exodus outline

1. Israel in Egypt (1:1-2:25)

a. Israel Multiplies (1:1-7)

b. Israel is Oppressed (1:8-22)

c. Moses in Egypt (2:1-25)

i. Birth and Adoption of Moses (2:1-10)

ii. The Rejection and Flight of Moses (2:11-25)

2. God's Deliverance of Israel (3:1-18:27)

a. The Burning Bush (3:1-4:31)

i. God calls Moses (3:1-22)

ii. The Three Signs (4:1-9)

1. The Staff (4:1-5)

2. The Leprous Hand (4:6-7)

3. Water to Blood (4:8-9)

iii. The Appointment of Aaron (4:10-17)

iv. Moses Returns to Egypt (4:18-31)

b. Pharaoh Refuses (5:1-6:13)

i. Bricks and Straw (5:1-23)

ii. God Promises Deliverance (6:1-13)

c. Moses and Aaron (6:14-7:13)

i. The Genealogies of Moses and Aaron (6:14-27)

ii. God Commands Moses and Aaron (7:1-7)

iii. Aaron’s Staff (7:8-13)

d. The Ten Plagues (7:14-11:10)

i. The First Plague: Blood (7:14-25)

ii. The Second Plague: Frogs (8:1-15)

iii. The Third Plague: Gnats (8:16-19)

iv. The Fourth Plague: Flies (8:20-32)

v. The Fifth Plague: Cattle Disease (9:1-7)

vi. The Sixth Plague: Boils (9:8-12)

vii. The Seventh Plague: Hail (9:13-35)

viii. The Eighth Plague: Locusts (10:1-20)

ix. The Ninth Plague: Darkness (10:21-29)

x. The Tenth Plague Announced (11:1-10)

e. The Passover (12:1-30)

i. The Passover Lamb (12:1-13)

ii. The Feast of Unleavened Bread (12:14-28)

iii. The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn (12:29-30)

f. The Exodus from Egypt (12:31-13:22)

i. Pharaoh Lets the People Go (12:31-42)

ii. Instructions for the Passover (12:43-51)

iii. The Dedication of the Firstborn (13:1-16)

iv. The Bones of Joseph (13:17-19)

v. The Pillar of Cloud and Fire (13:20-22)

g. The Red Sea (14:1-15:21)

i. Pharaoh Pursues the Israelites (14:1-14)

ii. The Crossing of the Red Sea (14:15-31)

iii. The Song at the Sea (15:1-21)

h. Journey to Sinai (15:22-18:27)

i. The Bitter Waters of Marah (15:22-27)

ii. The Manna from Heaven (16:1-36)

iii. Water from the Rock (17:1-7)

iv. The Amalekites Attack (17:8-16)

v. Jethro’s Advice (18:1-27)

3. The Covenant at Sinai (19:1-24:18)

a. God and Israel Meet at Mount Sinai (19:1-25)

b. The Ten Commandments (20:1-17)

c. Moses Mediates Between God and Israel (20:18-21)

d. The Book of the Covenant (20:22-23:33)

i. Idolatry Forbidden (20:22-26)

ii. Legal Prescriptions (21:1-22:15)

1. Hebrew Servants (21:1-11)

2. Personal Injury Law (21:12-36)

3. Property Laws (22:1-15)

iii. Religious, Moral, and Cultic Instructions (22:16-23:19)

1. Laws of Social Responsibility (22:16-31)

2. Justice and Mercy (23:1-9)

3. Sabbath Laws (23:10-13)

4. The Three Feasts of Pilgrimage (23:14-19)

iv. Epilogue (23:20-33)

e. The Covenant Sealed (24:1-18)

4. The Wilderness Tabernacle (25:1-40:38)

a. The Instructions for the Tabernacle (25:1-31:18)

i. The Collection of Materials (25:1-9)

ii. Furnishings for the Tabernacle (25:10-40)

1. The Ark of the Covenant (25:10-16)

2. The Mercy Seat (25:17-22)

3. The Table of Showbread (25:23-30)

4. The Lampstand (25:31-40)

iii. The Tabernacle and Its Courtyard (26:1-27:21)

1. Curtains and Frames for the Tabernacle (26:1-37)

2. The Bronze Altar (27:1-8)

3. Curtains and Posts for the Courtyard (27:9-19)

4. Oil for the Lamps (27:20-21)

iv. The Tabernacle’s Personnel (28:1-29:46)

1. The Aaronic Priesthood (28:1-5)

2. The Priestly Garments (28:6-43)

3. Consecration of the Priests (29:1-46)

v. Other Elements in the Tabernacle (30:1-38)

1. The Altar of Incense (30:1-10)

2. The Census (30:11-16)

3. The Bronze Basin (30:17-21)

4. The Anointing Oil (32:22-33)

5. The Incense (30:34-38)

vi. Bezalel and Oholiab (31:1-11)

vii. Observance of the Sabbath (31:12-18)

b. Israel Rebels (32:1-34:35)

i. The Golden Calf (32:1-29)

ii. Moses Intercedes for the People (32:30-35)

iii. God’s Presence and the Israelites (33:1-23)

iv. The Second Set of Tablets (34:1-9)

v. God Renews the Covenant (34:10-35)

c. The Construction of the Tabernacle (35:1-40:38)

i. The Sabbath Established (35:1-3)

ii. The Collection of Materials (35:4-29)

iii. Bezalel and Oholiab (35:30-36:7)

iv. Curtains and Frames for the Tabernacle (36:8-38)

v. Furnishings for the Tabernacle (37:1-29)

1. The Ark of the Covenant (37:1-5)

2. The Mercy Seat (37:6-9)

3. The Table of Showbread (37:10-16)

4. The Lampstand (37:17-24)

5. The Altar of Incense (37:25-29)

vi. The Courtyard (38:1-20)

1. The Bronze Altar (38:1-7)

2. The Bronze Basin (38:8)

3. Curtains and Posts for the Courtyard (38:9-20)

vii. Inventory of Materials (38:21-31)

viii. The Priestly Garments (39:1-31)

ix. Moses Approves the Work (39:32-43)

x. The Inauguration of the Tabernacle (40:1-33)

xi. God’s Presence Fills the Tabernacle (40:34-38)