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having taking hold of bread, broke it and gave it a new name:
His body. What is seen very simply and basically in such acts of
restructuring is seen at large in the exodus pattern. A
The following are some of the most important exoduses in
the Bible:

1. Noah’s removal from captivity in the Old World to the New.
2. Abram’s removal from death in Babylon to life in Canaan
(Genesis 11:27-12:5).

3. Abram’s deliverance from captivity in Egypt to life in Canaan
(Genesis 12:6-13:18).
4. Lot’s deliverance from Sodom (Genesis 19:1-16), God’s
offer of life at The Mountain (19:17-19), and Lot’s death in
the wilderness (19: 30-38 ).5

5. Abraham’s deliverance from danger in Philistia (Genesis
20).
6. Isaac’s deliverance from danger in Philistia (Genesis 26).
7. Jacob’s deliverance from enslavement in Mesopotamia
(Genesis 31).
8. Israel’s deliverance from enslavement in Egypt (Exodus
1-15).
9. The Ark of God, taken captive by Philistine, defeats their
gods and is returned, laden with spoils (1 Samuel 5-6).
10. David’s sojourn in the wilderness and Philistia, and then
his return to the land (1 Samuel 21-2 Samuel 2).
11. Israel’s return from Mesopotamia, after the exile.
12. Jesus’ “exodus at Jerusalem” (Luke 9:31); His renunciation
of Jerusalem and the Temple, and His crucifixion outside
the walls; the new Kingdom of the Mount of Olives.
13. The removal of the Church from Jerusalem before her de-
struction in 70 A.D. (Matthew 24:16-18; Acts 1-28).

When we remember that the Bible regards the Philistine as
a sub-group of the Egyptians (Genesis 10:13-14), we see that
there are basically two avenues of exodus in the Old Testa-
ment: those from the North (Babylon, Mesopotamia) and those
from the South (Egypt, Philistia). All of these find their fulfill-