exodus story
Mass leaving tale
An exodus story is a narrative of mass departure, typically involving an oppressed or displaced people leaving their homeland.
The term derives from the biblical Exodus, in which the Israelites fled slavery in Egypt.
Any account of collective flight or migration can be called an exodus story: The documentary tells the exodus story of refugees fleeing the civil war.
- MosesHebrew prophet, liberator
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
- plaguesMass outbreaks of disease
- PassoverFestival of liberation
- Red SeaAfrican-Arabian saltwater inlet
let my people go · parting · pillar of fire · wilderness · tablets · commandments · manna · burning bush · Israelites · chosen people · Egypt · slavery · ten plagues · freedom · liberation · desert · journey · promised land