Definition and General Understanding:
Egress, in a biblical context, refers to the act of going out or leaving a place. It is often associated with the concept of departure or exit, both in a physical and metaphorical sense. The term is not explicitly used in most English translations of the Bible, including the Berean Standard Bible , but the concept is present in various narratives and teachings throughout Scripture.

Biblical Instances and Themes:

1. Exodus and Deliverance:
One of the most significant examples of egress in the Bible is the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. This event is a foundational narrative in the Old Testament, symbolizing deliverance and the fulfillment of God's promises. In Exodus 12:31, Pharaoh finally relents and tells Moses and Aaron, "Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested." This command marks the beginning of the Israelites' egress from slavery into freedom.

2. Spiritual Egress:
The concept of egress can also be understood spiritually, as believers are called to leave behind their old ways and sinful nature. In 2 Corinthians 5:17 , Paul writes, "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come!" This transformation involves an egress from the past life into a new life in Christ.

3. Jesus' Teachings on Departure:
Jesus often spoke of leaving or departing in His teachings. In John 14:2-3 , He comforts His disciples by saying, "In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am." Here, Jesus speaks of His own egress from the world to prepare a place for believers, promising His return.

4. The Great Commission:
The Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20 involves a form of egress as Jesus commands His disciples, "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you." This directive requires the disciples to leave their current location and spread the Gospel, emphasizing the active nature of egress in fulfilling God's mission.

5. Egress in Eschatology:
In eschatological terms, egress can refer to the departure from this world at the end of times. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 describes the egress of believers at the return of Christ: "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord."

Theological Implications:

Egress in the Bible often signifies a transition from one state to another, whether it be physical, spiritual, or eschatological. It underscores themes of liberation, transformation, and fulfillment of divine promises. The act of leaving or departing is frequently associated with obedience to God's will and the pursuit of a higher calling. Through egress, believers are reminded of the transient nature of earthly life and the eternal hope found in Christ.1. (n.) The act or place of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; exit.

2. (n.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.

3. (v. i.) To go out; to depart; to leave.

4161. motsa -- a place or act of going forth, issue, export ...
... Or motsai {mo-tsaw'}; from yatsa'; a going forth, ie (the act) an egress, or (the
place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of ...
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How to Tell a Story
... "I shall divide my discourse into three heads: (1) Man's ingress into the world;
(2) His progress through the world; (3) His egress out of the world. ...
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From' and 'to'
... most probable reading of the first clause of my text, it is even more forcible than
in our version: 'I came forth out of the Father.' Such an egress implies a ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/from and to.htm

If the Scorpion, Swinging his Tail in the Air...
... And therefore what follows? Wisdom is praised in hymns, in the places of
egress; for the death of martyrs also is praised in song. ...
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The Battle of Thermopylae.
... The passage between them was narrow for many miles along the shore, being narrowest
at the ingress and egress. In the middle the space was broader. ...
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The Exile.
... A stealthy band of assassins from the palace surround the house with orders to prevent
all egress, and, by what may be either the strange whim of a madman, or ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the life of david/iv the exile.htm

Examples of a Similar Kind from the New.
... the weapons for battling with the more direful demons: [1064] for what wonder if
the same operation is the instrument of the iniquitous spirit's egress as of ...
/.../on fasting in opposition to the psychics/chapter viii examples of a similar.htm

Tertullian, Having Shown his Defence to be Consistent with ...
... panoply of modesty; surround yourself with the stockade of bashfulness; rear a rampart
for your sex, which must neither allow your own eyes egress nor ingress ...
/.../on the veiling of virgins/chapter xvi tertullian having shown his.htm

The Christian Has Sure and Simple Knowledge Concerning the Subject ...
... by the labouring ship) by some happy chance; and sometimes in the very shades of
night, through blind luck alone, one finds access to a spot, or egress from it ...
/.../tertullian/a treatise on the soul/chapter ii the christian has sure.htm

On the Creation, and Chiefly that of Man
... because the properties according to which he performs and operates all things, are,
in the first impulse of his nature, and in his first egress, occupied about ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/on the creation and chiefly.htm

When this Became Known to Judith a Widow Woman of Great Wealth...
... flight. Then she begs of the general the right of a free egress from the
camp during night, for the purpose of saying her prayers. ...
/.../life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter xvi when this became.htm

Egress (1 Occurrence)
... a transit. 3. (vi) To go out; to depart; to leave. Multi-Version Concordance
Egress (1 Occurrence). Ezekiel 44:5 And Jehovah said ...
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Eglon (13 Occurrences)

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Open (586 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress
or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over ...
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Lock (6 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. 5. (n.) The barrier
or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. ...
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Goings (42 Occurrences)
... In Ezekiel 44:5, the American Standard Revised Version substitutes "egress" (way
out or place of exit) for "going forth." "The goings out (place of exit; hence ...
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Going (2561 Occurrences)
... In Ezekiel 44:5, the American Standard Revised Version substitutes "egress" (way
out or place of exit) for "going forth." "The goings out (place of exit; hence ...
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Issue (59 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any enclosed place;
egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from ...
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Egresses (3 Occurrences)

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Exit (1 Occurrence)
... exit. 4. (n.) A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out.
Multi-Version Concordance Exit (1 Occurrence). Ezekiel ...
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Shut (237 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Shut. 2. (vt) To close so as to hinder ingress or egress;
as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth. ...
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