The most popular bible verses from the book of exodus. The book of exodus describes how the israelites flee slavery in egypt through the might of yahweh, their god who has chosen the israelites as his people. Continuing the history of israel from the point where the book of genesis leaves off, exodus recounts the egyptian oppression of jacobs everincreasing descendants and their miraculous deliverance by god through moses, who led them across the red sea to mount sinai where they entered into a covenant with the lord. Exodus shows the development of israel and the birth of a real nation, and the promises of god to abraham begin to unfold. Exodus niv the israelites oppressed these are bible. English translation of the entire tanakh tanach with rashis commentary. This is the holy book of exodus, known as the second book of moses called exodus. The new leadership in egyptfeeling threatened by jacobs descendants, who have increased greatly in sizeembarks on a campaign to subdue the israelites, forcing them into slavery and eventually decreeing that all hebrew boys must be killed at birth.
Because its such a pivotal moment in israelite culture, the story, the rules, and the aura reverberate throughout the rest of the book. Free bible version and commentary on the book of exodus in. Encyclopedia of jewish and israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from antisemitism to zionism. In the hebrew bible the name for the book comes from the first words of the text. The hebrew bible includes only the books known to christians as. A lot goes down in exodus, so lets break it down into five sections. Exodus is traditionally ascribed to moses, but modern scholars see its initial composition as a product of the babylonian exile, with final revisions in the persian postexilic period. The first five books of the bible are together known as the pentateuch see introduction to genesis. Discover the most popular exodus bible verses in this collection of.
Exodus is the second book of the pentateuch the five books of moses, and its where we find the stories of the ten plagues, the first passover, the parting of the red sea, and the ten commandments the book gets its name from the nation of israels mass. The name was retained by the latin vulgate, by the jewish author philo a contemporary of christ and by the syriac version. Exodus is the second book of the old testament following the book of genesis. Book of exodus read, study bible verses online bible study tools. The book of exodus is the second book of the bible and describes the exodus, which includes the israelites deliverance from slavery in egypt through the hand of yahweh, the revelations at biblical mount sinai, and the subsequent divine indwelling of god with israel. Bereishit genesis shemot exodus vayikra leviticus bamidbar numbers devarim deuteronomy. The second half of the book tells of the covenant that was established between god and israel at sinai and promulgates laws for the ordering of israels life since exodus continues the sacred story of the divine promise to israel begun in genesis. The hebrew bible is organized into three main sections. In the beginning of the book of exodus the hebrews are seen as slaves of the egyptians, a nation without a country or a national unawareness of their calling from god. Exodus 1, new international version niv the bible app.
In hebrew it is not a name but the initials of the three sections of the old testament. Every chapter of the bible in 140 characters or less. The book continues the story of the ancestors of israel in egypt, now grown in number to a large landless population enslaved by the pharaoh. This is, in my opinion, the best and most beautiful. The torah includes the five books of moses the pentateuch and shemot is its second book, following beresheet genesis. In hebrew, jewish writings do not have titles, as we know them in english.
Hebrew transliteration english book 1 kindle edition by hunerwadel, seth l download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The greek and english name originates with the septuagint translation of the 3rd century bce. Continuing the narrative from the point where sefer bereishit ended, it transitions from a familys individual story to the birth of an entire nation. Its the point at which god and the israelitesthe two biggest characters of the hebrew bibleget to know each other. What is the hebrew title for the book of exodus answers. This ebook, translated from hebrew to english is intended for all those interested in learning about the torah. The book of genesis, the first book of the hebrew bible and the old testament, is an account of the creation of the world and the origins of the jewish people it is divisible into two parts, the primeval history chapters 111 and the ancestral history chapters 1250. Because yahweh is holy, the people of israel are required to be holy as well in order to remain in relationship with yahweh. The hebrew words are weelleh shemoth, or just shemoth.
It is often referred to as the tanakh, a word combining the first letter from. List of books and articles about book of exodus online research. The primeval history sets out the authors concepts of the nature of the deity and of humankinds relationship with. List of books and articles about book of exodus online. Rabbi joseph dov soloveitchik published a powerful new reading of exodus, showing that. The book of exodus begins more than four hundred years after joseph, his. It has two settings, egypt and the wilderness of sinai, and its timeframe is the latter part of the th century b. Jewish and christian tradition viewed moses as the author of exodus and the entire torah, but by the end of the 19th century the increasing. Exodus, the liberation of the people of israel from slavery in egypt in the th century bce, under the leadership of moses.
Exodus is the second book of the pentateuch the five books of moses, and its where we find the stories of the ten plagues, the first passover, the parting of the red sea, and the ten commandments. Moses is aware of his hebrew roots, and, one day, he kills an egyptian who is. Its landmarks are the passover and the passage through the red sea see explanation in 1 corinthians 5. The book of genesis from the latin vulgate, in turn borrowed or transliterated from greek. The book of exodus or, simply, exodus, from greek, exodos, meaning going out. The hebrew name for the book of exodus is sefer shemot, the book of names, taken from the opening words of the first verse. A thought on the book of exodus from the insiders guide to the hebrew bible. The name exodus is from the greek language translation of the oldtestament. Exodus plays a crucial role in setting the stage for later events of the bible to unfold. The exodus story shapes the entire rest of the bible.
In the hebrew bible, the opening words, and or now these are. Chapters 118 narrate the history of the egyptian bondage, the exodus from egypt, and the journey to mount sinai under the leadership of moses. Bible survery exodus hebrew name velleh shemoth these are the names greek name exodus departure author moses date from 1635 to 1490 bc approximately. The book of exodus is the story of god rescuing the children of israel from egypt and forging a special relationship with them. The torah refers to the five books of moses, genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers and deuteronomy and literally means instruction. The book of exodus is the second book of the bible and describes the exodus, which includes. The english name of the book derives from the septuagint greek use of exodus to designate the deliverance of the israelites from egyptian bondage and their safe passage through the sea of reeds traditionally mislocated as the red sea. The hebrew canon contains 24 books, one for each of the scrolls on which these works were written in ancient times. Westminster leningrad codex text courtesy of hebrew transliteration via strongs tagging via open scriptures, david troidl and christopher kimball morphology in partnership with helps bible. The second book of moses called exodus geneva bible.
The book of exodus begins more than four hundred years after joseph, his brothers, and the pharaoh he once served have all died. After the exodus out of egypt the people of israel received the law of jehovah and erected. Exodus, the liberation of the people of israel from slavery in egypt in the. Summary of the book of exodus the story of the bible. Its hebrew title, shemoth names, is from the books opening phrase, these are the names. But the general hebrew title is sefer shemot book of names, so called after the opening words of chapter 1. The greek septuagint lxx 1 and the latin vulgate versions of the ot assigned the title exodus to this second book of moses, because the departure of israel from egypt is the dominant historical fact in the book. Torah the pentateuch neviim prophets ketuvim scriptures. But then a new pharaoh comes to power, and he starts enslaving the israelites. The religious and 12tribe political establishment of the later temple period is read back into the exodus narrative. I summarised the bible on twitter between aug 2010 and nov 20 one tweet per chapter, one chapter per day. This hebrew bible was edited by esteemed translator and scholar, rabbi a. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading torah.
The second book of moses called exodus the argument after that jacob by gods commandment genesis 46. A thought on the book of exodus from the insiders guide. The recording is dramatized, from the king james bible. Exodus 1 new international version niv the israelites oppressed. The israelites are right where we left them in genesis, hanging out in egypt and multiplying. The name of the book exodus is derived from the greek exodos which is paralleled by an old hebrew ascription sefer yetziat mitzrayim the book of the departure from egypt.