The Daily Study Bible Series

Exodus

H. L. ELLISON

Westminster John Knox Press

Louisville, Kentucky

Copyright © H. L. Ellison 1982

All rights reserved—no part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review in magazine or newspaper.

Scripture quotations from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible are copyrighted 1946, 1952, © 1971, 1973 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission of the National Council of Churches, New York, and William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow.

Published by
The Saint Andrew Press
Edinburgh, Scotland
and
Westminster John Knox Press
Louisville, Kentucky

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Ellison, H. L. (Henry Leopold), 1903–

Exodus.

(The Daily study Bible series)

Bibliography: p.

1. Bible. O.T. Exodus—Commentaries.

I. Title. II. Series: Daily study Bible series

(Westminster Press)

BS1245.3.E44 1982 222’.1207 81–12917

AACR2

ISBN 0–664-21803–2

ISBN 0–664-24570–6 (pbk.)

Dedicated
to all who
share in
the greater EXODUS
from the world of
sin
brought about by
our Lord
Jesus Christ

General Preface

This series of commentaries on the Old Testament, of which Mr. Ellison’s volume on Exodus is one of the first, has been planned as a companion series to the much-acclaimed New Testament series of the late Professor William Barclay. As with that series, each volume is arranged in successive headed portions suitable for daily study. The biblical text followed is that of the Revised Standard Version or Common Bible. Eleven contributors share the work, each being responsible for from one to three volumes. The series is issued in the hope that it will do for the Old Testament what Professor Barclay’s series succeeded so splendidly in doing for the New Testament—make it come alive for the Christian believer in the twentieth century.

Its two-fold aim is the same as his. Firstly, it is intended to introduce the reader to some of the more important results and fascinating insights of modern Old Testament scholarship. Most of the contributors are already established experts in the field with many publications to their credit. Some are younger scholars who have yet to make their names but who in my judgment as General Editor are now ready to be tested. I can assure those who use these commentaries that they are in the hands of competent teachers who know what is of real consequence in their subject and are able to present it in a form that will appeal to the general public.

The primary purpose of the series, however, is not an academic one. Professor Barclay summed it up for his New Testament series in the words of Richard of Chichester’s prayer—to enable men and women “to know Jesus Christ more clearly, to love Him more dearly, and to follow Him more nearly.” In the case of the Old Testament ...