Exodus

Israel multiplies after Joseph; new Pharaoh enslaves them and orders male infants killed; midwives fear God and disobey, so God blesses them.

Moses is born, hidden, and adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter; as an adult he kills an Egyptian and flees to Midian, marrying Zipporah and having Gershom.

At the burning bush on Horeb, God reveals His name (I AM) and commissions Moses to lead Israel to a land of milk and honey.

God grants signs (staff–serpent, leprous hand, water-to-blood); appoints Aaron spokesman; Moses heads to Egypt, survives the circumcision incident, and wins Israelite elders’ belief.

Moses and Aaron’s first appeal to Pharaoh backfires—brick quota raised without straw; Israelites complain; Moses questions God.

God reiterates the covenant, revealing Himself as Yahweh; genealogy of Moses and Aaron; Moses commanded to confront Pharaoh despite speech concerns.

Moses made ‘as God’ to Pharaoh; Aaron’s rod swallows magicians’ rods; first plague: Nile turned to blood; Pharaoh’s heart hardens.

Plagues 2–4: frogs, gnats/lice, flies; Goshen spared; Pharaoh offers partial concessions then reneges each time.

Plagues 5–7: livestock pestilence, boils, and devastating hail; Pharaoh briefly admits sin but hardens again.

Plagues 8–9: locusts strip the land, three days of darkness follow; negotiations fail; Moses vows Pharaoh will see him no more.

God announces final plague—the death of Egypt’s firstborn; Israelites will plunder Egyptians; Moses warns Pharaoh of impending midnight judgment.

Passover instituted with lamb’s blood on doorposts; tenth plague kills Egyptian firstborn; Pharaoh releases Israel; ~600 000 men depart with silver and gold; lasting ordinances set.

Consecration of firstborn and Feast of Unleavened Bread commanded; pillar of cloud and fire guides the longer Red Sea route; Joseph’s bones carried.

Pharaoh pursues; God parts the Red Sea; Israel crosses on dry ground; Egyptian army drowned; God’s power displayed.

Song of the Sea praises God; Miriam leads women; bitter Marah water sweetened; promise of divine healing; arrival at Elim’s wells and palms.

In Wilderness of Sin, God sends quail and daily manna with Sabbath rules; jar of manna preserved as testimony.

Water from the rock at Rephidim (Massah & Meribah); Amalek attacks—Joshua fights while Moses’ upheld hands ensure victory; Amalek’s memory to be blotted out.

Jethro brings Moses’ family; rejoices over deliverance; advises delegation of judicial duties; system of able judges established.

Israel reaches Sinai; God offers covenant to make them a kingdom of priests; people consecrate; thunderous theophany on the mountain.

God proclaims the Ten Commandments; people fear and request Moses as mediator; instructions on simple earth/stone altars.

Social laws: Hebrew servants, homicide, assault, injury to slaves or pregnant women, liability for animal-caused harm.

Laws on restitution, property damage, sorcery; protection of widows, orphans, poor; dedication of firstborn and food purity.

Commands on justice and mercy, Sabbath year/day rest, three pilgrimage festivals; angel promised to lead and drive out Canaanites.

Covenant ratified with blood; elders behold God and eat; Moses ascends Sinai 40 days to receive stone tablets.

Offerings requested; blueprints for Ark of the Covenant, mercy seat, table of showbread, and golden lampstand given.

Detailed specifications for tabernacle curtains, goat-hair coverings, boards, silver bases, and inner veil.

Plans for bronze altar, courtyard hangings and gate, and perpetual olive-oil lamp outside the veil.

Aaron and sons chosen as priests; garments described—ephod, jeweled breastplate, robe with bells and pomegranates, turban; Urim & Thummim.

Seven-day consecration ritual for priests; continual burnt offerings instituted; promise that God will dwell among Israel.

Altar of incense, census ransom half-shekel, bronze laver, sacred anointing oil, and incense recipes with prohibition on common use.

Bezalel and Oholiab Spirit-filled craftsmen; reminder that Sabbath is covenant sign; God gives Moses two stone tablets.

Golden calf idolatry; Moses intercedes but shatters tablets, destroys calf; Levites slay 3 000; God sends plague yet spares nation.

God orders departure but threatens not to go; Moses pitches tent of meeting, secures promise of divine presence, and requests to see God’s glory.

New tablets hewn; God proclaims His compassionate character; covenant renewed with feasts and anti-idolatry commands; Moses’ face shines brightly.

Sabbath reiterated; freewill offerings gathered; artisans Bezalel and Oholiab lead; people give generously for tabernacle work.

Material donations exceed need; construction of curtains, frames, and coverings for the tabernacle begins.

Bezalel crafts Ark, mercy seat, table of showbread, golden lampstand, and altar of incense precisely as commanded.

Bronze altar, laver, and courtyard erected; inventory lists gold, silver, bronze totals from the census offering.

Priestly garments—ephod, breastplate, robe, tunics, headpieces—completed; all tabernacle work reviewed and approved by Moses.

Tabernacle erected and anointed on first day of first month; cloud of glory fills it; cloud and fire thereafter guide Israel’s journeys.