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 4,520
Exodus 2:5-10 (Eve of the Theophany) 1 min 5,389
Exodus 2:11-22 (Holy Wednesday – Vespers) 2 mins 3,963
Exodus 3:1-8 (Vespers – Theotokos) 1 min 4,292
Exodus 12:1-11 (Holy Saturday Vespers) 1 min 4,753
Exodus 12:15-13:16 (Vespers – Meeting of Our Lord) 8 mins 3,944
Exodus 13, 12; Numbers 8; Leviticus 12 2 mins 34
Exodus 13:20-15:19 (Holy Saturday Vespers) 7 mins 5,179
Exodus 14:15-18;21-23;27-29 (Eve of the Theophany) 1 min 4,696
Exodus 15:1-19 (Matins – Canticle One – The First Song of Moses) 2 mins 4,308
Exodus 15:22-27 (Eve of the Theophany) 1 min 5,174
Exodus 15:22-16:1 (Vespers – Exaltation of the Cross) 1 min 4,855
Exodus 19:10-19 (Holy Thursday Vespers) 1 min 5,054
Exodus 24:12-18 (Vespers – Transfiguration) 1 min 4,769
Exodus 33:11-23 (Holy Friday Vespers) 2 mins 4,226
Exodus 33:11-23; 34:4-6, 8 (Vespers – Transfiguration) 3 mins 5,105
Exodus 40:1-5,9-10,16,34-35 (Vespers – Entry of the Theotokos) 1 min 5,357