BOOK 2 - EXODUS [GOING OUT, DEPARTURE] 40 chapters

CHAPTER 1 (22 verses) BONDAGE OF THE ISRAELITES BY A NEW KING

1-5 Names of sons of Israel who came with him to Egypt.

6 The generation of Joseph and his brothers all pass away.
7-8 Children of Israel increase and a new king arises.
9-14 The king is afraid of the numbers of the Israelites therefore are made
to serve.
15-22 The Pharaoh orders the male Israelite babies to be cast into the
river.

CHAPTER 2 (25 verses) BIRTH OF MOSES

1-3 A male baby is born in the house of Levi. After hiding the boy for three
months, the baby is put into a basket and into the river bank.
4-5 His sister follows and sees the Pharaohs daughter finding the basket
while she was bathing.
6-10 The baby is raised by the Pharaohs daughter and she names him
Moses.
11-14 Moses kills an Egyptian who was striking one of the Israelites.
15-22 Moses escapes to Midian and gets married.
23-25 The king of Egypt dies, the Israelites grieve over their bondage.

CHAPTER 3 (22 verses) THE MISSION OF MOSES

1 Moses keeps sheep for Jethro his father in law.

2-6 God appears to Moses in a burning bush.
7-22 The Lord sends Moses to deliver Israelites out of Egypt.

CHAPTER 4 (31 verses) SIGNS & AARON THE SPOKESMAN

1-9 Moses is shown two signs as he fears the people will not believe God
has sent him.
10-17 Moses fears he is not eloquent and requests Aaron to be his
spokesman.
18-20 Moses seeks permission from Jethro to return to Egypt.
21-23 God instructs Moses what to say to the Pharaoh.
24-26 Zipporah circumcises her son.
27-31 Aaron joins Moses, Aaron speaks to the elders and they believe.

CHAPTER 5 (23 verses) MEETING THE PHARAOH

1-23 Moses and Aaron ask Pharaoh to free the Israelites, Pharaoh is
indifferent to their message; Pharaoh places heavier burdens on the
children of Israel. Moses complains to God about the Pharaohs reaction.

CHAPTER 6 (30 verses) COVENANT RENEWED

1-8 God tells Moses that He shall establish His Covenant which he made
with Abraham.
9 Moses speaks to the Israelites but they do not listen due to anguish.
 10-13 God tells Moses to speak to the Pharaoh again.
14-25 The genealogy of Reuben, Simeon and Levi.
26-30 God tells Moses to speak to the Pharaoh again.

CHAPTER 7 (30 verses) 2ND MEETING & PLAGUE 1: BLOODY RIVER

1-8 Moses encouraged to go to the Pharaoh once again.

9-25 Aaron's rod becomes a serpent, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, The
river is turned into blood, The magicians of Egypt imitate the miracles of
Moses and Aaron.

CHAPTER 8 (32 verses) 3RD MEETING & PLAGUES 2-4: FROGS, LICE & FLIES

1-32 The Lord sends plagues of frogs, lice, and flies upon the Egyptians,
Pharaoh says he will let Israelites go to sacrifice. The plaque was stopped,
Pharaoh hardens his heart.

CHAPTER 9 (35 verses) 4TH MEETING & PLAGUES 5-6: BOILS & HAIL

1-35 The Lord destroys the cattle of the Egyptians but not of the
Hebrews, The plague of boils and blains upon the Egyptians, The plague of
hail and fire upon the people of Pharaoh but not on the people of Israel.
Pharaoh asks Moses to end it and yet his heart is hardened.

CHAPTER 10 (29 verses) 5TH MEETING & PLAGUES 7-8: LOCUSTS & DARKNESS

1-6 God threatens to send locusts.

7-11 Pharaoh, moved by his servants, inclines to let the Israelites go.
12-15 The plague of the locusts.
16-20 Pharaoh asks Moses to entreat the Lord in his behalf.
21-23 The plague of darkness for three days.
24-26 Pharaoh petitions again unto Moses.
27-29 But yet Pharaoh's heart is hardened, Pharaoh warns Moses to stay
away or die.

CHAPTER 11 (10 verses) FINAL PLAGUE: DEATH OF THE FIRSTBORNS

1 God tell Moses of one more plague.

2-3 The Israelites are instructed to borrow gold and silver from the
Egyptian neighbours.
4-10 Egyptian firstborns are plagued with death while the Israelites are not
affected. The Pharaoh remains obstinate and does not allow the Israelites
to depart.

