Exodus
- proper noun
- /ˈɛksədəs/
- Literature
- And it says in the Bible, in Genesis and Exodus, that all the high priests in the Bible are the descendants of Aaron, the brother of Moses.
- the Book of Exodus
- Exodus story
- Exodus narrative
So when asked, did the Exodus really happen, Peterson says it's still happening.
- So when asked, did the Exodus really happen, Peterson says it's still happening.
- You know, the five books of Moses, the big ones, Genesis, Exodus, you know, all the big stuff happens.
- And this is likened to the victorious Israelites looking back to the Red Sea during the Exodus.
- There's a passage of Scripture in Exodus that says, and in the morning dew laid around the camp.
- Also, I think it repeats the sort of Egyptian version of the Exodus out of Egypt, which is quite different than the biblical version.
- I was in Miami doing a seminar on Exodus with a number of scholars, and this is a beauty discussion.
- You know, multiple copies of the book of Isaiah, multiple copies of the book of Daniel, Genesis, Exodus, what all these different books in different versions.
- And those go on a lot that it's surprisingly, surprisingly big chunk of Exodus.
Examples
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Exodus 20:13 "Thou Shall not kill."
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That's what the book of Exodus is centered around.
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How about Exodus 20: 14?
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It's the story of the Exodus.
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It's exactly as described in Exodus, Chapter 28.
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In times of despair, they repeated the story of Exodus and took hope.
Academic text (1992) -
Please open your Bibles to Exodus.
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However, some guidance for the wilderness can be gleaned from the Exodus experience.
Academic text (1990) -
And Christian slaves appropriated the story of Exodus as prefiguring their own history of bondage and future deliverance.
Academic text (1992) -
In the book of Exodus, Moses leads the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.
Synonyms
The second Bible book telling how Moses led Israelites out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments
Compounds
The second Bible book telling how Moses led Israelites out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Exodus comes from the Greek exodos, from ex- 'out' and hodos 'way', like the English word exit which means a 'way out'. So Exodus became the name of the Bible book about the Israelites' big 'departure' from Egypt, and the word now means any large 'departure' or mass leaving.