1558/1557 BC
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Moses
life, dates, and events
This record brings together the lifespan, dates, Scripture, and every dated event assigned to Moses.
Life record
Birth, lifespan, and death
Creation years 2366–2487
Reference under review · 1437/1436 BC
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Reference library
Look up Moses in the study works
These links search five public-domain reference works for this person. An author’s definition or conclusion is a study aid—not Scripture—and should be examined against the KJV text.
Public-domain referenceEaston’s Bible Dictionary
Dictionary and historical background
Find Moses →Public-domain referenceSmith’s Bible DictionaryPeople, places, customs, and history
Find Moses →Public-domain referenceHitchcock’s Bible NamesThe name and its traditional meaning
Find Moses →Public-domain referenceNave’s Topical BibleRelated KJV passages arranged by subject
Find Moses →Public-domain referenceTorrey’s Topical TextbookRelated biblical subjects and references
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Events involving Moses
Creation year 23661558/1557 BC
Moses is born
The corrected chronology places Moses’ birth in Creation year 2366 and his eightieth year at the Exodus in Creation year 2446.
Exodus 2:2–3 · KJV
“And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And she took for him an ark of bulrushes.”
Jasher 68:3–5
Open Creation year 2366 in the Original Timeline →At the end of seven months from her conception she brought forth a son, and the whole house was filled with great light.
Read these verses in our Jasher reader →Creation year 24461478/1477 BC
The Exodus and Passover
Moses is eighty, Israel departs Egypt, and the religious calendar begins with Nisan as the first month.
Exodus 12:2, 41–42 · KJV
“This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.”
Jasher 81:1–2
Open Creation year 2446 in the Original Timeline →The children of Israel went forth from Egypt with a high hand, and the Egyptians were burying their firstborn.
Read these verses in our Jasher reader →Creation year 24461478/1477 BC
Israel crosses the Red Sea
The crossing follows the Passover departure in the same Exodus year.
Exodus 14:21–22 · KJV
“And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground.”
Jasher 81:38–40
Open Creation year 2446 in the Original Timeline →The waters were divided and the children of Israel passed through the sea upon dry ground.
Read these verses in our Jasher reader →Creation year 24461478/1477 BC
The covenant at Sinai
Israel reaches Sinai in the third month of the Exodus year.
Exodus 19:1, 5–6 · KJV
“In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me.”
Jasher 82:1
Open Creation year 2446 in the Original Timeline →The later chapters of Jasher conclude near the conquest; the covenant details are preserved in Exodus.
Read these verses in our Jasher reader →Creation year 24471477/1476 BC
The tabernacle is raised
The tabernacle is raised on the first day of the first month in the second year after the Exodus.
Exodus 40:1–2, 17 · KJV
“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle. And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.”
KJV chronology
Open Creation year 2447 in the Original Timeline →The detailed date and order for raising the tabernacle are supplied by Exodus 40.
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Moses dies
Moses dies at 120 after forty wilderness years.
Deuteronomy 34:5–7 · KJV
“So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab. And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.”
Jasher 91:15
Open Creation year 2487 in the Original Timeline →Moses died in the land of Moab by the command of the Lord, and the children of Israel wept for him.
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