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Exodus in the Daily Office Lectionary

The Daily Office Lectionary appoints Exodus 44 times in its two-year course and twice on Holy Days. The course reads 26 of its 40 chapters, 14 of them in full.

Chapter by chapter

  • Year One reads chapters 3, 12, 19 during Christmas and Easter, at Morning and Evening Prayer.
  • Year Two reads chapters 1–20, 24–25, 32–34, 40 during Epiphany, Lent, and Easter, at Morning and Evening Prayer.
Exodus chapters: both years 3, 12, 19; Year Two only 1–2, 4–11, 13–18, 20, 24–25, 32–34, 40; not in the two-year course 21–23, 26–31, 35–39; in part 1, 4, 6–11, 20, 25, 32, 40.
  • Year One only
  • Year Two only
  • Both years
  • Half filled: only part of the chapter
  • Not in the two-year course

When both offices have two lessons, “the Old Testament Reading for the alternate year is used as the First Reading at Evening Prayer” (BCP p. 934). This site and the app follow that rubric, so most of these lessons are heard twice: at Morning Prayer in the year listed, and at Evening Prayer on the same day in the other year.

Year One3 lessons

Exodus in Year One of the Daily Office Lectionary
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
Christmas Day and Following, Jan. 4MorningExodus 3:1-12940
Easter Week, Easter DayMorningExodus 12:1-14958
Week of 7 Easter, Eve of PentecostEveningExodus 19:3-8, 16-20964

Year Two41 lessons

Exodus in Year Two of the Daily Office Lectionary
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
The Epiphany and Following, Jan. 8MorningExodus 17:1-7943
Week of 4 Lent, ThursdayMorningExodus 1:6-22955
Week of 4 Lent, FridayMorningExodus 2:1-22955
Week of 4 Lent, SaturdayMorningExodus 2:23–3:15955
Week of 5 Lent, SundayMorningExodus 3:16–4:12957
Week of 5 Lent, MondayMorningExodus 4:10-20(21-26)27-31957
Week of 5 Lent, TuesdayMorningExodus 5:1–6:1957
Week of 5 Lent, WednesdayMorningExodus 7:8-24957
Week of 5 Lent, ThursdayMorningExodus 7:25–8:19957
Week of 5 Lent, FridayMorningExodus 9:13-35957
Week of 5 Lent, SaturdayMorningExodus 10:21–11:8957
Easter Week, Easter DayMorningExodus 12:1-14959
Easter Week, MondayMorningExodus 12:14-27959
Easter Week, TuesdayMorningExodus 12:28-39959
Easter Week, WednesdayMorningExodus 12:40-51959
Easter Week, ThursdayMorningExodus 13:3-10959
Easter Week, FridayMorningExodus 13:1-2, 11-16959
Easter Week, SaturdayMorningExodus 13:17–14:4959
Week of 2 Easter, SundayMorningExodus 14:5-22959
Week of 2 Easter, MondayMorningExodus 14:21-31959
Week of 2 Easter, TuesdayMorningExodus 15:1-21959
Week of 2 Easter, WednesdayMorningExodus 15:22–16:10959
Week of 2 Easter, ThursdayMorningExodus 16:10-21959
Week of 2 Easter, FridayMorningExodus 16:22-36959
Week of 2 Easter, SaturdayMorningExodus 17:1-16959
Week of 3 Easter, SundayMorningExodus 18:1-12961
Week of 3 Easter, MondayMorningExodus 18:13-27961
Week of 3 Easter, TuesdayMorningExodus 19:1-16961
Week of 3 Easter, WednesdayMorningExodus 19:16-25961
Week of 3 Easter, ThursdayMorningExodus 20:1-21961
Week of 3 Easter, FridayMorningExodus 24:1-18961
Week of 3 Easter, SaturdayMorningExodus 25:1-22961
Week of 4 Easter, SundayMorningExodus 25:1-4, 30-38961
Week of 4 Easter, MondayMorningExodus 32:1-20961
Week of 4 Easter, TuesdayMorningExodus 32:21-34961
Week of 4 Easter, WednesdayMorningExodus 33:1-23961
Week of 4 Easter, ThursdayMorningExodus 34:1-17961
Week of 4 Easter, FridayMorningExodus 34:18-35961
Week of 4 Easter, SaturdayMorningExodus 40:18-38961
Week of 7 Easter, SundayMorningExodus 3:1-12965
Week of 7 Easter, Eve of PentecostEveningExodus 19:3-8, 16-20965

On Holy Dayspages 996–1000, the same in both years

Exodus on Holy Days and other occasions
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
St. Mary MagdaleneEveningExodus 15:19-21998
The TransfigurationMorningExodus 24:12-18998

Coming up

The next 12 offices on this site that read from Exodus:

30 more through August 6, 2027; see the calendar.

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