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 4482
Exodus 2:5-10 (Eve of the Theophany) 1 min 5354
Exodus 2:11-22 (Holy Wednesday – Vespers) 2 mins 3924
Exodus 3:1-8 (Vespers – Theotokos) 1 min 4259
Exodus 12:1-11 (Holy Saturday Vespers) 1 min 4719
Exodus 12:15-13:16 (Vespers – Meeting of Our Lord) 8 mins 3919
Exodus 13:20-15:19 (Holy Saturday Vespers) 7 mins 5145
Exodus 14:15-18;21-23;27-29 (Eve of the Theophany) 1 min 4660
Exodus 15:1-19 (Matins – Canticle One – The First Song of Moses) 2 mins 4270
Exodus 15:22-27 (Eve of the Theophany) 1 min 5140
Exodus 15:22-16:1 (Vespers – Exaltation of the Cross) 1 min 4819
Exodus 19:10-19 (Holy Thursday Vespers) 1 min 5024
Exodus 24:12-18 (Vespers – Transfiguration) 1 min 4727
Exodus 33:11-23 (Holy Friday Vespers) 2 mins 4185
Exodus 33:11-23; 34:4-6, 8 (Vespers – Transfiguration) 3 mins 5057
Exodus 40:1-5,9-10,16,34-35 (Vespers – Entry of the Theotokos) 1 min 5325