exodus
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1. exodus - Noun
2. exodus - Verb
3. Exodus - Proper noun
Meaning
A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.
The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.
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I see a sequence of seven main phases: creation, revolution or exodus (Israel in Egypt), law, wisdom, prophecy, gospel, and apocalypse.
The trees are white with dust, that o'er their sleep Wave their broad curtains in the south-wind's breath, While underneath such leafy tents they keep The long, mysterious Exodus of Death.
The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
" Yisrael camped there. As one person with one heart (mind)." Exodus 19,2.
If I'm ever feeling uninspired, all I have to do is go see Exodus or Arch Enemy, and think 'Oh yeah, that's what we're doing this for.'
What we lose in our great human exodus from the land is a rooted sense, as deep and intangible as religious faith, of why we need to hold on to the wild and beautiful places that once surrounded us.