who was exodus written to

Exodus was written primarily to the ancient Israelites, the people whom God had just brought out of slavery in Egypt, during their wilderness journey.

Original audience

• Most conservative and traditional scholars hold that Moses wrote Exodus during Israel’s 40 years in the Sinai wilderness.

• The direct audience was the Jewish people (the Israelites) who had experienced the exodus or were the children of those who did, so they could understand their identity, their God, and their covenant obligations.

Purpose toward that audience

• Exodus was meant to help Israel see themselves as God’s “firstborn son” and as a “kingdom of priests,” set apart to bring God’s blessing to the nations.

• It explains how God rescued them, gave them the law, and came to dwell among them in the tabernacle, shaping them into a holy nation on the way to the promised land.

Ongoing relevance

• While first written to Israel in the wilderness, Jewish and Christian readers ever since have treated Exodus as foundational for understanding God’s character, salvation, and covenant.

In short, Exodus was written to the people of Israel—freshly redeemed from Egypt—to define who their God is, who they are, and how they are to live in covenant with him.

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