The Science in the Bible

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The Camp in the Wilderness

Numbers gives the arrangement of the camp and the count of every tribe. Exodus gives a daily ration by volume. From those and nine supplied values, the whole logistical shape follows.

Reference: Numbers 2 · Exodus 16:16, 36 · Exodus 17:1–7 · Numbers 20:8–11

The six-pond distribution model is the heaviest assumption here. The passage describes no ponds, no branches and no storage — it is a distribution model, not a reconstruction, and it is flagged as such in the book.