Bible Commentaries

Exo EXODUS. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK AS A WHOLE. Exodus 1:1 - Exodus 2:10 . The Bondage of Israel Begun Exodus 2:11 - Exodus 14:21 . Freedom Effected Exodus 15:1-21 . The Bondage of Israel Ended Exodus 15:22 - Exodus 40:38 . Freedom Used TITLE, Moses. See Appdx-2. Exodus. Greek, The way out , or going out . Heb. v''alleh shemoth = "these are the names". It is the book of Redemption (Exodus 6:6 ; Exodus 15:13 ). Hence the work of redemption is called "Exodus" (Gr. Luke 9:31 , "decease"), and its types are types of redemption. JAH, the name of the Redeemer, occurs first in Exodus 15:2 , and in Psalms, in the Exodus book (Psalms 68:4 ).