Biblical literalist chronology
Before the Common Era ( BC ) Event Bible texts
1576 Ante C. 1490 The Tabernacle was erected 1 year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt , in the first month , on the first day , at the beginning of the second year . Joshua was 39 ( ? ) , Moses 81 , Aaron 84 years old . According to Exodus 33:11 , Joshua was a young man , not yet 20 years old Exodus 33:11 Exodus 40:17 Numbers 9:1-5
1575 Moses sent out Hoshea/Joshua the son of Nun and 11 other leaders in Israel from the wilderness of Paran to spy out the land of Canaan . Caleb was 40 years old . At their report the congregation cried out , and God decreed the people would wander in the wilderness 40 years . Joshua was 40 ( ? ) , Moses 82 , Aaron 85 years old . Joshua 14:7 plainly says that Caleb and the brethren who went up with him to spy out the land were sent from Kadesh-barnea , not the wilderness of Paran . Deuteronomy 2:14 plainly says that the time from their leaving Kadesh-barnea until the entire generation , the men of war , had perished was 38 years , as the LORD had sworn to them . ( 1575-1537 ) See Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Seqenenre Tao reign began 1560/1558 BCE Kamose c. 1555-1550 BCE Amenhotep I 1555-1530 BCE Numbers 12:16-13:3 Numbers 13:25-14:37 Numbers 20:1 Deuteronomy 2:14-15 Joshua 14:6-7
c. 1538/7 Miriam died ( age not given ) 1537 ( ? ) - see the interval of time in Numbers between the death of Miriam and the death of her brother Aaron . Numbers 20:1-33:38 Numbers 20:1 Numbers 33:38
1537 Ante C. 1452 The 40th year after the people of Israel had come out of Egypt ( 1577-1537 ) . Aaron died . He was 123 years old ( 1660-1537 ) . Moses also died . He was 120 years old ( 1657-1537 ) . Joshua was 78 ( ? ) years old ( 40 + 38 ) ( if he like Caleb was 40 years old when he was sent forth with the spies from the wilderness of Paran to spy out the land . ) See Apocalypse of Moses and Assumption of Moses Numbers 20:1 Numbers 33:38-39 Deuteronomy 34:7 Joshua 14:6-7 Psalms 90
1537-1505 - → Ante C. 1434 The conquest of Canaan , a period of 32 ( ? ) years , beginning with Jericho ( 1536 ) . The Bible does not state the number of the years of the conquest of Canaan during the lifetime of Joshua , only that Joshua was 110 years old when he died . See Ai and Hazor John Garstang and Kathleen Kenyon See Mesopotamian dynasties : mid-second millennium Deuteronomy 2:14 Joshua 6:2 Joshua 6:20-21 Joshua 6:26 Joshua 8:21-29 Joshua 11:10-22 Joshua 14:7-10
1505 Ante C. 1434 The year Joshua died . He was 110 years old ( 1615-1505 ) . ... Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua , and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua ... ( Joshua 24:30-31 ) . Joshua added statutes and ordinances to the Book of the Law . Joshua 24:25-26 . See Deuteronomy 34:1-9 . A plain , explicit number representing the remaining days of life of the elders who outlived Joshua can not be drawn from the text of the Bible ; the Bible does not tell the period of time elapsed between the burial of Joshua and the day when all that generation also were gathered to their fathers . Judges 2:10 Deuteronomy 34:1-9 Joshua 14:7-10 Joshua 24:25-26 Joshua 24:29-30
Example of literalist chronology -- The Wilderness Period to the Conquest of Canaan 1576—1505 BC
Biblical literalist chronology is the attempt to correlate the theological dates used in the Bible with the real chronology of actual events. The Bible measures time from the date of Creation (years are measured as anno mundi, or AM, meaning Year of the World), but there is no agreement on when this was, some of the better-known alternatives including Archbishop James Ussher, who placed it in 4004 BCE, Isaac Newton in 4000 BCE, Martin Luther in 3961 BCE, the traditional Jewish date of 3760 BCE, and the traditional Greek Orthodox date, based on the Septuagint, of 5009 BCE. To the foundation of the Temple of Solomon the passage of time is measured by simple addition of from the Creation; for later periods it measures time by the reigns of kings, but the data is conflicting and there is no agreement on how to resolve the problems.