CHAPTER 12 (51 verses) PASSOVER

1-28 The details regarding the Passover meal.

29-30 The firstborns die.
31-42 The Israelites depart after a stay of 430 years in Egypt.
43-51 Ordinance of the Passover.

CHAPTER 13 (22 verses) BEGINNING OF THE DEPARTURE

 1-2 The firstborn are to be sanctified to God.
3-11 The memorial of the Passover is commanded.
12-16 The firstlings of beasts are to be set apart.
17-19 The Israelites go out of Egypt, and carry Joseph's bones with them.
20 They encamp at Etham.
21-22 God guides them by a pillar of a cloud, and a pillar of fire in the
night.

CHAPTER 14 (31 verses) PASSING THROUGH THE RED SEA

1-3 The Lord commands the Israelites to encamp at Pihahiroth.

4-10 Pharaoh grieves for letting the Israelites depart from Egypt and
pursues them.
11-18 The Israelites complain against Moses, Moses encourages them to
move forward.
19-20 The pillar of cloud moves to defend the Israelites.
21-22 Moses raises his staff and the sea divides and the Israelites walk
across the Red Sea on dry ground.
23-31 the Egyptians and their chariots pursue the Israelites into the sea,
the Egyptians drown and the Israelites cross to the other side safely.

CHAPTER 15 (27 verses) REJOICE AND THE TWELVE SPRINGS

1-27 The Israelites sing the song of Moses, they praise the Lord because
he is a great warrior and goes to battle for them, Israel rejoices over their
deliverance out of Egypt, they come to Marah and the Lord heals the bitter
waters, the Lord promises healing if he is trusted, they come to an oasis
called Elim.

CHAPTER 16 (36 verses) ISRAELITES IN THE WILDERNESS

1-2 The children of Israel journey through the wilderness of Sin, the
Israelites murmur.
3-6 God promises to provide bread from heaven.
7-9 Moses rebukes the people for murmuring and tells the people to come
before the Lord.
10 God's glory appears in the cloud.
11-18 God sends Quail for meat, He also sends bread from heaven each
family of Israel gathers enough for their own.
19-22 Moses commands Israel about how to keep the bread, the Israelites
disobeys Moses commands.
23-36 Moses gives him a command about the Sabbath and the Israelites
disobey again. The Israelites eat manna for 40 years up until they reach
the land Canaan.

CHAPTER 17 (16 verses) BATTLE AGAINST THE AMALEK

1- 3 The children of Israel come to Rephidim and there is no water and the
people murmured against Moses.
4-6 Moses cries to the Lord, water is provided by the Lord through the
rocks.
 7 The Israelites quarrelled about the Lord.
8-16 Amalek attacks the Israelites, Moses appoints Joshua to fight for
Israel. Joshua succeeds only when Moses' hands are raised on the hillside,
when his hands go down Amalek prevails. The Israelites win the battle
and Moses builds an altar.

CHAPTER 18 (27 verses) THE COUNSEL OF JETHRO

1-27 Jethro comes to Moses with Moses' wife Zipporah and his two sons,
Jethro is amazed at the goodness of God, Jethro offers burnt offerings to
the Lord, Jethro observes Moses sitting in the judgment seat and hearing
all the cases of the people of Israel, Jethro encourages Moses to get more
organized and train elders to hear the cases of the people, and to delegate
his authority onto lesser judges, Jethro departs to his own land.

CHAPTER 19 (25 verses) AT MOUNT SINAI

1-2 Three months after leaving Egypt the Israelites arrive at Mount Sinai.
3-8 God orders them to keep the Covenant.
9-20 God tells Moses the Israelites will get the privilege of hearing God,
therefore they need to sanctify themselves. They are forbidden to climb
Mount Sinai and those who do so shall die. The Lord appears and Moses
goes up.
21-25 God tells Moses to warn the people of not to come up, He tells
Moses to bring Aaron.

CHAPTER 20 (26 verses) THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

1-26 The ten commandments; to worship only God, to honour one's

parents, and to keep the Sabbath, as well as prohibitions against idolatry,
blasphemy, murder, adultery, theft, dishonesty and coveting.

