Author

Moses

Written

1400 BC Covering the time period of 1525 BC through 1400 BC

Main Theme

Contains the stories from the birth of Moses through the 40 years of the Exodus.

Main Stories

• Moses at the Burning Bush
• The Ten Plagues of Egypt
• Moses parts the Red Sea
• The Ten Commandments

Key Verses

Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before me.
Exodus 3:14 God said to Moses, "LAM WHO LAM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.”

Main Points

1. Many exciting Bible stories are found in Exodus! Exodus starts 280 years after the death of Joseph in Egypt with the birth of Moses. Moses was born in 1426 BC.

2. Chapters 1-2 cover events before Moses was called to lead Israel out of Egypt.

3. Chapter 3 covers the story of the Burning Bush and Moses' call

4. Chapters 7-12 cover the Ten Plagues of Egypt, including the Passover, established with the 10th plague that called for the death of the oldest child of both man and beast.

5. Chapters 13 begins the Exodus

6. Chapter 20 contains the 10 Commandments.

7. The stories are basically over for the remaining 20 chapters, except that chapter 32 contains the story of the Golden Calf. The other chapters contain laws and instructions for the constructing of the first tabernacle. A tabernacle was like a temple, only portable in the desert.