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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Raamses
The Israelites built Raamses, also spelled Rameses, as a store city for Pharaoh in the eastern Nile Delta, alongside Pithom. When they left Egypt, this is where they set out from.
The Israelites built Raamses, also spelled Rameses, as a store city for Pharaoh in the eastern Nile Delta, alongside Pithom. When they left Egypt, this is where they set out from.
Raamses, also spelled Rameses, was one of the store cities the enslaved Israelites were forced to build for Pharaoh in the eastern Nile Delta, alongside Pithom (Exodus 1:11). It also served as Israel's staging point at the start of the exodus, from which the people set out toward Succoth (Exodus 12:37; Numbers 33:3, 5). Most scholars identify the site with Pi-Ramesse, the Delta capital built by Ramesses II, whose extensive remains, including monumental gateways and colossal statuary, have been excavated at Qantir.
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- Genesis 47:11
- Exodus 1:11
- Exodus 12:37
- Numbers 33:3
- Numbers 33:5
