Through moses god gave three different kinds of law. Weve considered making a bible outline coloring book would that be something youd find useful. Genesis, exodus, numbers, leviticus, deuteronomy edit by drewbeedooo. The book of exodus consists mainly of two genres, narrative history and laws. There are several internal claims in the book of exodus which directly ascribe. The book of exodus details gods call to the people of israel to get up and leave their position of slavery in egypt. The book of exodus begins more than four hundred years after joseph, his brothers, and the pharaoh he once served have all died. Book of exodus read, study bible verses online bible study tools. Bible survery exodus hebrew name velleh shemoth these are the names greek name exodus departure author moses.
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. Summary of the book of exodus the story of the bible. Continuing the history of israel from the point where the book. 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. It was written to record the events of israels deliverance from slavery in egypt.
The book of exodus presents mainly the moral law, leviticus mainly the ceremonial, and numbers the. 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 deliverance of the israelites from pharaoh and victory at the sea. The torah being the 5 books in the bible that moses wrote.
Exodus in greek means way out, this book indeed describes the way out god made for the children of israel to be set free from there bondage in egypt it is a book of redemption. The key personalities include moses, miriam, pharaoh, pharaoh s daughter, aaron, and joshua. Typology in biblical studies finds an old testament story serving as a prefigurement or. Its hebrew title, shemoth names, is from the books opening phrase, these are the names. Watch our overview video on exodus 118, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. The book of exodus bible study chapters 15 red sea baptism and the song of victory. Exodus records more miracles of god than any other book in the old testament. In the hebrew bible, the opening words, and or now. The book of exodus as a literary type for the gospel of john jstor. The first five books of the bible are together known as the pentateuch see introduction to genesis.
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