Author

Moses

Written

~1446–1406 BC

Testament

Old Testament

Chapters

40

Key Theme

God's deliverance of Israel from slavery and the establishment of His covenant.

Written For

The people of Israel

Introduction of Exodus

Exodus gets its name from the Greek for “departure” or “way out,” and it tells one of history’s most dramatic escape stories. Traditionally attributed to Moses and written in the decades following the events it describes (around the 15th–13th centuries BC), the book follows a reluctant leader named Moses, his brother Aaron, and the Egyptian Pharaoh. After centuries of slavery, a powerless people witness God’s power through plagues, a parted sea, and a covenant at Mount Sinai. What happens when an enslaved nation is suddenly set free — and called to become a holy people — is the gripping drama that follows.