You are here
Book of Mormon Central is in the process of migrating to our new Scripture Central website.
We ask for your patience during this transition. Over the coming weeks, all pages of bookofmormoncentral.org will be redirected to their corresponding page on scripturecentral.org, resulting in minimal disruption.
Exodus 1–6
Videos
Bible Central Chapter Guides
Daily Reading Plan
Monday
- Daily Verse: Exodus 1:17
- Video: Lynne Hilton Wilson, Israel's Enslavement in Egypt (Exodus 1)
- Scripture: Exodus 1
Tuesday
- Daily Verse: Exodus 2:2
- Video: Marianna Richardson, The Women in Moses's Life (Exodus 2)
- Scripture: Exodus 2
Wednesday
- Daily Verse: Exodus 3:14
- Video: John Hilton III, Jesus Calls Himself “I Am” (Exodus 3)
- Scripture: Exodus 3
Thursday
- Daily Verse: Exodus 4:5
- Video: Taylor Halverson, Moses Learns to Trust God (Exodus 4)
- Scripture: Exodus 4:1–17
Friday
- Daily Verse: Exodus 4:31
- Video: Casey Paul Griffiths, Moses: An Imperfect Man of God (Exodus 4)
- Scripture: Exodus 4:18–31
- Scripture: Exodus 5:1–14
Saturday
- Daily Verse: Exodus 6:2–3
- Video: Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye, The Sacred Name of Jehovah (Exodus 6)
- Scripture: Exodus 5:15–23
- Scripture: Exodus 6:1–13
Sunday
- Daily Verse: Exodus 6:19
- Video: Annette Tillemann-Dick, Moses's Amazing Family (Exodus 6)
- Scripture: Exodus 6:14–30
Bibliography
Exodus 1
Nathan J. Arp, “Joseph Knew First: Moses, The Egyptian Son,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-Day Saint Faith and Scholarship 32 (2019): 187–198.
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Does the Book of Mosiah Refer to the Exodus Narrative? (Mosiah 11:27)” KnoWhy 416 (May 16, 2019).
S. Kent Brown, “Trust in the Lord: Exodus and Faith,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company; Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005), 154–163.
Paul Y Hoskisson, “The Plan of Salvation in the First Six Books of the Old Testament,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009), 48–66.
Exodus 2
Nathan J. Arp, “Joseph Knew First: Moses, The Egyptian Son,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-Day Saint Faith and Scholarship 32 (2019): 187–198.
Bruce J. Boehm, “Wanderers in the Promised Land: A Study of the Exodus Motif in the Book of Mormon and Holy Bible,” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3, no. 1 (1994): 187–203.
John Hilton III and Lani Hilton, “Motherhood in the Old Testament,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009), 32–47.
L. Michael Morales, “The Tabernacle: Mountain of God in the Cultus of Israel,” in Ancient Temple Worship: Proceedings of The Expound Symposium 14 May 2011, ed. Matthew B. Brown, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Stephen D. Ricks, and John S. Thompson (Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation; Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2014), 27–70.
Noel B. Reynolds, “The Israelite Background of Moses Typology in the Book of Mormon,” BYU Studies 44, no. 2 (2005): 4–23.
Exodus 3
Book of Mormon Central, “Why is Lehi Depicted as Similar to Moses? (2 Nephi 3:9-10)” KnoWhy 268 (January 30, 2017).
S. Kent Brown, “The Exodus Pattern in the Book of Mormon,” BYU Studies 30, no. 3 (1990): 111–126.
S. Kent Brown, “Trust in the Lord: Exodus and Faith,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company; Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005), 154–163.
John Gee, “‘Put Off Thy Shoes from Off Thy Feet’: Sandals and Sacred Space,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 45 (2021): 205–216.
Amy B Hardison, “Theophany on Sinai,” in Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament ed. Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Matthew J. Grey, and David Rolph Seely (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company; Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University 2013), 218–231.
Hoskisson, Paul Y. “The Plan of Salvation in the First Six Books of the Old Testament.” In The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, 48–66. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Morales, L. Michael “The Tabernacle: Mountain of God in the Cultus of Israel,” in Ancient Temple Worship: Proceedings of The Expound Symposium 14 May 2011, ed. Matthew B. Brown, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Stephen D. Ricks, and John S. Thompson (Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation; Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2014), 27–70.
Muhlestein, Kerry. “Darkness, Light, and the Lord: Elements of Israelite Theophanies.” in Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), ed. Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Matthew J. Grey, and David Rolph Seely, 232–54. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company; Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Parry, Donald W. “Sinai as Sanctuary and Mountain of God.” In By Study and Also by Faith, ed. John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks, 2 vols., 1:482-500. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company; Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1990.
Welch, John W. and Greg Welch. 1 Nephi and the Exodus. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.
Exodus 4
Nathan J. Arp, “Joseph Knew First: Moses, The Egyptian Son,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-Day Saint Faith and Scholarship 32 (2019): 187–198.
Edward J. Brandt, “Aaron, Brother of Moses,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, 4 vols. (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1992), 1:1.
S. Kent Brown, “The Exodus Pattern in the Book of Mormon,” BYU Studies 30, no. 3 (1990): 111–126.
S. Kent Brown, “Trust in the Lord: Exodus and Faith,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company; Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005), 154–163.
Amy B. Hardison, “Theophany on Sinai,” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), ed. Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Matthew J. Grey, and David Rolph Seely, 218–31. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company; Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University 2013.
George A. Horton Jr., “Insights into Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy,” in The Joseph Smith Translation: The Restoration of Plain and Precious Things, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Robert L. Millet (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1985), 71–88.
John S. Thompson, “The Context of Old Testament Temple Worship: Early Ancient Egyptian Rites,” in Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament, ed. Jeffery R. Chadwick, Matthew J. Grey, and David Rolph Seely (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company; Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013), 156–83.
Exodus 5
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Does the Book of Mosiah Refer to the Exodus Narrative? (Mosiah 11:27)” KnoWhy 416 (May 16, 2019).
S. Kent Brown, “The Exodus Pattern in the Book of Mormon,” BYU Studies 30, no. 3 (1990): 111–26.
S. Kent Brown, “Trust in the Lord: Exodus and Faith,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company; Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005), 154–163.
George A. Horton, Jr. “Insights into Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy,” in The Joseph Smith Translation: The Restoration of Plain and Precious Things, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Robert L. Millet (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1985), 71–88.
Paul Y. Hoskisson, “The Plan of Salvation in the First Six Books of the Old Testament,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009), 48–66.
L. Michael Morales, “The Tabernacle: Mountain of God in the Cultus of Israel,” in Ancient Temple Worship: Proceedings of The Expound Symposium 14 May 2011, ed. Matthew B. Brown, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Stephen D. Ricks, and John S. Thompson (Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation; Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2014), 27–70.
Exodus 6
Louise Gardiner Durham, “Sarah,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 4 vols., ed. Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1992), 3:1260.