Life Before Moses
Amram, (son of Kehath, seed of Levi) and Jochebed (Yokheved daughter of Levi) were born when Jacob (Israel) entered Egypt into the land of Goshen. This would have been about 2,238 years after the creation of Adam and Eve. Amram lived for 137 years, but the death of Jochebed (Yokheved) is not recorded, but it would have been whilst the daughter of Pharaoh was looking after Moses.
In the 71st year of Israelites in Egypt, Joseph (Yosef son of Jacob (Ya’aqob) who ruled over Egypt) died at 110 years of age. He lived in the land of Egypt for 93 years and reigned over all Egypt for 80 years. A year later the reign of the new unknown Pharaoh over Egypt began. He reigned for 30 years.
In the 102nd year of Israel in Egypt, the Unknown Pharaoh died. His son Melol (Meror) reigned in his stead. Melol (Meror) was 20 years old when he began to reign and he reigned for 94 years. He lived for 124 years. Pharaoh Melol (Meror) had three sons and two daughters by Alparanith the queen, his wife. Bathia (Tharmuth) his daughter was his first-born child. The firstborn son was Othri, the second Adikam and the third Morion. His other daughter was Acuzi. He also had other children by his concubines.
After about 1 year and 4 months into his reign, Melol (Meror) started to oppress the Israelites. The children of Israel were tricked into fortifying Pithom and Rameses in the 2nd year of Melols’ (Meror) reign. Pharaoh Melol (Meror) treated the Israelites as slaves from his 13th year of reign in the 115th year of the Israelites going down into Egypt.
It is assumed that in Melol’s (Meror’s) 4th year of reign, Bathia (Tharmuth, his first child and daughter) was born. Bathia was born Tharmuth the daughter of Queen Alparanith. Her name was changed to Bathia (daughter of God) when she went against idolatry and sought the ways of God (Yahuah). She became a Midrash folklore legend, but her death is unknown. She apparently left with Moses on his Exodus and also married Caleb (son of Jephuneh) and bore him three sons. She was known as Caleb’s Judahite wife who bore Jered father of Gedor, Heber father of Soco and Jekuthiel father of Zanoah.
In the 125th year of the Israelite going down to Egypt, Job (from Mesopotamia, in the land of Uz) advised Pharaoh Melol (Meror) to afflict the Israelites in his 23rd year of reign. The Hebrew midwives (including Shephrah and Puah) were told to kill all male babies, but they ignored the order. When summoned by the King they advised that the Israelite women were hale and didn’t require their services for they were midwives to themselves.
Amram married Jochebed in the 126th year of the Israelites going down to Egypt and Miriam their daughter was born. Miriam lived for 129 years.
In the 130th year of the Israelites being in Egypt, Pharaoh Melol (Meror) dreamt of the destruction of Egypt. Balaam (the son of Beor the Syrian) was a sorcerer and prophet, he interpreted Pharaohs dream. Pharaoh then sought the council of Reuel (Jethro, a Kenite shepherd and priest of Midian) and Job. Reuel (Jethro) advised Pharaoh not to harm the Israelites due to the avenging nature of their God (Yahuah).
Pharaoh didn’t like Reuel’s advice. So Reuel (Jethro) left the king’s presence and went to Midian, taking Joseph’s stick (a memento) with him. Job advised the king to do as he pleased. Pharaoh sought Balaam’s advice, which was to drown the children of Israel. The king then made a law to drown males born to Hebrews and the order was actioned.
Two years later, Amram sent Jochebed away for she was in conception. Aaron was born 6 years after Miriam and he lived for 123 years. Later Miriam prophesied the birth of Moses, her brother. Amram went and took his wife back to his house, after he had driven her away for 3 years. Moses was then born 3 years after Aaron and he lived for 120 years.
