While en route to the promised land, Chapter 15 to 17 describes a series of temptations that God employs to test the people. Here, at the waters of Marah, the...
When the Pharaoh and his army were drowned in the sea, God is honoured in all the world. Indeed, the Lord is supreme and is greater than the gods of...
Moses and the Israelites were caught between the Pharaoh’s army and the Red Sea. What seemed like a dead end for the Israelites became a watery grave for the Egyptians....
While en route to the wilderness of Etham, God instructed Moses to turn the people back to the place by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon… where they...
God chose the southward route for the people away from the enemy territories. For God knew that the people would certainly return to Egypt when they see war. And despite...
The Lord instituted this ordinance after the pattern of Abraham who sanctified Isaac, his firstborn to God. By sanctifying the firstborn to God, they partake in the covenant of Abraham...
The exodus of a large mixed multitude who had presumably not been circumcised, but now joined Israel would have made it an acute issue going forward. The Lord addressed this...
Moses delegated God’s Passover instructions to the elders that is able to save them. Since then, the Passover has been observed among the sons of Israel at the beginning of...
This final plague is set apart from the first nine plagues and must be treated independently. First of all, the final plague is judgmental in purpose which resulted in the...
The practice of granting a birthright to an eldest son was a widespread tradition and custom in Israel and in the ancient Near East. The firstborn is given preference to...