The Book of Exodus
Exodus is the story of a God who hears. It opens with a people crushed under slavery in Egypt, their cries rising to heaven, and it ends with the glory of the LORD filling a tent pitched in their midst. Between those two scenes God reveals himself as never before: he speaks his unutterable name—I AM—from a burning bush, He breaks the power of Pharaoh through plague after plague, he passes over his people under the blood of a lamb, and he opens a path through the sea where there was no way. At Sinai he gathers a freed people, binds himself to them in covenant, and gives them his law, only to watch them turn to a golden calf within weeks—yet he answers their rebellion with mercy and renews the relationship. The book closes with the careful building of the tabernacle, a portable holy place where the Holy One chooses to live among sinners. From beginning to end Exodus shows us redemption: a people delivered not because they were strong or faithful, but because God remembered his promise and loved them. Its Passover lamb, its blood-bought freedom, and its God-with-us tent all point forward to Jesus Christ, our Passover and our Redeemer, in whom God comes to dwell with us forever.
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God hears the cry of his enslaved people and delivers them—naming himself I AM, redeeming them by the Passover lamb and the sea, binding them in covenant at Sinai, sparing them in their rebellion, and coming to dwell among them in glory.
Open overview → Chapter 1Bondage and Brave Midwives
A new king who never knew Joseph turns Israel's growth into slavery, but two God-fearing midwives quietly defy his murderous decree.
Open study → Chapter 2Drawn From the Water
A Levite child is hidden, rescued from the river by Pharaoh's daughter, and grows to flee Egypt, while God hears Israel's groaning.
Open study → Chapter 3The Bush and the Name
At a burning bush on holy ground, God reveals himself as I AM and commissions a reluctant Moses to bring his people out of Egypt.
Open study → Chapter 4Signs for a Reluctant Servant
God answers Moses' objections with signs and a promise, sends Aaron to help him, and the people believe and worship when they hear.
Open study → Chapter 5Bricks Without Straw
Pharaoh defies the Lord and crushes Israel with heavier labor, and Moses, blamed by his own people, brings his complaint back to God.
Open study → Chapter 6I Am the Lord
God renews his covenant promise to redeem Israel and reassures a discouraged Moses, grounding deliverance in his own faithful name.
Open study → Chapter 7The First Plague Falls
God hardens Pharaoh's heart as foretold; Aaron's rod swallows the magicians', and the Nile turns to blood as judgment begins.
Open study → Chapter 8Frogs, Lice, and Flies
Three more plagues fall as God distinguishes his people, the magicians admit God's finger, and Pharaoh bargains but breaks his word.
Open study → Chapter 9Livestock, Boils, and Hail
Three devastating plagues fall, even the magicians cannot stand, and God declares his power and name through the storm over Egypt.
Open study → Chapter 10Locusts and Thick Darkness
The eighth and ninth plagues strip and darken Egypt; Pharaoh's own servants plead, but he refuses and finally banishes Moses.
Open study → Chapter 11The Last Plague Announced
God announces the final blow against Egypt's firstborn, distinguishing his people, as Pharaoh's stubbornness brings judgment to its climax.
Open study → Chapter 12The Passover and the Exodus
God institutes the Passover lamb whose blood shields Israel from death, and that very night leads his redeemed people out of Egypt.
Open study → Chapter 13Consecrate the Firstborn
God claims Israel's firstborn as his own, commands the feast of unleavened bread, and leads his people by cloud and fire.
Open study → Chapter 14Crossing the Red Sea
Trapped between Pharaoh's army and the sea, Israel sees the Lord fight for them as he parts the waters and drowns their enemies.
Open study → Chapter 15The Song at the Sea
Having walked through the sea on dry ground, Moses and Israel break into a song of triumph, then immediately meet bitter water in the wilderness.
Open study → Chapter 16Bread From Heaven
When the people grumble for food in the wilderness, God rains down manna each morning and quail at evening, teaching daily dependence and Sabbath rest.
