Its hebrew title, shemoth names, is from the books opening phrase, these are the names. The book of exodus is the story of god rescuing the children of israel from egypt and forging a special relationship with them. The key personalities include moses, miriam, pharaoh, pharaoh s daughter, aaron, and joshua. Markers of the exodus tradition include wellknown names, words, phrases, and motifs that run through the books of the bible, as at the beginning of the ten. Typology in biblical studies finds an old testament story serving as a prefigurement or. In hebrew mt it is the first phrase of the book, and these are the words names, which links the book of exodus to genesis, where the very same words appear.
The deliverance of the israelites from pharaoh and victory at the sea. Exodus is the second book of the pentateuch the five books of moses, and its where we find the stories of the ten plagues, the first passover, the parting of the red sea, and the ten commandments. The book of exodus is the second book of the bible and describes the exodus, which includes. Stories from the book of exodus easyenglish bible with. The book of exodus bible study chapters 15 red sea baptism and the song of victory.
The book of exodus consists mainly of two genres, narrative history and laws. This summary of the book of exodus provides information about the title. The book of exodus serves as a type for events in the new testament. Exodus records more miracles of god than any other book in the old testament. Genesis, exodus, numbers, leviticus, deuteronomy edit by drewbeedooo. List of free bible stories from exodus in simple english that you can download right now. The book of exodus begins more than four hundred years after joseph, his brothers, and the pharaoh he once served have all died. Bible survery exodus hebrew name velleh shemoth these are the names greek name exodus departure author moses. Book of exodus read, study bible verses online bible study tools.
God rescues and delivers his people as he guides them into the unfamiliar desert. The first five books of the bible are together known as the pentateuch see introduction to genesis. Weve considered making a bible outline coloring book would that be something youd find useful. Watch our overview video on exodus 118, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Continuing the history of israel from the point where the book. It was written to record the events of israels deliverance from slavery in egypt. The book of exodus details gods call to the people of israel to get up and leave their position of slavery in egypt. The greek septuagint lxx, and the latin vulgate versions of the old testament assigned the title exodus to this second book of moses, because the departure of israel from egypt is the dominant historical fact in the book 19. In the hebrew bible, the opening words, and or now. By i gordon in our last study in the book of exodus we looked at chapter 14.
The book of exodus as a literary type for the gospel of john jstor. The book of exodus presents mainly the moral law, leviticus mainly the ceremonial, and numbers the. Summary of the book of exodus the story of the bible. There are several internal claims in the book of exodus which directly ascribe.
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