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| | Exodus - definition of Exodus in Encyclopedia |
 | | The name Exodus refers to the book which comes second both in the Torah (the five books of Moses) and also in the Tanakh (the Old Testament of the Bible). | | | The Book of Exodus recounts the experience of the Hebrew people in the course of their departure (exodus) from Egypt for the promised land of Canaan. | | | The Hebrew word eleph can be translated 'thousand,' but it is also rendered in the Bible as 'clans' and 'military units.' When I look at the question as an Egyptologist, I know that there are thought to have been 20,000 in the entire Egyptian army at the height of Egypt's empire. |
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| | Exodus on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Their saga and their Mosaic religion became the determinative feature of the great national epic that is enshrined in the Pentateuch and the historical books of the Hebrew Bible. | | | The last portion includes the Ten Commandments, a law code, directions for a tabernacle and worship, the designation of Aaron as high priest, the first national apostasy in worshiping the golden calf, a brief restatement of the code, and the institution of the tabernacle. | | | EXODUS [Exodus], book of the Bible, 2d of the 5 books of the Law (the Pentateuch or Torah) ascribed by tradition to Moses. |
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| | Exodus (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net |
| | It is worthy of notice that there are unmistakable evidences that the Egyptians had a tradition of a great exodus from their country, which could be none other than the exodus of the Hebrews. | | | The different encampments of the children of Israel, from the time of their leaving Egypt till they reached the Promised Land, are mentioned in Ex. | | | Author: Matthew G. Easton, with minor editing by Paul S. Taylor. |
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| | Urban Exodus Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ BornYesterday.com |
| | The definition may also include a form of rural gentrification, in which the presence of wealthier immigrants from more populated areas raises property values and housing prices for long-time residents. | | | The term "urban exodus" has been coined by those who perceive this to be a problem. | | | The term rural exodus states is used to refer to those American states which are losing their rural populations in this manner. |
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