CHAPTER 21 (36 verses) LAWS REGARDING SERVANTS & CRIMES

1-11 Laws pertaining to servants

12-36 Details of crimes and their punishments

CHAPTER 22 (31 verses) MORE LAWS

1-31 The laws concerning theft, trespass by cattle, damage by fire, trusts,
borrowing cattle or money, fornication, bestiality, witchcraft, idolatry,
lending without interest, pawning.

CHAPTER 23 (33 verses) CONCLUDING LAWS

1-9 Laws against falsehood and injustice.

10-19 Laws specific to the Jews, Sabbath and the three festivals.
20-33 God promises to guide the Israelites to Canaan.

CHAPTER 24 (18 verses) MOSES AND THE SEVENTY ELDERS

 1-2 Moses, Aaron and the seventy elders are called. Only Moses was
allowed to come near.
3-8 Moses told the people the ordinances and they accept to act upon it.
9-11 The seventy saw God.
12-13 Moses goes up to get the stone tablets remaining for 40 days and
nights.

CHAPTER 25 (40 verses) THE OFFERING OF THE TABERNACLE

1-40 An account of the orders and instructions God gave to Moses upon
the mount for the erecting and furnishing of a tabernacle to the honour of
God. Orders given for a collection to be made among the people for this
purpose. Particular instructions, concerning the ark of the covenant, the
table of showbread and the golden candlestick etc.

CHAPTER 26 (37 verses) & CHAPTER 27 (21 verses) THE TABERNACLE

1-37 The details of what was required to make the tabernacle.

1-21 The details regarding the court of tabernacle.

CHAPTER 28 (43 verses) PRIESTS OFFICE AND THEIR GARMENT

1-5 The Aaron and his sons set apart for the priest's office and their
garments.
6-14 The ephod; a richly embroidered, apron-like vestment having two
shoulder straps and ornamental attachments for securing the breastplate,
worn with a waistband by the high priest.
15-30 The breastplate, the Urim and Thummim; objects possibly made of
metal or precious stones and inscribed with symbols, worn in the
breastplate of the high priest and used, perhaps like lots, to determine
Gods response to a question answerable by yes or no.
31-39 The robe of the ephod, the plate of the mitre.
40-43 The garments for Aaron's sons.

CHAPTER 29 (46 verses) CEREMONY FOR THE CONSECRATION

1-37 The sacrifice and ceremony for the consecration of the priests.
38-46 The continual burnt-offerings, God's promise to dwell among Israel.

CHAPTER 30 (38 verses) FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

1-38 Further instructions regarding the incense, oil and perfume.

CHAPTER 31 (18 verses) FINAL INSTRUCTIONS

1-11 Two men are appointed and qualified for the work of the tabernacle.
12-17 Reminder to observe of the Sabbath.
18 Moses receives two tablets of the law.

CHAPTER 32 (35 verses) THE GOLDEN CALF

1-6 The people cause Aaron to make a golden calf.

 7-14 God's displeasure, the intercession of Moses.
15-20 Moses breaks the tablets of the law, he destroys the golden calf.
21-35 Aaron's excuse for making the idol. The idolaters are killed.

CHAPTER 33 (23 verses) PRAYER FOR PRESENCE OF GOD

1-6 The Lord refuses to go with the Israelites.

7-17 Moses is earnest in prayer, and prevails for a promise of His presence
with the people.
18-23 Moses desires to see the glory of God.

CHAPTER 34 (35 verses) TABLETS RENEWED

1-4 The tablets of the law renewed.

5-9 The name of the Lord proclaimed and the plea of Moses.
10-17 God's covenant to the Israelites for monotheism
18-26 The festivals.
27-35 The Israelites witness the shining of Moses face.

CHAPTER 35 (35 verses) SABBATH & OFFERINGS

1-9 How to observe the Sabbath and make offerings to God.

20-29 The people make offerings.
30-35 Two people are called out by name to carry out the work requiring
skills.

CHAPTER 36 (38 verses) MAKING OF THE TABERNACLE

1-4 The work of the tabernacle is started.

5-7 A stop is put to the peoples contributions.
8-38 An account of the making of the tabernacle itself; the fine and coarse
curtains of it, the boards, the bars, the partition veil and the hanging for
the door.

