Exodus 10-12

[wolfpurplemoon]

God runs out of plagues and the first passover occurs

* God admits to hardening Pharaoh's heart so he had an excuse to impress everyone with his plagues and destructive power.

* So Moses' people have to mark their doors with blood to prevent God killing their first born children, because otherwise God would forget who he was planning to kill, he's definitely not all knowing.

* God has a slightly bizarre dislike for yeast so the passover feast must only include unleavened bread, I'm sure it made sense at the time.

Comments

yeast

[leavesinspring.livejournal.com]

He's leaving out the yeast because it takes time for bread with yeast to rise. The slaves all have to book it out of Egypt once Pharaoh decides that they can go, so all of the food instructions that God gives to Moses involve making speedy meals that they can eat quickly / carry with them as they're running away the next morning.