Marah and the Wilderness of Sin (1)

The pursuers of the children of Israel have been shaken off in the Red Sea by Jehovah. After a few days, it must be, the Hebrew camp, breaks up, turns toward the wilderness and moves on, following its leader toward the south. On their right, across the narrow strip of blue sea, through which they had just recently passed, the Ataka mountains urge their wild peaks heavenward. It is the last glimpse they are to have of Egypt. On their left a low range of bare lime­stone hills of wall-like...