| − | '''Exodus''' [Hebrew:'''שמות'''] means ''a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people.''<ref>"Exodus." ''Dictionary.com''</ref> The Book of Exodus chronicles the bondage, oppression and [[slavery]] of the Jewish people in [[Egypt]] after [[Joseph]] dies and a new pharaoh arises to power whom did not know Joseph before. [[Moses]], whom God uses to guide the Jewish peoples out of Israel, returns Egypt from [[Midian]] to warn pharaoh to let his people go, but pharaoh refuses. God therefore releases ten plagues over the Egypt and the Egyptians, and after the death of pharaohs son, pharaoh finally allows the Jewish people to leave Egypt under Moses. As Moses and his people are leaving, pharaoh changes his mind and commands that the Jewish people be pursued with the army of Egypt, however God opens up the [[Red Sea]] for Moses, allowing the Jewish people to flee, and pharaohs army is destroyed in the Red Sea after the Jewish people escape from it. Moses then delivers God's laws to the Jewish people, including the [[Ten Commandments]], as well as giving them the [[Tabernacle]], priest and worship instructions. | + | '''Exodus''' [Hebrew: '''שמות'''] means ''a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people.''<ref>"Exodus." ''Dictionary.com''</ref> The Book of Exodus chronicles the bondage, oppression and [[slavery]] of the Jewish people in [[Egypt]] after [[Joseph]] dies and a new pharaoh arises to power whom did not know Joseph before. [[Moses]], whom God uses to guide the Jewish peoples out of Israel, returns Egypt from [[Midian]] to warn pharaoh to let his people go, but pharaoh refuses. God therefore releases ten plagues over the Egypt and the Egyptians, and after the death of pharaohs son, pharaoh finally allows the Jewish people to leave Egypt under Moses. As Moses and his people are leaving, pharaoh changes his mind and commands that the Jewish people be pursued with the army of Egypt, however God opens up the [[Red Sea]] for Moses, allowing the Jewish people to flee, and pharaohs army is destroyed in the Red Sea after the Jewish people escape from it. Moses then delivers God's laws to the Jewish people, including the [[Ten Commandments]], as well as giving them the [[Tabernacle]], priest and worship instructions. |
| | The Book of Exodus is part of the [[Torah]] (otherwise known as the [[Pentateuch]]) and is the second book of the [[Bible]] in the [[Old Testament]]. As part of the first five books of the Bible, its authorship is traditionally attributed to [[Moses]]. | | The Book of Exodus is part of the [[Torah]] (otherwise known as the [[Pentateuch]]) and is the second book of the [[Bible]] in the [[Old Testament]]. As part of the first five books of the Bible, its authorship is traditionally attributed to [[Moses]]. |