Talk:The Exodus/Draft
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The Exodus (Greek ἔξοδος, "exodus", "way out", Hebrew: יציאת מצרים, Modern: Yetzi'at Mitzrayim, Tiberian: [jəsʕijaθ misʕɾajim] Y'ṣiʾath Miṣrayim, "going out of Egypt") is the story of the departure of the Israelites from ancient Egypt described in the Hebrew Bible.
This page is about the events related in the Torah. For other uses, see Exodus.
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Narrowly defined, the term refers only to the departure from Egypt described in the Book of Exodus; more widely, it takes in the subsequent law-givings and wanderings in the wilderness between Egypt and Canaan described in the books of Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The exact historical basis of the events described in the exodus narratives continues to be an active area of scholarly study.