THE PERIODS SPECIFIED IN THIS BOOK ARE, FROM THE
DEATH OF JOSEPH TO THE BIRTH OF MOSES
FROM BIRTH OF MOSES TO DEPARTURE FROM EGYPT
FROM DEPARTURE TO ERECTION OF TABERNACLE
THIS is the second book of those five that constitute what is usually called in theological language, the Pentateuch, or the five Books of Moses. The word "Pentateuch," is derived from the Greek, and means five works or compositions. These five are the books that we are now reading, namely, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Exodus is the second. Its name in the Hebrew is not that which we usually give it. You are aware that most ancient books, especially of the date of the books of the Pentateuch, are called after the first words of the book. For instance, the Book of Genesis is called by every Jew to this day, and was called by the Jews previous to the birth of our Lord, Bereshith Bara, that is, "In the beginning he created;" because the first words of the book are Bereshith Barah Elohim, etc. "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth;" and thus, the initial sentence is the techni