“... Surprisingly, one of the most remarkable parallels to the Tabernacle and its court has been largely ignored: the military camp of Rameses II at Qedesh. The four reliefs and corresponding written sources of the battle of Qedesh portray a 2:1 rectangular camp, the entrance of which is in the middle of the short wall (Plates 10, 47, 48). [...] Directly in the camp's middle lies the entrance to a 3:1 long-room tent, composed of a 2:1 reception tent leading to the square throne tent of the pharaoh (Plate 49). Furthermore, we learn from the Abu Simbel relief that the height of Rameses's tent corresponds to its width. All of this matches the description of the Tabernacle and its camp in Exodus 25-27 (Figure 5). Moreover, Rameses's tent is oriented eastward. The pharaoh's golden throne is flanked by falcon wings, just as the ark is flanked by winged cherubim. The campaigning Egyptian army is divided into four units, as Israel encamps and marches by four standards according to Numbers 2. In sum, the military tent and camp of Rameses II at Qedesh constitute the best parallel to the Tabernacle known to date. The significance of the parallel is great. Here is a tent shrine for the living Egyptian god from the same time and area in which the events in P purport to take place. The rectangular shape shared by Rameses's camp and the Tabernacle is extraordinary; most military camps are elliptical. ...”