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Exodus

Escapes from persecution.

  • map showing the wandering of the Israelites
    • Persecuted: Approximately 2.5 million Israelites
    • Persecutors: Pharaoh, Egyptians
    • Leader of Exodus: Moses
    • Date of Departure: c. 1447
    • Route: Land of Goshen to Border of Canaan, by way of the Wilderness of Sin, Mt. Sinai, Kadash, and the Land of Moab
    • Time in Transit: 40 years
    • Obstacles Encountered: Sea of Reeds, bitter waters, hunger, Amalekites and Canaanites, snake bites, distrustful pilgrims
    • Details: After God inflicted ten plagues on the people of Egypt, Moses led the Israelites to the border of the Holy Land, where he died, passing leadership on to Joshua.
  • map showing the route of exodus for the Bohemian Brethren families.
    • Persecuted: Approximately 36,000 Bohemian Brethren families
    • Persecutors: Jesuits, Holy Roman Emperors, Prince Lichtenstein
    • Leader of Exodus: John Amos Comenius
    • Date of Departure: c. 1628
    • Route: Brandeis-on-the-Adler to Leszno, Poland
    • Time in Transit: Unknown
    • Obstacles Encountered: Govermment commissioners, the Giant Mountains
    • Details: Ordered out of Bohemia for his Protestant beliefs, Comenius led the last band of the Unity of the Brethren to safety in Leszno, where they practiced their faith freely.
  • map showing the route of exodus for the Mormons
    • Persecuted: Approximately 70,000 Mormons (over 30 years)
    • Persecutors: Missourians, Illinoisans
    • Leader of Exodus: Joseph Smith Jr., Brigham Young
    • Date of Departure: 1838
    • Route: Northwest Missouri to Salt Lake Valley, by way of Nauvoo, Illinois, Fort Laramie, and Fort Bridger
    • Time in Transit: 9 years
    • Obstacles Encountered: Governor of Missouri, the Nauvoo Expositor, the winter of 1846–47, scurvy, malaria
    • Details: After Smith’s murder by an angry mob in Nauvoo, Young led the Mormons across unorganized territory to the Salt Lake Valley, in what was then Mexico.
  • map showing the route of exodus for the Tibetans.
    • Persecuted: Approximately 100,000 Tibetans
    • Persecutors: Communist Party of China
    • Leader of Exodus: Tenzin Gyatso (Dalai Lama)
    • Date of Departure: 1959
    • Route: Lhasa to Dharamsala, by way of Bomdila and Mussoori
    • Time in Transit: 1 year
    • Obstacles Encountered: The Himalayas, unfamiliar tropical climate, diseases of the Indian lowlands
    • Details: Following the invasion of the Chinese Army, the Dalai Lama fled his palace under nightfall, armed and wearing a soldier’s uniform.