The Early Life Of Moses
In the 135th year of the Israelites going down to Egypt, Jochebed (Yokheved) gave birth to Moses after conceiving for 7 months. She hid Moses in an inner room for three months to prevent Moses being slain by Pharaoh’s officers. She then made an ark of bulrushes and daubed it with slime and with pitch. She put her child in the ark and laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
Bathia (Tharmuth, Pharaoh Melol’s (Meror) daughter) found Moses in the bulrushes. According to Midrash folklore legend she was conducting a purification ritual from the evils of her father Pharaoh Melol (Meror) and the idolatry of Egypt. Miriam (Moses sister) was watching out for Moses. Miriam arranged for Jochebed (Yokheved) to wet nurse Moses for Bathia. When Moses was 2 years of age, Jochebed (Yokheved) handed Moses over to Bathia as a son.
Bathia declared that Moses was her son and brought him up as such, in private, due to the law of the drowning of Hebrew sons. Bathia was probably 20 years old at this time.
In the 137th year of the Israelites going down to Egypt, Amram (father of Moses) died, two years after the birth of Moses.
When Moses was 3 years old he was sitting at a banquet. Alparanith the queen was sitting at Pharaoh Melol’s (Meror) right and Bathia at his left and Moses was lying upon her bosom. Balaam (the magician and prophet, the son of Beor) with his two sons and all the princes of the kingdom, including Job, were sitting at table in the king’s presence. Moses then leaned forward and took the crown from Pharaoh Melol’s (Meror) head and placed it on his own head. The crown was quickly given back to the king.
Pharaoh Melol’s (Meror) thought that this could be an omen and sought advice. Balaam sought death for Moses. Job thought that Moses was dull witted and had Moses choose between an onyx stone and a hot coal. Moses reached for the onyx stone, but an angel moved his hand, so he the put the hot coal in his mouth, which burnt parts of his lips and tongue, making him heavy in mouth and tongue. The angel saved Moses from death due to his action. Moses then grew up in the favour of Pharaoh. But he was not eloquent in speech for he had a slight stammer.
Moses grew up and noticed the harsh labour of the Israelites and sought a day of rest for them, which Pharaoh granted. Pharaoh ordered a proclamation throughout Egypt and Goshen, saying: “To you, all the children of Israel, thus says the king, for six days you shall do your work and labour, but on the seventh day you shall rest, and shall not preform any work, thus shall you do all the days, as the King and Moses the son of Bathia have commanded”.
However, Moses hatred of Balaam also grew stronger, so Balaam and his sons fled to King Kikianus of Cush.
The Fleeing Of Moses
When Moses was 18 years old, (in the 153rd year of the Israelites going down to Egypt), he had the desire to see his mother and father in Goshen. He was either unaware of their deaths or wanted to see their gravesites. This is when Moses kills an Egyptian who smites a Hebrew.
Aaron at this time was in Egypt, in the land of Goshen, prophesying against the idols of Egypt. The children of Israel wouldn’t listen. So God (Yahuah) sought to punish the Israelites even more due to their idolatry.
Pharaoh heard of the killing affair and ordered Moses to be slain. This would have put Bathia’s life at risk as well, for she brought up Moses in the Kings Household. An angel of God deceived Pharaoh into thinking that Moses was slain. The angel took Moses on a 40 day journey outside of Egypt. So Moses fled to the camp of King Kikianus of Cush when 18 years old.
During this time, the children of the East and Aram rebelled against the children of Cush and King Kikianus. When King Kikianus went to do battle, he left Balaam to guard the city. King Kikianus camped and fought against Aram and the Children of the East and won.
However, whilst King Kikianus was waring, Balaam caused the city inhabitants to rebel against King Kikianus and make him King Balaam of the city. When King Kikianus returned home, he found out that Balaam had taken over his city. King Kikianus laid siege against the city of King Balaam for 9 years. Moses was in the camp of King Kikianus during this time and found favour with the people of Cush. King Kikianus died of illness at the end of the 9 years.
