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.

Way of the Red Sea is represented in the local geography layer as road between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 14:25 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Mount Sinai

About 165 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 221 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 229 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 229 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 232 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Way of the Red Sea today

Find the traditionally identified site on a modern map.

Way of the Red Sea names a waterway or shoreline rather than one stop, so the map point acts as a geographic center inside the wider corridor.

Way of the Red Sea is mapped here as a representative point along the wider water corridor.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Borders, permits, local access, and the exact identification of biblical landscapes can change.

Modern orientation

road between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba

29.727°N · 34.998°E

Key passages

Appears in

Numbers

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Deuteronomy

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions