Outline of Exodus

    I. Israel in Egypt: subjection                   1:1-12:30
      A. Pharaoh persecutes Israel                   1:1-22
      B. God prepares His leader                     2:1-4:31
        1. Moses's early life                        2:1-25
        2. Moses's call                              3:1-4:17
        3. Moses's return to Egypt                   4:18-31
      C. God sends Moses to Pharaoh                  5:1-12:30
        1. Pharaoh hardens his heart                 5:1-7:13
        2. The Ten Plagues                           7:14-12:30
          a. The plague of blood                     7:14-24
          b. The plague of frogs                     8:1-15
          c. The plague of lice                      8:16-19
          d. The plague of flies                     8:20-32
          e. The plague on livestock                 9:1-7
          f. The plague of boils                     9:8-12
          g. The plague of hail                      9:13-35
          h. The plague of locusts                  10:1-20
          i. The plague of darkness                 10:21-29
          j. The plague on the firstborn            11:1-12:30

    II. Israel's journey to Sinai: emancipation     12:31-18:27
      A. Exodus and passover                        12:31-13:16
      B. The miracle at the Red Sea                 13:17-15:21
        1. Crossing the sea                         13:17-14:31
        2. A hymn of victory                        15:1-21
      C. From the Red Sea to Sinai                  15:22-18:27
        1. The first crisis: thirst                 15:22-27
        2. The second crisis: hunger                16:1-36
        3. The third crisis: thirst again           17:1-7
        4. The fourth crisis: war                   17:8-16
        5. The fifth crisis: too much work          18:1-27

    III. Israel at Sinai: revelation                19:1-40:38
      A. Provision of life: The covenant            19:1-24:18
        1. The establishment of the covenant        19:1-25
        2. The statement of the covenant            20:1-17
        3. The expansion of the covenant            20:18-23:33
        4. The ratification of the covenant         24:1-18
      B. The provision for worship: the
         tabernacle                                 25:1-40:38
        1. The instructions                         25:1-31:18
          a. Tabernacle and its furnishings         25:1-27:21
             "additional passages"                  30:1-18
          b. Priesthood and garments                28:1-29:46
        2. The covenant breach and renewal          32:1-34:35
          a. The golden calf                        32:1-10
          b. Moses the intercessor                  32:11-33:23
          c. The new stone tablets                  34:1-35
        3. Fashioning the tabernacle
           "furnishings and the
           priestly garments"                       35:1-39:31
          a. The tabernacle                         35:1-36:38
          b. Its furnishings                        37:1-38:31
          c. The priestly garments                  39:1-31
        4. Dedicating the tabernacle                39:32-40:38