After King Kikianus had died, the people of Cush made Moses their king. Moses was 27 years old when he reigned as King of the Cushites, in the 162nd year of the Israelites being in Egypt and in the 60th year of Pharaoh Melol (Meror) reign. The people of Cush gave King Kikianus wife Adoniah to Moses to have as a wife. But he never approached her because she was a Cushite.
During this time Moses and the children of Cush take back their city. Moses seized the city of Cush by having the people train storks to kill the serpents that protected the city, through the magic of Balaam. Balaam the magician, his two sons and eight brothers flee the city of Cush and went back to Pharaoh Melol (Meror) the king of Egypt. They are the sorcerers and magicians who stood against Moses when God (Yahuah) brought the ten plagues upon Egypt.
Moses then fought against and conquered the Children of the East and Aram. Moses then brought the Children of the East and Aram under subjection to himself and the children of Cush. Moses reigned as king for 40 years. It is assumed at this time that Aaron took to himself Elisheba as a wife. Elisheba was the daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon. They had four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
In the 12th year of the reign of Moses, Joshua (Yehoshua, son of Nun) was born and 2 years later Caleb (son of Jephuneh) was born.
In the 18th year of the reign of Moses, (in the 180th year of the Israelites going down into Egypt), 30,000 of the children of Ephraim rebelled and transgressed the word of the God in leaving Egypt before the end of the captivity as destined by God (Yahuah) had arrived. A battle was waged against the Philistines near Gath. All of those Ephraimite infantrymen, except ten, were slain in the Valley of Gath whilst the Philistines lost 20,000 men in the battle. There they remained forsaken and were not brought to burial, hence the valley was filled with their bones. (Could this be the Valley of Dry bones in Ezekiel 37:1-14 ?)
The ten men who escaped from the battle returned to Egypt and related to their brethren what had happened to them. Ephraim (the son of Joseph (Yosef), was 185 years old) mourned over the loss of his brethren. He came unto his wife and she bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, for she was unfortunate in his house.
Adikam (Ahuz) was born in the 24th year of Moses reign. He was the son of Pharaoh Melol (Meror) by Alparanith, both queen and wife. Adikam (Ahuz) was Melol’s 2nd son and perhaps the 3rd child. There is no mention when Pharaoh Melol (Meror) daughter Acuzi was born.
In the 34th year of Moses reign, Pharaoh Melol (Meror) took a wife for Adikam (Ahuz). Othri the kings first born son was an idiot, precipitate and hurried in his words. Adikam (Ahuz) was cunning and wise and knowing in all the wisdom of Egypt, but of unseemly aspect, thick in flesh and very short in stature; his height was one cubit.
When the king saw that his son Adikam (Ahuz) was intelligent and wise in all things, the king resolved that he should be king in his stead after his death. Melol took Gedudah daughter of Abilot as a wife for Adikam (Ahuz), when he was ten years old. She bares unto him four sons. Afterward Adikam (Ahuz) went and took three other wives and begat eight sons and three daughters.
In this time period, God (Yahuah) smote Pharaoh Melol (Meror) king of Egypt for a period of 10 years. Melol was afflicted with the plague of leprosy from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head, owing to the cruel treatment of the children of Israel. But Pharaoh still stretched out his hand against the children of Israel.
His wise men and sorcerers advised that he would be healed if the blood of little children were put into his wounds. They did this on a daily basis and they killed 375 Israelite infants. God (Yahuah) would afflict Melol even more. Melol was overcome by leprosy, a bad tumour, sickness at the stomach and a severe boil before his death.
Moses reigned as king for 40 years ended when Queen Adoniah had the people of Cush appoint her son Menacus (son of Kikianus) as king over them. Moses left them with honour when he was 66 years old. Moses went to go home but then he fled to Midian, for he was still afraid to return to Egypt on account of Pharaoh.
It was in Midian where Moses saw the seven daughters of Reuel (Jethro) the Midianite (a priest) being harassed by some shepherds. Moses didn’t know them, but he stood up for Reuel’s daughters and drew water for them and their flock. Reuel (Jethro) then invited Moses into his household for a meal. Moses was about 67 years old at this time and started to tell his life story.
