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The Exodus ( Hebrew: יציאת מצרים, Yəṣīʾat Mīṣrayīm: lit. 'Departure from Egypt' [a]) is the founding myth [b] of the Israelites whose narrative is spread over four of the five books of the Pentateuch (specifically, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy ). The consensus of modern scholars is that the Pentateuch does not ...
e. The Book of Exodus (from Ancient Greek: Ἔξοδος, romanized : Éxodos; Biblical Hebrew: שְׁמוֹת Šəmōṯ, 'Names'; Latin: Liber Exodus) is the second book of the Bible. It is a narrative of the Exodus, the origin myth of the Israelites leaving slavery in Biblical Egypt through the strength of their deity named Yahweh, who ...
The Crossing of the Red Sea, by Nicolas Poussin (1633–34) The Crossing of the Red Sea or Parting of the Red Sea ( Hebrew: קריעת ים סוף, romanized : Kriat Yam Suph, lit. "parting of the sea of reeds") [1] is an episode in the origin myth of The Exodus in the Hebrew Bible . It tells of the escape of the Israelites, led by Moses, from ...
608 pages. Exodus is a historical novel by American novelist Leon Uris about the founding of the State of Israel beginning with a compressed retelling of the voyages of the 1947 immigration ship Exodus and describing the histories of the various main characters and the ties of their personal lives to the birth of the new Jewish state.
Sources and parallels of the Exodus. The Exodus is the founding myth of the Israelites. [1] [a] The scholarly consensus is that the Exodus, as described in the Torah, is not historical, even though there may be a historical core behind the Biblical narrative. [2] [3]
The Book of Exodus gives detailed instructions on how the Ark is to be constructed. It is to be 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 cubits in length, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 cubits breadth, and 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 cubits height (approximately 131×79×79 cm or 52×31×31 in) of acacia wood. Then it is to be gilded entirely with gold, and a crown or molding of gold is to be put around it.
The Exodus Moses Blesses Joshua Before the High Priest (watercolor circa 1896–1902 by James Tissot) Joshua was a major figure in the events of the Exodus. He was charged by Moses with selecting and commanding a militia group for their first battle after exiting Egypt, against the Amalekites in Rephidim, in which they were victorious.
The Exodus takes place in (AM 2666), exactly two-thirds of the way through the 4,000 years, marking it as the pivotal event of the chronology. It is also two-thirds of the way through the 40 notional "generations" of 100 years each, with Aaron, the first High Priest of Israel, representing the 26th generation from Adam. AM 3146 Solomon's temple