Overview of the Book of Exodus

Exodus = to exit

Exodus 3:9(NKJV)

"Now therefore. beholod. the crV of the children of Israel has come to Me, and | have

also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

Exodus 3:10(NKJV)

"Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people,

the children of Israel, out of Egypt."

• Author
• Moses
•  Date
• About 1400 B.C.
• Moses wrote Exodus during the forty years in the wilderness
• Theme
• Redemption
• Deliverance
• Purpose
• God delivering His people from bondage and developing them as a prosperous possessors of His promises
• Exodus isa continuation of Genesis dealing with the development of a small family of 70 people who migrated to the land of Egypt under Joseph's leadership. The Israelites grew into a large nation of millions. The Hebrews lived in Egypt for 430 years most of them in bondage. Exodus means "to exit" or "out of."
• Content
• Moses God's Called Leader: Exodus 1:1-4:31
• Exodus 3:10 (NKJV) Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."
• God calls with a purpose!
• If God calls you to do something, then with His help you can do it!
• The Contest with Pharaoh Exodus 5:1-13:19
• Exodus 5:1(NKJV) Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, "Thus says the Lord God of Israel: 'Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness."
• From Egypt to Mount Sinai: Exodus 13:20-19:2
• Covenant and Law Exodus 19:3-24:8
• Ten commandments Exodus 20:1-17
• Exodus 19:5(NKJV) "Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
• Exodus 19:6(NKJV) And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel. "
• Tabernacle Exodus 24:9-40:38
• Exodus 25:8(NKJV) And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
• Christ in Exodus
• Moses is a type of Christ as "The Deliverer"
• Aaron is a type of Christ as "The High Priest"
• The Passover Lamb
• I AM WHO I AM 
• The Tabernacle as Christ Dwelling with His people

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