THE SINAI INSCRIPTIONS TRANSLATED
On one of the natural routes that the Hebrews would have chosen
when entering the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt there were found
six ancient inscriptions on different cliffs in the Wadi Sidri.
(A. P. Stanley, Sinai and Palestine, [London: John Murray, 1905],
p. 70). Another writer, Golius, translated the word Sidri as
"a way that leads up from the water, as at a landing place".
These inscriptions, listed below, are numbered as they were in
Rev. Forster's book, Sinai Photographed.
#1 The wind blowing, the sea dividing into parts, they pass over.
#4 The Hebrews flee through the sea; the sea is turned into dry land.
#5 The waters permitted and dismissed to flow, burst rushing
unawares upon the astonished men, congregated from all quarters
banded together to slay treacherously being lifted up with pride.
#10 The leader divides asunder the sea, its waves roaring.
The people enter, and pass through the midst of the waters.
#41 Moses causes the people to haste like a fleet-winged she-ostrich
crying aloud; the cloud shining bright, a mighty army propelled into
the Red sea is gathered into one; they go jumping and skipping.
Journeying through the open channel,
taking flight from the face of the enemy.
The surge of the sea is divided.
#23 The people flee, the tribes descend into the deep,The people
enter the waters. The people enter and penetrate through the
midst.The people are filled with stupor and perturbation. Jehovah
is their keeper and companion.
#8 Their enemies weep for the dead, the virgins are wailing. The sea
flowing down overwhelmed them. The waters were let loose to flow
again.
#21 The people depart fugitive. A mighty army is submerged in the
deep sea, the only way of escape for the congregated people.
Again, the context of the inscriptions is not that of Christians or
Hebrews quoting the scriptures but rather of eyewitness account.
And there are other inscriptions:
The Hebrews Murmur Against Moses / God Provides Water Miraculously.
Miriam's Rebellion
#48 Miriam, Prophetess of lying lips an ddecietful tongue.
She causes the tribes to conspire against the pillar and prince of the
people.Convoked for tumult, perverted, full of strife,the people
revile the meek and generous man.They lead with reproaches the
blessed one of God.
The Plague of Fiery Serpents
#47 Bitten and destroyed by fiery, hissing serpents,the Hebrews are
wounded for their crimes.Jehovah makes a stream flow from the stony
rock.
Despite the overwhelming confirmation of the Old
Testament scriptures in these inscriptions (or, perhaps, because of it)
critics continued to reject the validity of the translations of Rev. Charles
Forster. Finally, in a last attempt to discredit his work, they simply stated
that they could not be convinced of the accuracy and authenticity of his
translations unless a bilingual transcription could be produced. In other
words, they demanded an inscription such as that of the Rosetta Stone,
which allowed the translation and confirmation of the Egyptian
hieroglyphics. Needless to say, this was an impossible demand as anyone
familiar with the Rosetta Stone, and the great unlikelihood of it's
discovery, will agree.And yet, surprisingly, another Sinai explorer named
Pierce Butler discovered, in 1860, a trilingual inscription in a cave in the
Djebel Maghara mountain. This inscription described the same event in
three languages - including that of the Sinai Incriptions. Translations from
this set of inscriptions have proven Rev. Charles Forster's work to be
completely accurate and reliable.
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