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Smith's Bible Dictionary
the exodus 200 years later, or B.C. 1300. in either case special difficulty is brought into the reckoning.
(d) Therefore, on the whole, it is well to retain the common chronology, though the later dates may
yet prove to be correct. The history of the exodus itself commences with the close of that of the ten
plagues. [Plagues, The Ten, THE Ten Commandments] In the night in which, at midnight, the
firstborn were slain, (Exodus 12:29) Pharaoh urged the departure of the Israelites. vs. (Exodus
12:31,32) They at once set forth from Rameses, vs. (Exodus 12:37,39) apparently during the night
v. (Exodus 12:42) but towards morning on the 15th day of the first month. (Numbers 33:3) They
made three journeys, and encamped by the Red Sea. Here Pharaoh overtook them, and the great
miracle occurred by which they were saved, while the pursuer and his army were destroyed. [Red
Sea SEA, Passage OF]
Exorcist
one who pretends to expel evil spirits by conjuration, prayers and ceremonies. Exorcism was
frequently practiced among the Jews. (Matthew 12:27; Acts 19:13) David, by playing skillfully on
a harp, procured the temporary departure of the evil spirit which troubled Saul. (1 Samuel 16:23)
The power of casting out devils was bestowed by Christ while on earth upon the apostles, (Matthew
10:8) and the seventy disciples (Luke 10:17-19) and was, according to his promise, (Mark 16:17)
exercised by believers after his ascension. (Acts 16:18)
Expiation
[Sacrifice]
Eye
(The practice of painting the eyelids to make the eyes look large, lustrous and languishing is
often alluded to in the Old Testament, and still extensively prevails among the women of the East,
and especially among the Mohammedans. Jezebel, in (2 Kings 9:30) is said to have prepared for
her meeting with Jehu by painting her face, or, as it reads in the margin, “put her eyes in paint.”
See also (Ezekiel 23:40) A small probe of wood, ivory or silver is wet with rose-water and dipped
in an impalpable black powder, and is then drawn between the lids of the eye nearly closed, and
leaves a narrow black border, which is though a great ornament.—ED.)
Ezbai
(shining), father of Naarai, who was one of David’s thirty mighty men. (1 Chronicles 11:37)
(B.C. 1046.)
Ezbon
(working).
•Son of Gad, and founder of one of the Gadite families. (Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:16)
•Son of Bela, the son of Benjamin according to (1 Chronicles 7:7)
Ezekias
(Matthew 1:9,10) [Hezekiah]
Ezekiel
(the strength of God), one of the four greater prophets, was the son of a priest named Buzi, and
was taken captive in the captivity of Jehoiachin, eleven years before the destruction of Jerusalem.
He was a member of a community of Jewish exiles who settled on the banks of the Chebar, a “river’
or stream of Babylonia. He began prophesying B.C. 595, and continued until B.C. 573, a period of
more than twenty-two years. We learn from an incidental allusion, (Ezekiel 24:18) that he was
married, and had a house, (Ezekiel 8:1) in his place of exile, and lost his wife by a sudden and
unforeseen stroke. He lived in the highest consideration among his companions in exile, and their
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