Quotes from Exodus

22 notable lines from Moses · c. 550 BCE

Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh, Exodus 5:1 (KJV)

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

  1. And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

    God to Moses at the burning bush, Exodus 3:14 (KJV)

  2. Thou shalt not kill.

    The Sixth Commandment, Exodus 20:13 (KJV)

  3. Thou shalt not steal.

    The Eighth Commandment, Exodus 20:15 (KJV)

  4. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

    The First Commandment, Exodus 20:3 (KJV)

  5. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

    The burning bush, Exodus 3:2 (KJV)

  6. Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

    Law of retaliation, Exodus 21:24 (KJV)

  7. A land flowing with milk and honey.

    God's promise to Moses, Exodus 3:8 (KJV)

  8. Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

    God to Moses at the bush, Exodus 3:5 (KJV)

  9. And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

    Moses on naming his son, Exodus 2:22 (KJV)

  10. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

    The Fifth Commandment, Exodus 20:12 (KJV)

  11. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

    The parting of the Red Sea, Exodus 14:22 (KJV)

  12. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

    The Fourth Commandment, Exodus 20:8 (KJV)

  13. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.

    The Second Commandment, Exodus 20:4 (KJV)

  14. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain.

    The Third Commandment, Exodus 20:7 (KJV)

  15. Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

    Law against sorcery, Exodus 22:18 (KJV)

  16. Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD.

    Moses to Israel at the sea, Exodus 14:13 (KJV)

  17. The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

    Moses to Israel at the sea, Exodus 14:14 (KJV)

  18. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

    The Passover instituted, Exodus 12:13 (KJV)

  19. And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light.

    God leading Israel, Exodus 13:21 (KJV)

  20. These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

    The golden calf, Exodus 32:4 (KJV)

  21. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was.

    The gift of manna, Exodus 16:15 (KJV)