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[[File:The Crossing of The Red Sea.jpg|right|500px|thumbnail|The Crossing of the [[Red Sea]], by Nicolas Poussin (1633–34)]]

[[File:The Crossing of The Red Sea.jpg|right|500px|thumbnail|The Crossing of the [[Red Sea]], by Nicolas Poussin (1633–34)]]

'''Exodus''' [Hebrew: '''שמות'''] means ''a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people.''<ref>"Exodus." ''Dictionary.com''</ref> The Book of Exodus chronicles the bondage, oppression and [[slavery]] of the [[Israel|Israelites]] in [[Egypt]] after [[Joseph]] dies and a new [[Pharaoh]] arises to power who did not know Joseph before. [[Moses]], whom [[God]] uses to guide the Israelites out of Egypt, returns to Egypt from [[Midian]] to warn the Pharaoh to let his people go, but the Pharaoh refuses. God therefore releases [[Egyptian plagues|ten plagues over Egypt]] and its people, and after the death of Pharaoh's firstborn son, Pharaoh finally allows the Israelites to leave Egypt under Moses. As Moses and his people are leaving, Pharaoh changes his mind and commands that the Israelites be pursued with the army of Egypt. However, God opens up the [[Red Sea]] for Moses, allowing the Israelites to flee, and Pharaoh's army is destroyed by the Red Sea after the Israelites escape from it. Moses then delivers God's laws to the Israelites, including the [[Ten Commandments]], as well as giving them the [[Tabernacle]], priest and [[worship]] instructions.

'''Exodus''' [Hebrew: '''שמות'''] means ''a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people.''<ref>"Exodus." ''Dictionary.com''</ref> The Book of Exodus chronicles the bondage, oppression and [[slavery]] of the [[Israel|Israelites]] in [[Egypt]] after [[Joseph]] dies and a new [[Pharaoh]] arises to power who did not know [[Joseph]] before. [[Moses]], whom [[God]] uses to guide the Israelites out of Egypt, returns to Egypt from [[Midian]] to warn the Pharaoh to let his people go, but the Pharaoh refuses. God therefore releases [[Egyptian plagues|ten plagues over Egypt]] and its people, and after the death of Pharaoh's firstborn son, Pharaoh finally allows the Israelites to leave Egypt under Moses. As Moses and his people are leaving, Pharaoh changes his mind and commands that the Israelites be pursued with the army of Egypt. However, God opens up the [[Red Sea]] for Moses, allowing the Israelites to flee, and Pharaoh's army is destroyed by the Red Sea after the Israelites escape from it. Moses then delivers God's laws to the Israelites, including the [[Ten Commandments]], as well as giving them the [[Tabernacle]], priest and [[worship]] instructions.

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