xxxiv.), ( k ) the construction of the Tabernacle and its erection (xxxv. xxxi.), ( j ) the sin of the Golden Calf, and another earlier version of the first legislation (xxxii. xxiv.), ( i ) directions for the building of the Tabernacle and for the consecration of the priests (xxv. 2 7), ( h ) the giving of the Law, including the Decalogue and the so-called Book of the Covenant, on Sinai-Horeb (xix. 16), ( g ) the crossing of the Red Sea and the discomfiture of the Egyptians, the Song of Triumph, the sending of the manna and other incidents of the journeying through the wilderness (xiii. 10), ( f ) the institution of the Passover and of the Feast of Unleavened Cakes, the last plague, and Israel's departure from Egypt (xii. 17), ( d ) the return of Moses to Egypt, and his appeal to Pharaoh which results in the further oppression of Israel (iv. Horeb (the Burning Bush), and the subsequent commission of Moses and Aaron (iii. i.), ( b ) the birth and education of Moses, and his flight to the land of Midian (ch. In its present form the book sets forth (a) the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt (ch. By the Jews it is usually styled after its opening words nt j r' i ( We'eleh Sh'emoth ) or, more briefly, r> ( Shemoth). Sinai, nor of those which deal with the Tabernacle and its furniture. Strictly speaking, however, this title is applicable to the first half only, the historical portion of the book, and takes no account of those chapters which describe the giving of the Law on Mt.
In the Bible, a book of the Old Testament which derives its name, through the Greek, from the event which forms the most prominent feature of the history it narrates, viz. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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