The second of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the second book in the Torah describing the Exodus Exod The departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses second book of the Old Testament (contains the account of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt); Israelites' departure from Egypt a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus O T The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt 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 mass departure or emigration A sudden departure of a large number of people Sh'mot Names the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment If there is an exodus of people from a place, a lot of people leave that place at the same time. The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors. the second book of the Old Testament of the Bible, which tells the story of the Exodus, which is the journey out of Egypt to the Promised Land, made by Moses and the Israelites. a situation in which a lot of people leave a particular place at the same time exodus of (Exodus, which describes how the Israelites left Egypt). Second book of the Old Testament. The title refers to the departure of the Israelites from Egypt under Moses in the 13th century BC. The book begins with the story of the Israelites' enslavement in Egypt and God's call to Moses to become a prophet. It tells of the plagues sent to persuade the pharaoh to free the Israelites, and it recalls their crossing of the Sea of Reeds (or the Red Sea) and their 40 years of wandering in the Sinai desert. It also recounts how God made a covenant with Israel at Mount Sinai, handing down the Ten Commandments. In Exodus God establishes his reliability as Israel's protector and savior, and lays claim to its loyalty and obedience Operation Exodus is a U S Customs Service export enforcement program that was developed in 1981 to help stem the flow of the illegal export of U S -sourced arms and technology to the Soviet bloc and other prohibited destinations (from Greek for "to exit, go out") The term refers to the event of the Israelites leaving Egypt and to the biblical book that tells of that event, the second book of the Torah; the release from Egyptian captivity and the exodus from Egypt were led by Moses, probably in the thirteenth century B C E See Passover See Biblical Story, Chapter 3 Refers to the event of the Israelites leaving Egypt and the Biblical book that tells of that event The Israelite departure from Egypt; memorialized in the Passover festival and the book of Exodus The exit or escape of Israel from Egyptian captivity, recounted in the book of the same name The book in its final form dates eight centuries after the events it describes (story date c 1280 BCE; discourse date c 400s BCE) and was compiled from several sources, all of which factors complicate the historical reliability of the account Regardless of its historical reliability, however, it was a fundamental text for the Dead Sea Scrolls communities, who viewed themselves as the faithful Israel just escaped to the wilderness to receive and observe Torah plural of exodus freedom of the children of Israel from the slavery of Egypt