• The Verdict
    • Introduction
    • Insight 1 - Fatal Flaw in Godless Evolution
    • Insight 2 - Our World is Not Natural
    • Insight 3 - The “I” of the Universe
    • Insight 4 - Thoughts and Emotions have a Spiritual Dimension
    • Insight 5 - Genesis and the Age of the Universe
    • Insight 6 - The Kohanim – Live Evidence
    • Insight 7 - Abraham to Moses – A Probable Story
    • Insight 8 - The 10th Commandment and the Politics of Envy
    • Insight 9 - The Significance of Moses’ Humility
    • Insight 10 - 4 000 Year Context of Jewish History
    • Insight 11 - God’s Love for Us
    • Insight 12 - The Flood a Localised Phenomenon
    • Insight 13 - The Significance of the Full Moon on the First Night of Passover
    • Insight 14 - Detail in Torah
    • Insight 15 - Why a Chosen People
    • Conclusion
    • 17,000rpm !!! The Clearest and Easiest Understood Proof
    • Gears!!! More of the Clearest and Easiest Understood Proof
    • The Mystery of the Origin of Organic Life
    • ​The Spiritual Cell
    • "The Soul of the White Ant"
    • Multiple Impossibilities
    • Darwin Demolished
    • One Idea
    • Ethical Will
    • Flight and God
    • A Thought On Suffering
    • The Centrality of Love
    • They Left At Night
    • The Serious Transgression of Moses and Aaron - Doubt
    • Postscript >
      • Reason 1 - Eighth Day Best for Circumcision
      • Reason 2 - The Torah Correctly Identifies Only 4 Animals with certain Unkosher Characteristics
      • Reason 3 - Scientific Proof Kohanim have Common Ancestor
      • Reason 4 - Care in Preserving Text of the Torah
      • Reason 5 - Children of Israel and Heroes of the Torah Depicted Negatively
      • Reason 6 - Children of Israel not Originally Indigenous
      • Reason 7 - Aaron’s Sons Die on an Important Day
      • Reason 8 - Moses does Not Enter the Promised Land
      • Reason 9 - No Circumcision in the Desert
      • Reason 10 - Only the Torah Claims a Mass Revelation
      • Reason 11 - Mass Revelation Proves Authenticity
      • Reason 12 - Daily Manna for 40 years Could Not be falsely claimed
      • Reason 13 - Parents Don’t Tell their Children Facts they Know to be False
      • Reason 14 - Isaac and Jacob Marry Aramaean Wives – Aram later Israel’s Enemy
      • Reason 15 - Compelling Memory of Egypt and Disgrace of having been Slaves
      • Reason 16 - Dramatic Changes by the Torah to the Ethos of the World
      • Reason 17 - Prophecies in the Torah
      • Reason 18 - Survival of the Jewish People Foretold
      • Reason 19 - Deeply Entrenched Belief
      • Reason 20 - Archaeology on Sojourn in and Exodus from Egypt
      • Reason 21 - Archaeology on Conquest of Canaan
      • Reason 22 - No Archaeology in conflict with Torah
      • Reason 23 - A Bold Statement No Human Being Would Make
      • Reason 24 - The Difference between Mythology and the Bible
      • Reason 25 – The Truth of the Exodus
      • Reason 26 – The Bible – the Tanakh – is itself Evidence of the Facts it Relates
  • Contents and Estimated Reading Times In Seconds
  • Videos
  • Podcasts
  • Contact us
  • 17,000rpm !!! Gears!!! The Clearest and Easiest Understood Proof
  • Insight 1 - Fatal Flaw in Godless Evolution
  • Introduction
  • Non-clickable Page
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Insight 1 - Fatal Flaw in Godless Evolution
  • Insight 1 - Fatal Flaw in Godless Evolution
  The Verdict

Insight 13 - The Significance of the Full Moon on the First Night of Passover

The full moon on 15 Nissan is a piece of evidence supporting the veracity of the Torah’s account of the Exodus​
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 The first day of Pesach is the 15th of Nissan. The Torah tells us in verse 29 of Chapter 12 of Exodus, read in its context, that at midnight on the 15th, God slew the firstborn of Egypt. There must have been a great deal of activity that night. We are told in verse 31 that Pharaoh called to Moses and Aaron at night and told them to leave Egypt with the Children of Israel. We are told in verse 33 that the Egyptians – the Hebrew word for “Egypt” is used – urged the Children of Israel – the word for “people” is used – to leave. This urging is not stated expressly to have occurred at night but the context seems to indicate that. Pharaoh and the Egyptians must have needed to confer urgently during the night. And the Children of Israel, whilst confined to their dwellings (verse 22), must have had much to do.
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I noticed a few years ago that the moon is full on the night of 15 Nissan – a fact not mentioned in the Torah or in any of our commentaries as far as I am aware. Of course, the full moon would have provided much-needed light to assist in the dramatic activities of the night, and even to some extent to provide light to the dwellings of the Children of Israel. When a judge finds a piece of evidence which neither of the parties has mentioned, but which accords strikingly with the version of one of them, he is likely to attach great importance to that finding. I do. For me, the fact that the moon is full during the night of 15 Nissan is a powerful piece of evidence supporting the veracity of the Torah’s account (1). 
(1) See below "They Left at Night".

