Exodus,The Book of

Second Book of The Torah

[He.Shemot(h)”Names"Gr.sep tuagint ex”out”+hodos”way” rendering the Hebrew phrase yetziat mitzraim ”departure from Egypt Egypt ”which may have been the book’s original title]



Shemot is the second word in Exodus “names of the children of Israel', 1:1

KING JAMES BIBLE READ ALONG

Background: The story of God’s delivery of Israel from Egypt. Some 4000yrs separate Genesis and Exodus, during w/c time Egyptian attitudes to Israel changed from peaceful co-existence to hostility and oppression. Moses emerge to lead the God’s people out of Egypt. At Mt. Sinai, They receive the 10 commandment to guide their growth as a nation.


Author: Moses, the only recorded eyewitness to all event
*1:1indicates Ex., is a Continuation of Ge.
*;indication within the book itself of Moses ’keeping written records,17:14;24:4;34:7
*Education he received in the Egyptian royal household,2:1-11Ac7:22
*Other bible authors believed Moses wrote the Torah,Js8:31Lk20:28Jn1:45


Date and Location: The chronology of 1K6:1 suggests 1446BC,as the approximate date of Ex.(12:40,41).He may have begun recording, as he led the people through the wilderness of Sinai.


Purpose:
*Continue the history of Israel begun in Ge.
*Continue revealing the personal, relational, covenant-making nature of God
*Shows God’s concern for, and power to rescue his people
*Provide moral, social, and spiritual laws for Israel

Unique Features:
*Events of Exodus mark Israel’s birth as a nation
*Though its land had yet to be claimed, the Exodus marked the first chapter in its war of independence
*The giving of the law could be called its ”constitutional convention”
*Marks the beginnings of Israel’s tabernacle and yearly festivals
*Miraculous crossing of the red sea has been called Resurrection of the OT, since many OT authors look back on it as the prime example of God’s power in Israel’s history

Comparison:
*Ex-Lev
Ex. Shows how God got his people out of Egypt. Lv, shows how he tries to get Egypt out of his people.

*Ex.-Lv and Gospels –NT Epistles
*Ex-Gospels: manifestation of the Passover Lamb; Lv-Epistles: Explanation of the Passover Lamb
*Ex-Gospels: God’s approach to us; Lv-Epistles: our approach to God

*Ex, God is the Savior; Lv, he is the sanctifier
*Ex, he spoke from Sinai; Lv. he spoke from the sanctuary
*Ex. Introduces leaven as one of the 2 OT symbols for sin,12:15-20. Lv. Introduces the second symbol.leprosy,13,14

Abbreviations: Exod/Exd/Exo/Ex


MV: He2:1-4
Bib1Yr: Is52-54Our Report