Moses told Reuel (Jethro) that he reigned as King of the Cushites when 27 years old, in the 162nd year of the Israelites being in Egypt. And that he reigned for 40 years. However, Queen Adoniah had the people of Cush appoint her son Menacus (from Kikianus) as king over them. But! He had left them with honour when he was 66 years old. Although Moses told the truth, Reuel (Jethro) imprisoned Moses for 10 years on suspicion. Zipporah, a daughter of Reuel (Jethro), took pity on Moses and fed him during his imprisonment.
Now! Reuel (Jethro) came into possession of a stick after the death of Joseph (Yosef son of Jacob (Ya’aqob) and ruler over Egypt). This stick was handed down from Adam to Jacob (Ya’aqob). Jacob (Ya’aqob) gave the stick to Joseph (Yosef). It was an emerald stick, the “Staff of God”. When Reuel (Jethro) went out of Egypt, he took the stick in his hand and planted it in his garden. All the mighty men of the Kinites tried to pluck it when they endeavoured to get Zipporah his daughter, but they were unsuccessful.
At the time of Moses imprisonment, Pharaoh Melol (Meror) had a near fatal chariot accident. The chariot rolled over his face and the horse lay upon him. His flesh was torn and he had many broken bones. He called for Adikam (Ahuz) to rule on his behalf.
Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz) reigned as Regent King over Egypt for 4 years. The Book of Jasher states that Melol his father reigned 94 years in Egypt, but he was 10 years sick and died. At the end of three years after the king’s accident, the king died, in shame, disgrace and disgust.
Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz) was as bad as his father Pharaoh Melol (Meror). He placed taskmasters and officers over the Israelites who had a measure of bricks to do, day by day. If they were deficient in their daily bricks they would pay a price. Their infants would be killed and placed in the building instead of the bricks. 270 Israelite infants were killed.
In the 206th year of Israel’s going down to Egypt, Pharaoh Melol (Meror) of Egypt dies due to ill health. Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz) then reigned as King over Egypt. Adikam was 20 years old when he reigned over Egypt. Moses was 71 years old.
After ten years of imprisonment, Reuel (Jethro) saw the stick (“Staff of God”) in the hand of Moses, he wondered at it, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah for a wife. Zipporah (a righteous woman) gives birth to Moses first son Gershom. Moses was 77 years old but did not circumcise him due to the command of Reuel his father-in-law. The next year Zipporah gave birth to Moses second son Eliezer, Zipporah circumcised him.
God (Yahuah) Calls Moses
When Moses was 78 years old and attending Jethro’s (Reuel’s) flock, he pursued a kid to Mount Horeb (The Mountain of Yahuah). God (Yahuah) in the form of the Burning Bush confronted Moses. Yah revealed his divine name to Moses as Yahuah. God (Yahuah) told Moses that He would deliver his people out of Egypt into a good and large land flowing with milk and honey. This was the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.
Moses was hesitant, so Yah proves himself by turning Moses staff into a serpent and restores it. Then making Moses hand leprous and restores it. Moses then wonders if his brethren are still alive in Egypt. Moses was not confident in his speech, so Aaron was made his spoke person. God (Yahuah), through the Burning Bush, told Moses that He would send him back to his people and Pharaoh in Egypt.
Moses seeks Reuel (Jethro) blessing to take Zipporah and his children to Egypt. Moses was confronted by an angel of God at an Inn on the way to Egypt. The angel sought to kill Moses because he had transgressed the covenant of circumcision, which God (Yahuah) had made with Abraham. Zipporah realized Moses wrong doing and circumcised Gershom, hence saving Moses life.
God (Yahuah) sent Aaron to met Moses and his family in the wilderness. Aaron advised Moses to send his wife and children back to Reuel (Jethro) in Midian. And so he did. Zipporah and her children stayed with Reuel (Jethro) until the time of the Exodus. Moses also learnt to listen to and obey the Word of God (Yahuah).
