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How many chapters are in Exodus?

Exodus has 40 chapters and 1,213 verses. The King James Version text of Exodus runs 32,692 words, about 2 hours 17 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 2 of the 66 books of the Bible (2nd of the 39 Old Testament books) and the 7th longest by word count.

40
Chapters
of 1,189 in the Bible
1,213
Verses (KJV)
WEB: 1,213
32,692
Words (KJV)
7th longest of 66
2 h 17 min
Reading time
at 238 words a minute

Verses in each chapter of Exodus

The longest chapter is Exodus 12 with 51 verses; the shortest is Exodus 11 with 10.

Chapter 1
22
Chapter 2
25
Chapter 3
22
Chapter 4
31
Chapter 5
23
Chapter 6
30
Chapter 7
25
Chapter 8
32
Chapter 9
35
Chapter 10
29
Chapter 11
10
Chapter 12
51
Chapter 13
22
Chapter 14
31
Chapter 15
27
Chapter 16
36
Chapter 17
16
Chapter 18
27
Chapter 19
25
Chapter 20
26
Chapter 21
36
Chapter 22
31
Chapter 23
33
Chapter 24
18
Chapter 25
40
Chapter 26
37
Chapter 27
21
Chapter 28
43
Chapter 29
46
Chapter 30
38
Chapter 31
18
Chapter 32
35
Chapter 33
23
Chapter 34
35
Chapter 35
35
Chapter 36
38
Chapter 37
29
Chapter 38
31
Chapter 39
43
Chapter 40
38

Longest and shortest verse in Exodus

Longest: Exodus 7:19, 66 words in the KJV.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.

Exodus 7:19 (KJV)

Shortest: Exodus 1:3, 4 words in the KJV.

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

Exodus 1:3 (KJV)

How Exodus begins and ends

First verse, Exodus 1:1

Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

Exodus 1:1 (KJV)

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):

Exodus 1:1 (WEB)

Last verse, Exodus 40:38

For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Exodus 40:38 (KJV)

For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Exodus 40:38 (WEB)

Exodus in our topic collections

36 verses from Exodus appear on our Bible verse topic pages, most often in these topics:

Exodus: common questions

How many chapters are in the book of Exodus?

Exodus has 40 chapters. The longest chapter is Exodus 12 with 51 verses; the shortest is Exodus 11 with 10.

How many verses are in Exodus?

Exodus has 1,213 verses in the King James Version, and the same number in the World English Bible.

How long does it take to read Exodus?

About 2 hours 17 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 32,692 words and the World English Bible text is 30,696 words.

What is the longest verse in Exodus?

Exodus 7:19 is the longest verse in Exodus, at 66 words in the King James Version. The shortest is Exodus 1:3 (4 words): "Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,"

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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-02.