Insights from Exodus

1. God brought the Israelites out of Egypt, so that night belonged to him (12:42)
2. God knows how easily we forget his good deeds, that is why he instructs the Israelites to perform rituals and ceremonies (13:14)
3. Aaron’s sister, Miriam, was the first female prophet to be mentioned (15:20)
4. God is first mentioned as a healer (15:26)
5. Living on manna is living by faith – not knowing if you’ll ever eat tomorrow but trusting God you will (16:19)
6. God the interior designer, furniture designer, fashion designer, jewellery designer (26)
7. Good food – choice wheat flour, loaves of bread, thin cakes mixed with olive oil, wafers spread with oil (29:2)
8. God gives secret perfume recipes (30:34)
9. God is a creative God and he gives humans his spirit to be creative and artistic (31)
10. Moses made two 40-day trips to Mount Sinai, and on his second trip he didn’t eat or drink anything (34:28)