Back To Egypt
Moses and Aaron went to the Israelites and told them that God (Yahuah) knows about their affliction and will soon free them. Moses and Aaron then went to speak to Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz) about letting their people go into the wilderness to worship their God (Yahuah).
Although Moses and Aaron pacified the lions guarding the palace, Pharaoh didn’t harken to their request. The sorcerers of Pharaoh’ s court, Balaam, his two sons and eight brothers contested Aaron’s rod being turned into a serpent. Even when Aaron’s rod devoured theirs, they claimed it to be trickery. Moses was 78 years old and Aaron 81 years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz) thought the Israelites were idle, so he made a proclamation of no more straw to be given to make bricks. The Israelites had to find their own straw in the land to make their quota of bricks. Moses and Aaron stayed with the Israelites for two more years before going back to Pharaoh.
God’s (Yahuah’s) Plague Judgements And Calendation
The Almighty God (Yahuah), through Moses and his brother Aaron inflicted ten plagues upon Egypt. Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83 years old, when they went to speak to Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz) again, (about 2,453 years after the creation of Adam and Eve).
They spoke to Pharaoh on God’s (Yahuah’s) behalf saying “Let My people go, that they may serve Me (Yahuah) in the wilderness. However, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened and he would not listen. So God (Yahuah) would bring down ten plague judgements upon the peoples of Egypt to make them know Him.
The First Plague – Waters Become Blood
Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz) the next morning, Moses directing Aaron under the commandment of God (Yahuah). Aaron with his rod in hand, held it over the waters of Egypt. So the First Plague began when the “Waters Became Blood”, the 1st day of the plague period began. The sorcerers of Egypt also turned water into blood. All of the Egyptians were affected for seven days, but Pharaoh wouldn’t let the Israelites go to worship.
On the 7th day of the plague period, God (Yahuah) told Moses and Aaron that this month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. And to tell the congregation of your people to take and keep an unblemished first born lamb or kid (for the Passover) on the 10th day of the month. This day would be the beginning of their Biblical Lunisolar Calendar, for the 1st Day of their 1st Month of the New Year occurred on the 7th day of the plague period.
Second Plague – Frogs
Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz) on the 8th day of the plague period. Moses was directing Aaron under the commandment of God (Yahuah). Aaron with his rod in hand, held it over the rivers, streams and ponds of Egypt, so the Second Plague began when the “Frogs” came upon the land of Egypt. The sorcerers of Egypt also brought frogs upon the land. Pharaoh still wouldn’t let the Israelites worship. The frogs left and went back to the river on the 9th day of plagues; this covered the 2nd and 3rd days of the 1st month of the Biblical Calendar.
Third Plague – Lice (Gnats)
On the same 9th day of the plague period, Moses and Aaron went back to Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz). Under the commandment of God (Yahuah) and the direction of Moses, Aaron held his rod in his hand and struck the dust of the land, the flesh of both man and beast were affected in Egypt. So the Third Plague, that of “Lice (Gnats)” began on the 3rd day of the 1st month of the Biblical Calendar. The sorcerers, the magicians of Egypt couldn’t bring forth lice. The magicians advised Pharaoh that this was the finger of God. But Pharaoh didn’t heed them for his heart grew cold.
Fourth Plague – Flies
In the morning of the next day, the 10th day of the plague period, Moses under the direction of God (Yahuah) went back to Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz). Moses advised Pharaoh whilst bathing in the water, to let their people go to worship God (Yahuah) or else a plague of flies would be sent the next day. But Pharaoh refused. So the Fourth Plague, that of “Flies” came on the 11th day of the plague period. The flies affected the Egyptians, but the land of Goshen was unaffected. The flies departed from land on the 12th day of the plague period. The Plague of flies covered the 5th and 6th days of the 1st month of the Biblical Calendar.