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Insight 15
Conclusion

New Insights on the Existence of God
17000rpm!!! The Clearest and Easiest Understood Proof
Gears!!! More of the Clearest and Easiest Understood Proof
The Mystery of the Origin of Organic Life
​The Spiritual Cell
The Soul of the White Ant
Multiple Impossibilities
Darwin Demolished
One Idea
Ethical Will
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Flight and God
A Thought on Suffering

​New Insights on the Authenticity of the Torah
The Centrality of Love
They Left At Night
The Serious Transgression of Moses and Aaron - Doubt

More Reasons for the Authenticity of the Torah, mainly from the literature
​Postscript
Introductory
Reason 1
Reason 2
Reason 3
Reason 4
Reason 5
Reason 6
Reason 7
Reason 8
Reason 9
Reason 10
Reason 11
​Reason 12
Reason 13

Reason 14
Reason 15
Reason 16
Reason 17
Reason 18
Reason 19
Reason 20
Reason 21
Reason 22
Reason 23
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Reason 24
Reason 25
Reason 26
  • The Verdict
    • Introduction
    • Insight 1 - Fatal Flaw in Godless Evolution
    • Insight 2 - Our World is Not Natural
    • Insight 3 - The “I” of the Universe
    • Insight 4 - Thoughts and Emotions have a Spiritual Dimension
    • Insight 5 - Genesis and the Age of the Universe
    • Insight 6 - The Kohanim – Live Evidence
    • Insight 7 - Abraham to Moses – A Probable Story
    • Insight 8 - The 10th Commandment and the Politics of Envy
    • Insight 9 - The Significance of Moses’ Humility
    • Insight 10 - 4 000 Year Context of Jewish History
    • Insight 11 - God’s Love for Us
    • Insight 12 - The Flood a Localised Phenomenon
    • Insight 13 - The Significance of the Full Moon on the First Night of Passover
    • Insight 14 - Detail in Torah
    • Insight 15 - Why a Chosen People
    • Conclusion
    • 17,000rpm !!! The Clearest and Easiest Understood Proof
    • Gears!!! More of the Clearest and Easiest Understood Proof
    • The Mystery of the Origin of Organic Life
    • ​The Spiritual Cell
    • "The Soul of the White Ant"
    • Multiple Impossibilities
    • Darwin Demolished
    • One Idea
    • Ethical Will
    • Flight and God
    • A Thought On Suffering
    • The Centrality of Love
    • They Left At Night
    • The Serious Transgression of Moses and Aaron - Doubt
    • Postscript >
      • Reason 1 - Eighth Day Best for Circumcision
      • Reason 2 - The Torah Correctly Identifies Only 4 Animals with certain Unkosher Characteristics
      • Reason 3 - Scientific Proof Kohanim have Common Ancestor
      • Reason 4 - Care in Preserving Text of the Torah
      • Reason 5 - Children of Israel and Heroes of the Torah Depicted Negatively
      • Reason 6 - Children of Israel not Originally Indigenous
      • Reason 7 - Aaron’s Sons Die on an Important Day
      • Reason 8 - Moses does Not Enter the Promised Land
      • Reason 9 - No Circumcision in the Desert
      • Reason 10 - Only the Torah Claims a Mass Revelation
      • Reason 11 - Mass Revelation Proves Authenticity
      • Reason 12 - Daily Manna for 40 years Could Not be falsely claimed
      • Reason 13 - Parents Don’t Tell their Children Facts they Know to be False
      • Reason 14 - Isaac and Jacob Marry Aramaean Wives – Aram later Israel’s Enemy
      • Reason 15 - Compelling Memory of Egypt and Disgrace of having been Slaves
      • Reason 16 - Dramatic Changes by the Torah to the Ethos of the World
      • Reason 17 - Prophecies in the Torah
      • Reason 18 - Survival of the Jewish People Foretold
      • Reason 19 - Deeply Entrenched Belief
      • Reason 20 - Archaeology on Sojourn in and Exodus from Egypt
      • Reason 21 - Archaeology on Conquest of Canaan
      • Reason 22 - No Archaeology in conflict with Torah
      • Reason 23 - A Bold Statement No Human Being Would Make
      • Reason 24 - The Difference between Mythology and the Bible
      • Reason 25 – The Truth of the Exodus
      • Reason 26 – The Bible – the Tanakh – is itself Evidence of the Facts it Relates
  • Contents and Estimated Reading Times In Seconds
  • Videos
  • Podcasts
  • Contact us
  • 17,000rpm !!! Gears!!! The Clearest and Easiest Understood Proof
  • Insight 1 - Fatal Flaw in Godless Evolution
  • Introduction
  • Non-clickable Page
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Insight 1 - Fatal Flaw in Godless Evolution
  • Insight 1 - Fatal Flaw in Godless Evolution