Open study → Chapter 17Water, War, and Raised Hands
God brings water from a rock for a quarreling people, and Israel prevails over Amalek as long as Moses' hands are held up in intercession.
Open study → Chapter 18Wise Counsel From Jethro
Moses' father-in-law rejoices in God's deliverance, then counsels Moses to share the burden of judging by appointing capable leaders.
Open study → Chapter 19Arrival at Sinai
Israel reaches the mountain of God, who offers them a covenant to be his treasured kingdom of priests, and descends in fire and thunder.
Open study → Chapter 20The Ten Commandments
From the mountain God speaks the ten words that define love for him and neighbor, and the trembling people ask Moses to mediate.
Open study → Chapter 21Laws for God's People
God gives just ordinances governing servants, violence, and personal injury, protecting the vulnerable and valuing every human life.
Open study → Chapter 22Justice and Compassion
God's ordinances on property, restitution, and care for the weak reveal a law that protects the poor, the stranger, the widow, and the orphan.
Open study → Chapter 23Justice, Sabbath, and a Promise
God commands truthful justice, sabbath rest for land and people, three yearly feasts, and the promise of an angel to lead Israel into the land.
Open study → Chapter 24The Covenant Confirmed
Israel pledges obedience, the covenant is sealed in blood, and Moses ascends into the glory-cloud on the mountain for forty days.
Open study → Chapter 25A Sanctuary for God
God invites willing offerings and gives the pattern for the ark, table, and lampstand, so that he may dwell among his people.
Open study → Chapter 26The Tabernacle Itself
God details the curtains, boards, and veil of his dwelling, with a veil that separates the Holy Place from the Most Holy.
Open study → Chapter 27The Altar and the Court
God details the bronze altar of sacrifice, the surrounding courtyard, and the lamp that is to burn continually before the LORD.
Open study → Chapter 28Garments for Glory and Beauty
God designs holy garments for Aaron and his sons, so that the high priest may bear Israel's names on his shoulders and over his heart before the Lord.
Open study → Chapter 29Consecrated to Serve
Through washing, robing, anointing, and blood, Aaron and his sons are set apart as priests, so that the Lord may dwell among his people.
Open study → Chapter 30Incense, Ransom, and Anointing
God commands the altar of incense, the atonement money, the bronze basin, and the holy oil and incense that set everything apart for himself.
Open study → Chapter 31Gifted Hands and Holy Rest
God fills Bezalel and Oholiab with his Spirit to build the sanctuary, and commands Israel to keep the Sabbath as a sign of the God who sanctifies them.
Open study → Chapter 32The Golden Calf
While Moses is on the mountain, Israel makes a golden calf; God's anger burns, but Moses stands in the breach and pleads for the people.
Open study → Chapter 33Show Me Your Glory
After the calf, Moses pleads that God's presence go with his people, and asks to see the glory of the Lord who speaks to him face to face.
Open study → Chapter 34The Lord Proclaims His Name
God renews the covenant, proclaiming himself merciful and gracious; Moses descends with new tablets and a face shining with God's glory.
Open study → Chapter 35Willing Hearts and Willing Hands
Moses calls Israel to keep the Sabbath and bring freewill offerings; the people give generously, and God's gifted craftsmen begin the work.
Open study → Chapter 36More Than Enough
The Spirit-filled workers build the tabernacle from the people's gifts, until the offerings are so abundant that Moses must tell them to stop.
Open study → Chapter 37The Ark and the Holy Furnishings
Bezalel crafts the ark and mercy seat, the table, the golden lamp stand, and the altar of incense, each made of gold according to God's design.
Open study → Chapter 38The Courtyard and Its Cost
The bronze altar, the basin, and the courtyard are made, and a careful account is given of all the gold, silver, and bronze used in the work.
Open study → Chapter 39The Work Is Finished
The priestly garments are completed, all the work of the tabernacle is finished as the Lord commanded, and Moses blesses the people.
Open study → Chapter 40Filled With Glory
Moses raises up the tabernacle exactly as commanded, and the cloud of God's presence descends, filling the dwelling with the glory of the Lord.
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