Exodus

Type: Pentateuch
Testament: Old Testament
Chapters: 40

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Book of Law (or Book of Moses); second book of the Old Testament; second book of the Bible; second book of the five-part Jewish collection known as the Torah.

Author: Moses is the traditional author of this book; Exodus is part of the “Law of Moses.”

Audience: Moses wrote Exodus to the Jewish people during their 40-year wilderness journey in the Sinai Peninsula. Exodus records the history of Israel from the generation immediately following Joseph, until the time the Jews received the law of God in the wilderness. The word Exodus emphasizes the escape of the Jews under Egyptian slavery toward life as a people in a new land.

Date: Written during the 40 years in the wilderness, approximately 1440–1400 BC.

Illustrative Verse

"And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness."
Exodus 34:6

Explanation

Moses had a profound relationship with God. Scripture tells us that he spoke to God face to face, as one speaks to a friend (Exodus 33:11). When Moses met with God on the mountain to receive the Ten Commandments, God came down in a cloud and spoke these words to him.

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