First the people left Egypt, and how can you leave Egypt if you are still in their land? The Reed sea leads into the copper mines of the Egyptians. It is stated they did not go the direct route and another way, they crossed over the Red Sea into present day Saudi Arabia. Exodus 23: 31
Exodus 14: 2. A name is listed there, Baal-zephon, also Migdol, meaning tower, fortified city. That is the name of an Egyptian fort. They were still in Egypt. Think thermopile, few could stand between a body of water and cliffs and do well vs. masses. In this case, there was also a fort. Not taught, this was the first interaction of the people of Israel, to face their enemy in battle order. Pharaoh coming behind them, stuck between massive waters and black cliffs. Visualize tall steep black cliffs, your donkey is not going, no horse or animal, and hard for elderly or children, stuck.
Another name Pi-hahiroth, "Mouth of the gorges."
Exodus 14: 10 "Marching", not on chariots, from the fort facing them.
Scholars want to refute, and say the evidence in the sea is of a sinking ship, think of this. At the point of crossing it is
three miles wide. Has there ever been or ever will be a ship
three miles wide? In the waters, bones of horses and men, found to this day. And gold wheels.... stop. Exodus 14: 7. and he took six hundred select chariots, of the near 20,000 chariots in total, six hundred where from Pharaoh's "Imperial guard." Gold wheels.
We need to go further and read, 1 Kings 6: 1. and it came about 480 years later, the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign. He built the house. We know of the temple date, and it states many times, "To the day." and this becomes important. It was during the full moon. to the day. Solomon erected two pillars, on each side of the sea, the red sea. Defaced today, it was the newspaper of the time, names things and stuff.
The Pharaoh, at that time Thutmoses, does that name sound familiar, Moses? When a smaller Pharaoh came into play, he would just rename cities to sound important. So we have to use the word to research. You can Google map the Red sea. Today it is called Nuweiba.
Isaiah 19:19, "In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a
pillar to the Lord at its border." tall columns, or pillars stood on both sides of the crossing. Still standing to this day, but defaced, one taken down and moved and set in concrete. The news had to be removed, who would want to admit to a defeat after claiming a god status, no-one. Made of red granite, you can find the columns on google maps, also the ark has been found and not reported, found I believe if memory serves me right, in the "First world war." it was not called that, and later during the "Second world war." planes took photographs and a strange object was found. High atop a mountain, and looking, man made, a giant boat.
Sorry my head really hurts, and I must have my first migraine headache.