I Have Remembered My Covenant

Exodus 1–6

March 23, 2026, to March 29, 2026

These chapters in Exodus recount the Israelites' oppression in Egypt, the birth and early life of Moses, his encounter with God at the burning bush, his calling to lead Israel, his initial request to Pharaoh to let the Israelites go, and God's reassurance to Moses of His covenant with Israel.

Exodus 1

Chart 8-8: Moses as a Similitude of Christ

John W. Welch, John F. Hall

Charting the New Testament (2002)

Here are ten similarities between the life of Moses and the life of Christ.

Exodus 1–10, Let My People Go

Church Educational System

Old Testament Student Manual, Genesis–2 Samuel: Religion 301 (2003)

This study guide discusses Moses’ youth, Moses slaying an Egyptian, the forms of God’s name, and more. Links to the Joseph Smith Translation of a few select verses in Exodus (Exodus 4:21, 24–27; and 6:3, 29) provide information which is missing in the King James Version.

Exodus 11–19: The Passover and the Exodus

Church Educational System

Old Testament Student Manual, Genesis–2 Samuel: Religion 301 (2003)

This study guide tells how the Passover saved the Israelites from bondage and death. The section on the first plagues, Exodus 7–10, is found in “Exodus 1–10, Let My People Go.”

Saviors before Sinai: Lessons from the Childhood of a Prophet in Exodus 1–6

Rosalynde Welch

Old Testament Reflections (2026)

In Exodus 1–6, the survival of the infant Moses depends on a network of courageous women who defy power and preserve life. Rosalynde Welch reflects on how their quiet acts of rescue reveal a pattern of “small-s saviors” whose cooperation makes liberation possible.

The Exodus: Israel’s Wanderings in the Wilderness

Ensign 20, no. 3 (Mar. 1990)

This article shows a map and photographs of places where the children of Israel likely were during the Exodus.

Exodus 2

Chart 8-8: Moses as a Similitude of Christ

John W. Welch, John F. Hall

Charting the New Testament (2002)

Here are ten similarities between the life of Moses and the life of Christ.

Saviors before Sinai: Lessons from the Childhood of a Prophet in Exodus 1–6

Rosalynde Welch

Old Testament Reflections (2026)

The Israelite Background of Moses Typology in the Book of Mormon

Noel B. Reynolds

BYU Studies 44, no. 2 (2005)

Nephi and Lehi both saw themselves as Moses figures. This article highlights the similarities between them.

Exodus 3

“I Am That I Am”: Symbols of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament

Stephen P. Schank

Ensign 48, no. 12 (Dec. 2018)

Old Testament narratives point to Jesus Christ. Moses struck a rock at Horeb and water gushed forth, providing water for the people. When Jesus was crucified, blood issued forth from his body. The atoning blood of Christ is life for us as we follow prophets. The article also discusses narratives of coats of skins given to Adam and Eve, manna for the Israelites, and the brass serpent.

Chart 8-1: Jesus Affirms His Divinity with the Greek Words “I AM”

John W. Welch, John F. Hall

Charting the New Testament (2002)

This chart lists passages in the New Testament where Jesus affirms his divinity using the Greek words ego eimi as seen in John 6:35, where he declares “I am the bread of life."

Chart 94: 1 Nephi and the Exodus

John W. Welch, J. Gregory Welch

Charting the Book of Mormon (1999)

Lehi’s group saw themselves as reenacting the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. This chart shows twenty-seven parallels between the narratives in 1 Nephi and Exodus.

Darkness, Light, and the Lord: Elements of Israelite Theophanies

Kerry Muhlestein

Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament, Sidney B. Sperry Symposium 46 (2013)

In Exodus 19 and 20, there seem to be “four elements associated with the divine presence: smoke, light, thunder, and quaking. . . . It would seem that the Israelites understood that God’s presence is something beyond man’s capacity to withstand.”

The Narrative Call Pattern in the Prophetic Commission of Enoch (Moses 6)

Stephen D. Ricks

BYU Studies 26, no. 4 (1986)

There is a striking example of a “narrative” type call in the prophetic commission of Enoch in Moses 6:23–36. This study considers the elements of the narrative call pattern; those elements of this form found in the prophetic commission of Enoch are examined and compared with the biblical narrative call passages.

Theophany on Sinai

Amy Blake Hardison

Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament, Sidney B. Sperry Symposium 44 (2013)

When Moses first encounters God and is called to bring Israel out of bondage in Egypt, he reacts with fear. God reveals that he will deliver his people from their afflictions. This is a God who cares deeply and responds to their distress.

Exodus 4

Saviors before Sinai: Lessons from the Childhood of a Prophet in Exodus 1–6

Rosalynde Welch

Old Testament Reflections (2026)

Exodus 5

The Exodus: Seeing It as a Test, a Testimony, and a Type

S. Kent Brown

Ensign 20, no. 2 (Feb. 1990)

The Israelites’ experiences at the Red Sea and other events in Exodus served as central symbols of their relationship with God.

Trust in the Lord: Exodus and Faith

S. Kent Brown

Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament (2005)

Moses learned that he must totally rely on God. God was in control of events: beginning with the fourth plague, he spared the Israelites, distinguishing them from the Egyptians.

Exodus 6

Saviors before Sinai: Lessons from the Childhood of a Prophet in Exodus 1–6

Rosalynde Welch

Old Testament Reflections (2026)

The Exodus: Seeing It as a Test, a Testimony, and a Type

S. Kent Brown

Ensign 20, no. 2 (Feb. 1990)

The Israelites’ experiences at the Red Sea and other events in Exodus served as central symbols of their relationship with God.

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