Book of Exodus

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Book of the Bible Old Testament book Torah

The Book of Exodus is the second book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, narrating the Israelites’ deliverance from slavery in Egypt under Moses and the establishment of their covenant with God.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Exodus 9
Exodus from Egypt 4
Biblical Book of Exodus 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Book of the Bible ⓘ
Old Testament book ⓘ
Torah ⓘ
canonicalDivision Torah ⓘ
surface form: Pentateuch

Torah ⓘ
centralDeity God ⓘ
surface form: YHWH
centralFigure Moses ⓘ
containsNarrativeOf Book of Exodus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Exodus from Egypt

Israelites' slavery in Egypt ⓘ
Passover ⓘ
birth of Moses ⓘ
call of Moses at the burning bush ⓘ
construction of the Tabernacle ⓘ
crossing of the Red Sea ⓘ
giving of the Ten Commandments ⓘ
golden calf incident ⓘ
journey in the wilderness ⓘ
ten plagues of Egypt ⓘ
theophany at Mount Sinai ⓘ
followedBy Book of Leviticus ⓘ
follows Book of Genesis ⓘ
genre narrative ⓘ
religious law ⓘ
theological history ⓘ
influenced Christian theology ⓘ
Jewish theology ⓘ
Western art ⓘ
Western literature ⓘ
liberation theology ⓘ
political discourse on freedom ⓘ
language Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalUse Christian lectionary ⓘ
Jewish synagogue lectionary ⓘ
Passover readings ⓘ
partOf Bible ⓘ
surface form: Christian Old Testament

Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
positionInCanon 2 ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Samaritanism ⓘ
significantLawSection Covenant Code ⓘ
Decalogue ⓘ
theme covenant between God and Israel ⓘ
divine presence ⓘ
identity of Israel as God's people ⓘ
law and commandments ⓘ
liberation from slavery ⓘ
traditionalAuthorship Moses ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

I AM → appearsIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Zipporah → appearsIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
the Mountain of God → associatedText → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Moses → associatedWithEvent → Book of Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus
Nisan → associatedWithEvent → Book of Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus from Egypt
Moses → attributedAuthorship → Book of Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biblical Book of Exodus
Passover → basedOnText → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Jethro → biblicalBook → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Nisan → biblicalReference → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Life of Moses → biblicalSource → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Shabbat → biblicalSource → Book of Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus 20
Jewish feast of Shavuot → biblicalSource → Book of Exodus ⓘ
subject surface form: Shavuot
Shavuot → biblicalSource → Book of Exodus ⓘ
ten plagues of Egypt → bookChapterRange → Book of Exodus ⓘ
subject surface form: Ten Plagues of Egypt
this entity surface form: Exodus 7–12
Jewish feast of Shavuot → commemorates → Book of Exodus ⓘ
subject surface form: Shavuot
this entity surface form: Revelation at Mount Sinai
Sukkot → commemorates → Book of Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus from Egypt
Ten Commandments → containedInBook → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Tanakh → contains → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Torah → containsBook → Book of Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus
Book of Exodus → containsNarrativeOf → Book of Exodus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus from Egypt
Commentaries on the Bible → coversBook → Book of Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus
Ark of the Covenant → describedIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Holy Place → describedIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Holy of Holies → describedIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Menorah → describedIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Revelation at Mount Sinai → describedIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
ten plagues of Egypt → describedIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
subject surface form: Ten Plagues of Egypt
Twelve Tribes of Israel → describedIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Book of Genesis → followedBy → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Book of Leviticus → follows → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Priestly code → foundIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Decalogue → foundInBook → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Five Books of Moses → hasPart → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox canon → includesBook → Book of Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus
this entity surface form: Exodus
Septuagint → includesBook → Book of Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus
Hebrews → mentionedIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Jethro → mentionedIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus 4
Menorah → mentionedIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus 25
Miriam → mentionedIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Table of the Shewbread → mentionedIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Three Regalim → mentionedIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Tribe of Judah → mentionedIn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Covenant Code → partOf → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Midrash halakha → primarilyOn → Book of Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus
Letter to the Hebrews → quotesFrom → Book of Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus