Exodus

The Book of Exodus recounts God’s deliverance of Israel from slavery and the formation of a covenant people. It continues the story begun in Genesis, moving from family history to national identity. Central to the narrative is Moses, whom God raises up to confront oppression, lead deliverance, and mediate God’s law.

Exodus opens with Israel enslaved in Egypt, oppressed by a Pharaoh who fears their growth. God hears the cries of His people and acts decisively. Through signs and wonders, culminating in the Passover and the crossing of the Red Sea, God demonstrates His power over nations, rulers, and false gods. Deliverance is shown to be an act of grace rooted in God’s faithfulness to His promises.

Following redemption, Exodus shifts from rescue to relationship. At Mount Sinai, God establishes a covenant with Israel, revealing His character and will through the law. The Ten Commandments form the heart of this instruction, outlining how a redeemed people are to live in faithful response—loving God and one another. Obedience is presented not as a means of salvation, but as a response to it.

The book also emphasizes God’s presence among His people. Detailed instructions for the tabernacle reveal a God who chooses to dwell with those He has redeemed. Holiness, worship, and order are not peripheral concerns; they are essential expressions of life with a holy God. Even after Israel’s failure with the golden calf, God’s mercy prevails, reaffirming His commitment to remain with His people.

Exodus concludes with the completion of the tabernacle and the visible glory of the LORD filling it. What began in bondage ends with God dwelling among a redeemed nation. The journey from slavery to service defines Israel’s identity and sets the foundation for all that follows in Scripture.

The Book of Exodus proclaims a timeless message: God delivers, God dwells, and God calls His redeemed people to live as a holy nation shaped by His presence and truth.

Exodus 28:16

Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.

Exodus 28:17

And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

Exodus 28:18

And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

Exodus 28:19

And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

Exodus 28:2

And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.

Exodus 28:20

And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.

Exodus 28:21

And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.

Exodus 28:22

And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.

Exodus 28:23

And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

Exodus 28:24

And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.

Exodus 28:25

And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.

Exodus 28:26

And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.

Exodus 28:27

And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

Exodus 28:28

And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

Exodus 28:29

And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.

Exodus 28:3

And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

Exodus 28:30

And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

Exodus 28:31

And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

Exodus 28:32

And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.

Exodus 28:33

And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:

Exodus 28:34

A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.

Exodus 28:35

And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.

Exodus 28:36

And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

Exodus 28:37

And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.

Exodus 28:38

And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.

Exodus 28:39

And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.

Exodus 28:4

And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.