The Bible Study Reading PlanSample

EXODUS

AUTHOR:

Before the Greeks changed the Hebrew Bible, the first five books were all one book, written by Moses, called the Torah.

DATE:

Moses wrote the book of Exodus sometime during the 40 years of wandering in the wilderness of Sinai in-between their exodus out of Egypt in 1446 BC and the conquest into the Promised Land in 1406 BC.

AUDIENCE:

Exodus was written to God's chosen people, the Israelites who were beginning to form a nation after being enslaved for 400 years. They had no sense of identity at this point and their mindset was more or less Egyptian by influence.

REASON:

Moses wrote this book to create a historical record of their escape from Egypt and the giving of the Law.

THEME:

Deliverance from slavery and the creation of the nation.

KEY VERSE:

"I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me." (20:2-3 ESV)

SPLIT:

The Early Life of Moses (1-4), The Plagues and Exodus (5-15), The Red Sea and Giving of the Law (16-24), The Tabernacle (25-40)

KEY WORDS:

Slaves, Deliver, Covenant, Law, Tabernacle, Holy