Exodus FAQ

Exodus 12:22 instructs the Israelites to stay in their homes “until morning” of the 14th Abib. “But Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, “Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel”. The people of Egypt also “urged the Israelites to leave the land in haste” (Exodus 12:33). So did they leave at night or in the morning?

Do you think there is anything biblically significant in the Sinai's weird phenomena “The Forest of Pillars”?

What difference is there between the first and second commandments because there doesn't seem to be a difference.

Is the 50 days to Pentecost counted from the Passover?

The location of the Mount Sinai seems to be disputed. However, the British Historian Lina Eckenstein says

There's an inscription in the Sinai area that seems to indicate the presence of the Israelites there. Hobab is mentioned but he wasn't an Israelite was he?

Why was Moses on the west side of the Sinai Peninsula? It seems a long way to go just to graze sheep.

Were Jethro and Reuel the same person? And why did Moses listen to Jethro's advice?

How was Aaron able to cope with all the numerous sacrifices?