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EXODUS

 
 

Exodus (ἔξοδος) is the Greek title given to the second book of the Bible, as well as to the second of the five books of the Pentateuch or Torah. Exodus means ‘departure’ and the book recounts the escape of the Hebrew people from their bondage in Egypt led by Moses, who leads them through the wilderness to Mount Sinai, where God gives them the Ten Commandments and their laws, and enters into a covenant with the Jewish people, by which he will give them the land of Canaan in return for their faithfulness. The book ends with the construction of the Tabernacle.

According to tradition and like the other four books of the Torah, Exodus was written by Moses, although many believe that the book had multiple authors. In Hebrew it is known as Sh'moth (שְׁמֹות‎), meaning ‘names’, but also ‘fate’ and ‘death’, and is named after the second word of the Hebrew text, which is in line with the other four books of the Torah.

Exodus Chapter 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40.

 

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