Scripture Readings - Exodus

Exodus is read by a reader at services during Holy Week. It is also read on the eve of some feast days.

This book speaks of the deliverance of the People of Israel from bondage in Egypt and the making of a Covenant between God and them at Mt. Sinai. It falls into two major sections:

  1. Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian bondage, including the rise of Moses as leader of the people, the Ten Plagues, etc., and the march to Sinai, including the destruction of Pharaoh’s armies in the Red Sea (Ch. 1-18)
  2. Israel’s sojourn at Sinai, where the Covenant was made and laws governing life and worship were promulgated (Ten Commandments, Ark of the Covenant, Tabernacle, etc. Ch. 19-40).

At the center of these events stood Moses, who was called to be the agent of God in delivering Israel from slavery, to be the interpreter of God’s redemptive work and to be the mediator of the Covenant.

Reading Read Time Hit Count
Exodus 1:1-20 (Holy Monday Vespers) 2 mins 4502
Exodus 2:5-10 (Eve of the Theophany) 1 min 5371
Exodus 2:11-22 (Holy Wednesday – Vespers) 2 mins 3942
Exodus 3:1-8 (Vespers – Theotokos) 1 min 4276
Exodus 12:1-11 (Holy Saturday Vespers) 1 min 4734
Exodus 12:15-13:16 (Vespers – Meeting of Our Lord) 8 mins 3932
Exodus 13, 12; Numbers 8; Leviticus 12 2 mins 17
Exodus 13:20-15:19 (Holy Saturday Vespers) 7 mins 5163
Exodus 14:15-18;21-23;27-29 (Eve of the Theophany) 1 min 4678
Exodus 15:1-19 (Matins – Canticle One – The First Song of Moses) 2 mins 4292
Exodus 15:22-27 (Eve of the Theophany) 1 min 5154
Exodus 15:22-16:1 (Vespers – Exaltation of the Cross) 1 min 4836
Exodus 19:10-19 (Holy Thursday Vespers) 1 min 5038
Exodus 24:12-18 (Vespers – Transfiguration) 1 min 4749
Exodus 33:11-23 (Holy Friday Vespers) 2 mins 4206
Exodus 33:11-23; 34:4-6, 8 (Vespers – Transfiguration) 3 mins 5085
Exodus 40:1-5,9-10,16,34-35 (Vespers – Entry of the Theotokos) 1 min 5341