Fifth Plague – Livestock Disease
Later on in 12th day of the plague period, after the flies departed, Moses under the direction of God (Yahuah) went back to Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz). He advised Pharaoh that the God of the Hebrews (Yahuah) wanted him let to let His people go to Him. If he refused then a livestock pestilence would occur. Pharaoh was still hard hearted, so on the next morning of the 13th day of the plague period, the Fifth Plague began, that of the “Livestock Disease”. 9 out of 10 animals in Egypt died, but the land of Goshen was unaffected by the livestock disease, which occurred on the 7th day of the 1st month of the Biblical Calendar.
Sixth Plague – Boils
Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz) was relentless, so later on in the 13th day of plagues, God (Yahuah) spoke to both Moses and Aaron. They both took dust in their hands and threw it into the air, so the Sixth Plague, that of “Boils” began. All the Egyptians were affected, including the magicians. This too happened on the 7th day of the 1st month of the Biblical Calendar.
On the 14th day of plagues, Moses went and stood before Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz). They again advised Pharaoh that the God of the Hebrews (Yahuah) wanted him let to let His people go to Him (Yahuah). But! Because he exalted himself against God’s people, tomorrow, heavy hail will fall upon Egypt. God (Yahuah) also told them all to gather their livestock and what they have in the field and flee to their houses before the storm. For anyone who does not fear the word of God (Yahuah), they or their servants or animals left in the fields will die.
The 14th day of plagues is also the 8th day of the 1st month of the Biblical Calendar. This was the day of the Consecration of the First Born Israelites. The first born of the Israelites were to be consecrated to God (Yahuah), all the animals and humans from this day onwards. All uncircumcised Israelite males were also to be circumcised by the 8th day of 1st month in the Biblical Calendar, for only those circumcised could observe Passover. From this point in time all males were to be circumcised on the 8th day from their birth.
Seventh Plague – Hail
The next day, the 15th day of the plague period, Moses under the direction of God (Yahuah) stretched out his hand with his rod towards heaven. Then the Seventh Plague began, that of “Hail”. Thunder, hail and fire darted to the ground in the land of Egypt. The 7th Plague of Hail happened on the 9th day of the 1st month of the Biblical Calendar.
When Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz) realised the destruction of his land and that the hail didn’t fall in the Land of Goshen, he called for Moses and Aaron to entreat God (Yahuah). So Moses again raised his hands towards heaven. However, after the storm, Pharaoh still wouldn’t humble himself and let the Israelites go.
God (Yahuah) sent Moses and Aaron back to Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz) to tell him that because he did not humble himself, a plague of locus will devour his land. Moses stretched out his hand with his rod over the land of Egypt and then an East wind blew the rest of that day and night.
Eighth Plague – Locus
In the morning of the next day, the 16th day of the plague period, came the locust. The Eighth Plague began, that of the “Locust”. Nothing green on the trees or plants in the fields were left throughout the land of Egypt. However, the Egyptians rejoiced at the locusts and caught them in abundance and salted them for food.
When Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz) realised the damage, he called for Moses and Aaron to entreat God (Yahuah) to stop the plague. Then a strong West wind blew all the locusts into the Red Sea. But Pharaoh was still hard hearted to Moses request.
This was also the 10th day of the 1st month of the Biblical Calendar, the day that the Israelite congregation would take an unblemished first-born lamb or kid and keep it for the Passover.
Ninth Plague – Darkness
Towards the end of the day at evening, God (Yahuah) told Moses to stretch out his hand towards heaven and a thick darkness started to cover the land. The Ninth Plague began on the evening of the 16th day of plagues, that of “Darkness”. Dense darkness covered the land for three days, but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
At that time many of the people of Israel who had rebelled against God (Yahuah) and who would not hearken to Moses and Aaron, died due to the plague and were buried without the Egyptians knowing about it. The Plague of Darkness covered the 17th, 18th and 19th days of plagues. This was the 11th, 12th and 13th days of the 1st month of the Biblical Calendar.
