PREFACE -- The preparation of the present commentary has occupied longer than I expected. The Book of Exodus either deals with, or touches on, many different subjects, upon most of which has been written, and which frequently raise difficult and complex problems.

INTRODUCTION

§1. Name and Contents

The book of Exodus derives its name through the Vulg. Exodus from the LXX. Ἔξοδος, i.e. the Outgoing or Departure (cf. Heb. xi.22), viz. of the children of Israel from Egypt.