Introduction To Exodus: 5-Day StudySample

Keys to Exodus

Key Word: Redemption

Central to the Book of Exodus is the concept of redemption. Israel was redeemed from bondage in Egypt and into a covenant relationship with God. From the redemption of Moses in the Nile to the redeeming presence of God in the tabernacle, Exodus records God’s overwhelming acts of deliverance, by which He demonstrates His right to be Israel’s King.

Key Verses: Exodus 6:6; 19:5, 6   

“Therefore say to the children of Israel: ‘I am the Lord; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will re-deem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments’ ” (6:6). 

“‘Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation’” (19:5, 6).

Key Chapters: Exodus 12, Exodus 13, and Exodus 14  

The climax of the entire Old Testament is recorded in chapters 12–14: the salvation of Israel through blood (the Passover) and through power (the Red Sea). The Exodus is the central event of the Old Testament as the Cross is of the New Testament.