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.

Tribe of Levi → sacredTextMention → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Jebel Musa → scripturalAssociation → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Aaronic priesthood → scripturalBasis → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Mount Sinai → scripturalBook → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Am Segula → scripturalSource → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Israelites → scripturalSource → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Weeks → scripturalSource → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Easter Vigil → scripturalTheme → Book of Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus
Perizzites → sourceText → Book of Exodus ⓘ
Hebrews → traditionalLiberationNarrative → Book of Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus from Egypt