CHAPTER 37 (29 verses) MAKING OF THE TABERNACLE II

1-29 The making of the ark, and the furniture of the tabernacle.

CHAPTER 38 (31 verses) MAKING OF THE TABERNACLE III

1-8 An account of the making of the brazen altar and the laver.
9-20 The preparation of the hangings for the enclosing of the court in
which the tabernacle was to stand.
21-31 A summary of the gold, silver, and brass, that was contributed to,
and used in, the preparing of the tabernacle.

CHAPTER 39 (43 verses) MAKING OF THE TABERNACLE IV

1-43 An account of the finishing of the work of the tabernacle.

CHAPTER 40 (38 verses) MAKING OF THE TABERNACLE IV

 1-15 The tabernacle is to be set up, Aaron and his sons to be sanctified.
16-33 Moses performs all as directed.
34-38 The glory of the Lord fills the tabernacle.

SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF EXODUS

Jacob's sons and their families join their brother, Joseph, in Egypt. Once there,
the Israelites begin to grow in number. Several generations later,
Egypt's Pharaoh, fearful that the Israelites could be a fifth column, orders that all
newborn boys be thrown into the Nile.

A Levite woman saves her baby by setting him adrift on the river Nile in a basket.
The Pharaoh's daughter finds the child, names him Moses, and brings him up as
her own. However Moses is aware of his origins, and one day, when grown, he
kills an Egyptian overseer who is beating a Hebrew slave and has to flee
into Midian. There he marries Zipporah, the daughter of Midianite priest Jethro,
and encounters God in a burning bush. God tells Moses to return to Egypt and
lead the Hebrews into Canaan, the land promised to Abraham.

Moses returns to Egypt and fails to convince the Pharaoh to release the
Israelites. God smites the Egyptians with 10 terrible plagues including a river of
blood, many frogs, and the death of first-born sons. Moses leads the Israelites
out of bondage after a final chase when the Pharaoh reneges on his coerced
consent, Pharaoh and his people drown in the Red Sea while the Israelites make
it to the other side. The desert proves arduous, and the Israelites complain and
long for Egypt, but God provides manna and miraculous water for them. The
Israelites arrive at the mountain of God, where Moses' father-in-law Jethro visits
Moses; at his suggestion Moses appoints judges over Israel. God asks whether
they will agree to be his people. They accept. The people gather at the foot of
the mountain, and with thunder and lightning, fire and clouds of smoke, and the
sound of trumpets, and the trembling of the mountain, God appears on the peak,
and the people see the cloud and hear the voice or possibly sound of God.
Moses is told to ascend the mountain. God pronounces the Ten
Commandments in the hearing of all Israel. Moses goes up the mountain into
the presence of God, who pronounces the Covenant Code (a detailed code of
ritual and civil law), and promises Canaan to them if they obey. Moses comes
down the mountain and writes down God's words and the people agree to keep
them. God calls Moses up the mountain where he remains for 40 days and 40
nights. At the conclusion of the 40 days and 40 nights, Moses returns holding the
set of stone tablets.

God gives Moses instructions for the construction of the tabernacle so that God
could dwell permanently among his chosen people, as well as instructions for
the priestly vestments, the altar and its appurtenances, the procedure to be used
to ordain the priests, and the daily sacrifices to be offered. Aaron is appointed as
the first hereditary high priest. God gives Moses the two tablets of stone
containing the words of the Ten Commandments, written with the "finger of
God".

While Moses is with God, Aaron makes a golden calf, which the people worship.
God informs Moses of their apostasy and threatens to kill them all, but relents
when Moses pleads for them. Moses comes down from the mountain, smashes
the stone tablets in anger, and commands the Levites to massacre the unfaithful
Israelites. God commands Moses to make two new tablets on which He will
personally write the words that were on the first tablets. Moses ascends the
mountain, God dictates the Ten Commandments, and Moses writes them on the
tablets.

Moses descends from the mountain, and his face is transformed, so that from
that time onwards he has to hide his face with a veil. Moses assembles the
Hebrews and repeats to them the commandments he has received from God,
which are to keep the Sabbath and to construct the Tabernacle. All the
construction of the Tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished, and the
children of Israel did according to everything that God had commanded Moses,
and from that time God dwelt in the Tabernacle and ordered the travels of the
Hebrews.