Book of Exodus
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- proper noun
- /bʊk əv ˈɛksədəs/
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Libro de Éxodo
- The Book of Exodus details the story of Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt.
And it probably looked quite a bit different than the story that ended up surviving and being told in, you know, the book of Exodus.
- And it probably looked quite a bit different than the story that ended up surviving and being told in, you know, the book of Exodus.
Examples
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In our reading from the Hebrew scriptures (Exodus 40:34-38), the book of Exodus describes the Tent of Meeting where God dwelled with the Israelites as they traveled.
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The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has something to say about those who worship false gods, beginning in the Book of Exodus with the first of the Ten Commandments.
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From the very beginning, we have seen how the entire book of Exodus is not really about Israel; it is actually about God.
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Not to mention, the whole book of Exodus is about God commanding the freedom of slaves.
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And thus begins the book of Exodus, which will lead us from Egypt to Sinai.
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She remembered the appropriate passage from the Book of Exodus.
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In the Book of Exodus, Moses goes up to the mountaintop to receive the Ten Commandments from God.
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Today we resume our chapter-by-chapter study of the great book of Exodus, a study we paused for three weeks to focus our hearts on the importance of global missions.
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For example, at the beginning of the Book of Exodus, Pharaoh says to his advisors: "Let us deal wisely with the Israelites so that they do not increase.
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In the middle of the Book of Exodus, the Bible clearly states that after being released from the bondage of Egypt, the Jewish people were led to Mount Sinai where they witnessed God come down on the mountain and speak to them face to face.
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Synonyms
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The second book of the Bible about the people of Israel leaving Egypt and getting the Ten Commandments
Surface Forms
Morphology
The construction 'Book of Exodus' is fully compositional: 'book' + 'of' + a named event/person (Exodus) signals a book about or titled for that event. The 'book of X' naming pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer it denotes a book concerning the Exodus.
Etymology
The Book of Exodus gets its name from the word Exodus, which means a large 'departure' or 'leaving'. It tells how Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments, so the title reminds readers of that great 'departure'.