![]() ![]() According to Exodus 7:7 “Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.” Adding 80 years to the date of the Exodus in 1447 B.C equals 1527 B.C., the approximate year in which Moses was born. The first place we will start is with the date of his birth. To get some clues, lets look at what the bible says about the events surrounding the life of Moses. Scholars disagree as to the exact dates that these two men ruled which makes it difficult to pin point the exact one. He was the son of Thutmose III, who ruled from either (1490-1450) or (1490-1436 B.C.), the other possible candidate. The first is pharaoh Amenhotep II who may have ruled from (1450-1425 B.C.). Depending upon which history book you read, there are two possible candidates. And according to history, Pharaoh Rameses did not begin his reign until around 1290 BC., so he couldn’t have been the Exodus pharaoh. So the date of the Exodus can be calculated: 967 + 480 = 1447 B.C. Most bible scholars agree that the fourth year of Solomon’s reign was 967 B.C. ![]() 1 Kings 6:1 states that Solomon began building the Temple in the fourth year of his reign, 480 years after the Exodus. ![]() Although the bible never specifically identifies the pharaoh of the Exodus by name, it does tell us the exact date of the Exodus. ![]()
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