The 20th day of plagues, the 14th day of the month of the Biblical Calendar, was to become a significant day. It was to become the day of “Preparation” for the fulfilment of God’s (Yahuah’s) Word. Their journey with God (Yahuah) was about to begin. During the day, the Israelites simply plundered the Egyptians by asking their Egyptian neighbours for jewellery of silver and gold and also for clothing. They were given what they asked for. The Egyptians thought that they were foolish and that they would get their belongings back.
This was also the day that the first Passover was instituted, it would commence on the evening of 14th day of this, their 1st month of their new year. The Israelites began to observe their Biblical Calendar from this day.
A year old lamb without blemish of either a sheep or goat was to be slaughtered at twilight and eaten roasted with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. The lamb was to be roasted in an open fire and not boiled in water or eaten raw. The blood of their slaughtered lambs was placed on the two doorposts and lintel of the house in which they ate it. The Angel of Death would pass over those who marked their houses.
Tenth Plague – Death of the First Born
The Almighty God (Yahuah), through Moses and his brother Aaron inflicted ten plagues upon Egypt. The 10th Plague, that of the “Death of the First Born”, commenced at midnight on the 20th day of plagues, late that night of the 14th day of the 1st month of the Biblical Calendar. The Israelites stayed indoors all that night until dawn the next day. All the first born of the Egyptians were smote, from the first born of man to the first born of beast, except those who were under the protection of God (Yahuah).
Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz) was devastated due to the loss of his son. Bathia, (Pharaoh Melol’s daughter) who looked after Moses, although a first-born was saved from the plagues. From that night and into the next day, Egypt was grieving over the loss of their first-born. Their sins had fallen upon them. The Israelites who painted the blood of the lamb on their two doorposts and on the lintel of their houses were saved. The Angel of Death had passed over them.
[The Passover shall be a day of remembrance of them (the Israelites) being protected by God (Yahuah) whilst the Angel of Death passed over them. Hence, they (and you) shall celebrate it as a festival to God (Yahuah). They (and you) shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance. Although unleavened bread was to be eaten with the Passover meal, the Festival of Unleavened Bread was instituted to begin from dawn of the next day. The Festival of Unleavened Bread started on the 15th day, (the Sabbath Day of Rest), and lasted seven days until the 21st day of the 1st month. Nothing leavened is to be consumed from Passover until the end of the 7th day of Unleavened Bread.]
On the 15th day, the Israelites celebrated their first Sabbath Day. This was also the first day of the Feast Of Unleavened Bread it was a solemn day. They held a solemn assembly between dawn and dusk due to the grief all around them. No work was done, except for what they were to eat.
In the evening, Bathia (Pharaoh Melol’s daughter) and her brother Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz) went to see Moses and Aaron about the calamity that befell them. Moses explained that it was because Adikam and Egypt would not listen to the words of God (Yahuah). Adikam ordered that the children of Israel be sent away and asked them to pray to God (Yahuah) for him.
The day after the Sabbath, the 16th day, Moses obtained the coffin of Joseph (Yosef) and took it with him. Also the children of Israel obtained the coffins of their tribal elders. Then the children of Israel sought to ask the Egyptians for silver and gold vessels and garments again. They left Goshen that evening, so Moses’ Exodus from Egypt began.
The 430 years of sojourning in Egypt ends. The sojourning began 2,023 years after the creation of Adam and Eve, when Abram (75 years old), Sarai and Lot had departed Haran for Canaan. They passed through the land of the Canannites to Shechem as far as the Terebinth tree of Moreh. Abram built an alter there and God (Yahuah) bequeathed the land of Canaan to Abram.
The Exodus Begins
Moses and the Israelites leave Egypt, in the 215th year of the Israelites being in Egypt. The years of alienship, oppression and slavery in Egypt had ended. The Exodus from Ramses (in the Land of Goshen) to Succoth had commenced. God (Yahuah) lead the people out of Egypt by an Angel of God, being the Pillar of Cloud by day and the Pillar of Fire by night. About six hundred thousand Israelite men on foot, besides the little ones and their wives started their journey. Also a mixed multitude went up with them, and flocks and herds, even much cattle. They could and did travel by day and by night.
