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Bible.
3. Observe how the opening paragraph
(1:1-7) records without fanfare the
emergence of a large nation of Israel from
the small, original nucleus.7 Compare the
state of Israel in 1:8-14 with that suggested
by the last five verses of chapter 40.
4. What are some of the major events in
Exodus? Who is the main character? In what
chapter is his birth recorded?
5. Often in the Bible a group of chapters
(called a section) is about one common
subject. In what sections are these subjects
found (record approximate chapters):
plagues upon Egypt:
journey from Egypt to Sinai:
commandments of God:
specifications for the tabernacle:
construction of the tabernacle:


6. Geographically, Exodus is of three
parts:
Israel in Egypt
Israel to Sinai
Israel at Sinai
At what place in the book (chapter, verse)
do the Israelites begin their journey to
Sinai? What verse reports the arrival of the
Israelites at Sinai? (Note: An exhaustive
concordance will answer this latter question

quickly. Look up the word Sinai.)
7. The following two outlines represent
the general contents of Exodus. At what
chapter does the second division begin?

8. What chapter records the institution of
the Passover sacri ces? Read the chapter
and begin to ponder why this event was a


turning point in Israel’s experience.
9. Before you complete your study of
Exodus you will want to assign key words
and key verses to the book. Have you
decided on any of these yet?
10. Now refer to Chart 15 and view the
total structure of this book of Exodus.
Compare its outlines with the studies you
have already made. Observe among other
things that the book is of two main parts and
also of three main parts. Are any spiritual
lessons suggested by the things recorded on
the chart? For example, is there any
signi cance
that
the
Israelites
had
wilderness experiences before receiving
God’s Law?

11. The dates shown at the bottom of
Chart 15 are those used earlier in this
chapter. How many chapters of Exodus
represent about one year of Israel’s


experience? How many about eighty years?
What is the time spread in chapter 1? What
does this unequal assignment of reporting
tell you about God’s purposes in His written
Word? For example, why so many chapters
about the tabernacle, as compared with the
single-verse reporting of the success story of
1:7?
12. On the basis of your study thus far,
how would you state the theme of Exodus?
Try to include in that theme the message of
each of the two parts of the book, namely,
deliverance and worship. For example, as a
book about Israel’s deliverance, Exodus
describes the nation’s redemption from the
bondage of Egypt and unto a covenant
relationship with God (cf. 19:5).
It is in Exodus that Israel emerges as God’s
covenant nation. Here is Archer’s summary
of the book: