Book of Exodus

Pentateuch (Law)

Traditionally Moses

Traditionally dated c. 1440–1400 BC

Redemption, deliverance, and the giving of the Law.

Exodus tells the story of Israel's deliverance from bondage in Egypt, their journey through the wilderness, the receiving of the Ten Commandments, and the building of the Tabernacle.

“So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.”

“If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.”

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”

“You must not allow a sorceress to live.”

“You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,”