The Egyptians buried their dead for three days, that being the 15th, 16th and 17th days of the 1st month of the Biblical Calendar. On the third day after the Egyptians had buried their first born, many men rose up from Egypt and sought after the Israelites to make them return to Egypt, for they repented that they had sent the Israelites away from their servitude. The nobles of Pharaoh rose up in the morning of the next day and sought the children of Israel.
The Israelites had left for Ramese in the evening of their 16th day for their journey to Succoth, being lead by the Angel as a Pillar of Light. From Succoth they went to Etham, being lead by the Angel of God during the day as a Pillar of Cloud and at night by a Pillar of Fire. They camped at Etham on the 19th day of the 1st month of the Biblical Calendar.
The next day, on their way to Pi-hahiroth, they stopped to rest and celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread on its 6th day. That is when the nobles of Pharaoh caught up with them. They argued that the Israelites were only supposed to leave for 3 days, but it was 5 days since they left. When the Egyptians realised that they were being ignored, a battle between them broke out.
Those Egyptians that survived the battle went back to Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz), who decided to pursue the children of Israel to make them come back to their burdens. However, the Israelites continued on their way to Pi-hahiroth. They camped before Pi-hahiroth, before Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon. There they celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread on its 7th and last day.
The next day, (the 22nd day of the 1st month of the Biblical Calendar, a Sabbath Day of Rest), the Israelites realised that Pharaoh and the Egyptians were pursuing them. The children of Israel divided themselves into four divisions of their respective houses to defend themselves. Moses told them not to take action, for God (Yahuah) would fight for them. By evening Pharaoh and the Egyptians had drew close to them, so the children of Israel cried out to God (Yahuah) for they were afraid. God (Yahuah) then set out to gain honour over Pharaoh and the Egyptians.
The Angel of God, as the Pillar of Cloud, who went before the camp of the Israelites, moved behind them and came between the camps of the Egyptians and the Israelites, separating them all that night. A cloud of darkness was before the Egyptians, whilst light was given to the Israelites. Under the commandment of God (Yahuah) Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. God (Yahuah) made a strong east wind to blow all that night, which divided the Red Sea. During the night and in the early morning, the Israelites crossed the Red sea.
The next morning, (the 23rd day of the 1st month of the Biblical Calendar), the Egyptian army was able to pursue the Israelites, but God (Yahuah) troubled them by loosening the wheels of their chariots. When the last of the Israelites had safely crossed the Red Sea, God (Yahuah) commanded Moses to stretch out his hand over the sea again. The two divided walls of the sea then closed in and returned to its full depth, covering Pharaoh’s army and chariots so that none remained alive. So our story ends, about 2,453 years after the creation of Adam and Eve.
Annexure
It isn’t mentioned in the Bible that Pharaoh died in the Red Sea, only the members of his forces. The Book of Jasher states that Pharaoh Adikam (Ahuz) came to believe in God (Yahuah), so an angel took him from amongst the Egyptians to Nineveh where he lived for a long time.
Also, over time, the 16th day of the 1st month became known as First Fruits, then Wave Sheaf. It became the third Feast of God (Yahuah). Passover, Unleavened Bread and First Fruits or Wave Sheaf are known as the Spring Time Feasts.
First Fruits began on the 16th day of the 1st month of the Biblical Calendar, when Joshua (Yehoshua) was camped in Gilgal on the plains of Jericho (Yeriẖo). They ate the produce of the land, parched grain with unleavened bread, on the next day after Passover. The manner ceased to come the following day, the 16th day of the 1st month of the 41st biblical year after leaving Egypt, about 2,494 years after the creation of Adam and Eve.
So! Be like Moses and Joshua (Yehoshua) and obey the Word of God (Yahuah). Put your trust in Yahusha, who is thought to be the Angel of God. Seek your salvation through the grace of God (Yahuah).