The "jewish people" and the other 11 tribes of Israel, if they ever actually existed were nomads originally from what is now called Saudi Arabia according to the Old Testament. Yahweh, a non-existent, evil middle eastern deity they allegedly were supposed to worship promising them Palestine does not give anyone the right to invade that shitty piece of land called by the politically correct as the "holy land." As insane and racist the whole scenario is, I have a tendency to side with the racist, Saudi Arabian/European mixed folks who call themselves "jews" at this point because Islam has been irreversibly been morphed into a death cult.
Try reading Exodus from the perspective that Joshua wrote Exodus and couldn't lie about WHAT EVERYONE DID SEE...
After crossing the Red Sea/Sea of Reeds, the "staff" never has any power at all. The escaped construction workers, the "Israelites," are then attacked by the Amalek. It is here where the truth couldn't be lied about in the book. "Levite" Moses runs from the battle up a hill. The only tribe that fights is the Levites (except Moses, who was clearly a Midianite not a Levite), who have a ready made commander in Joshua and are kick ass, wiping out the Amalek in a shocking upset. Enslaved for 400 years Joshua and the Levites were NOT. The "weapon" of the Exodus crowd is not a powerless piece of wood, it is the extremely talented fighting skills of the Levites. But the people do not credit the Levites, they credit Moses for running up a hill like a COWARD and not fighting at all. That didn't sit too well with Joshua. So on to Mt Sinai the Exodus crowd goes. There, Joshua and the Levites take Moses and his immediate crowd up the mountain, seal off the mountain with troops below...
A good clue is the ancient hydrogliphs... showing ancient construction workers in Egypt CLEAN SHAVEN both facially and top - because of LICE.
Those just out of the construction camp were clean shaven. Moses was not. To replace Moses, you needed someone with a beard. How long does that take??? 40 days???
If "God" gave you 10 commandments on two stone tablets, would you smash them on the ground like Moses did?
Moses, the first one, the Midianite, fled the camp to Midian and lived there. After Mt. Sinia, "Moses" the Levite replacement goes up to Midian... and exterminates all of them except the hot young virgins....
If you can't figure it out with the above, you are lost...