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This concept is seen throughout the Scriptures, where God, leaders, or individuals expel others due to sin, disobedience, or as part of divine judgment and fulfillment of God's promises.<br><br><b>Old Testament Instances</b><br><br>1. <b>Adam and Eve</b>: The first instance of expulsion in the Bible occurs in <a href="/genesis/3-23.htm">Genesis 3:23-24</a>, where God expels Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden due to their disobedience. "So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After He drove the man out, He placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life" .<br><br>2. <b>Canaanite Nations</b>: The Israelites were commanded by God to expel the Canaanite nations from the Promised Land. This was part of God's judgment against the Canaanites for their iniquities and to prevent Israel from adopting their idolatrous practices. In <a href="/deuteronomy/7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1-2</a>, God instructs, "When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations... you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy" .<br><br>3. <b>Saul and David</b>: King Saul's jealousy led him to attempt to expel David from his presence and ultimately from Israel. In <a href="/1_samuel/19-10.htm">1 Samuel 19:10</a>, Saul tries to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David eludes him and flees, marking the beginning of David's life as a fugitive.<br><br><b>New Testament Instances</b><br><br>1. <b>Jesus Expelling Demons</b>: Jesus frequently expelled demons from individuals, demonstrating His authority over evil spirits. In <a href="/mark/1-34.htm">Mark 1:34</a>, it is recorded, "And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was" .<br><br>2. <b>The Expulsion of the Money Changers</b>: Jesus expelled the money changers from the temple, an act recorded in all four Gospels. In <a href="/john/2-15.htm">John 2:15</a>, it states, "So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables" . This act was a demonstration of zeal for God's house and a condemnation of the corruption present in the temple.<br><br>3. <b>Church Discipline</b>: The New Testament also addresses the expulsion of unrepentant sinners from the church community. In <a href="/1_corinthians/5-13.htm">1 Corinthians 5:13</a>, Paul instructs the church, "Expel the wicked man from among you" , emphasizing the need for purity within the body of Christ and the importance of maintaining holiness.<br><br><b>Theological Significance</b><br><br>The act of expelling in the Bible often serves as a means of preserving holiness, executing divine judgment, and fulfilling God's covenant promises. It underscores the seriousness of sin and disobedience, as well as the necessity of maintaining purity among God's people. Expulsion is not merely punitive but also serves as a corrective measure intended to lead to repentance and restoration.<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/scholasticus/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_scholasticus/chapter_ii_the_emperor_gratian_recalls.htm"><span class="l">The Emperor Gratian Recalls the Orthodox Bishops, and <b>Expels</b> the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book V. Chapter II."The Emperor Gratian recalls the Orthodox Bishops, and<br> <b>expels</b> the Heretics from the Churches. He takes Theodosius <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter ii the emperor gratian recalls.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/the_clementine_homilies/chapter_xxii_rather_rejoice.htm"><span class="l">"Rather Rejoice. "</span></a> <br><b>...</b> It happens, also, that the demons flee before some wicked men by reason of the honoured<br> name, and both he who <b>expels</b> the demon and he who witnesses it are <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xxii rather rejoice.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_28_the_end_of_the.htm"><span class="l">The End of the Wicked.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For in this life, when this conflict has arisen, either pain conquers and death<br> <b>expels</b> the feeling of it, or nature conquers and health <b>expels</b> the pain. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 28 the end of the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/watson/a_divine_cordial/the_tests_of_love_to.htm"><span class="l">The Tests of Love to God</span></a> <br><b>...</b> day time. Love casts out fear. As the sun <b>expels</b> fogs and vapours, so divine<br> love in a great measure <b>expels</b> carnal fear. Does he <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a divine cordial/the tests of love to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/watson/the_beatitudes_an_exposition_of_matthew_51-12/4_blessed_are_the_poor.htm"><span class="l">Blessed are the Poor in Spirit</span></a> <br><b>...</b> beyond all philosophy. The philosophers use to say that one contrary <b>expels</b><br> another; but here one contrary begets another. Poverty is <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../watson/the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/4 blessed are the poor.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/on_the_apparel_of_women/chapter_ii_perfect_modesty_will_abstain.htm"><span class="l">Perfect Modesty Will Abstain from Whatever Tends to Sin, as Well <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> secondly, because we ought not to open a way to temptations, which, by their instancy,<br> sometimes achieve (a wickedness) which God <b>expels</b> from them who are His <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/on the apparel of women/chapter ii perfect modesty will abstain.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/a_treatise_on_the_soul/chapter_i_it_is_not_to.htm"><span class="l">It is not to the Philosophers that we Resort for Information About <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> and shows no such inconsistency as to order a "cock to be sacrificed to ??sculapius:"<br> [1499] no new gods and demons does it introduce, but <b>expels</b> the old ones <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/a treatise on the soul/chapter i it is not to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/rolt/dionysius_the_areopagite/chapter_xii_concerning_holy_of.htm"><span class="l">Concerning "Holy of Holies," "King of Kings," "Lord of Lords <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> and been distributed throughout the world all the unmixed Perfection of all untainted<br> Purity; all that Law and Order of the world, which <b>expels</b> all disharmony <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../rolt/dionysius the areopagite/chapter xii concerning holy of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/clement/the_instructor_paedagogus/chapter_ii_against_embellishing_the_body.htm"><span class="l">Against Embellishing the Body.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The woman who dyes her hair yellow, Menander the comic poet <b>expels</b> from<br> the house:". "Now get out of this house, for no chaste. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter ii against embellishing the body.htm</font><p><a href="/library/schaff/the_person_of_christ/summary.htm"><span class="l">Summary.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> matter." Ernest Renan, the famous French orientalist and critic, who views Jesus<br> from the stand-point of a Pantheistic naturalism, and <b>expels</b> all miracles from <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/schaff/the person of christ/summary.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/e/expels.htm"><span class="l"><b>Expels</b> (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Expels</b> (3 Occurrences). Matthew 12:24 The Pharisees heard it and said, "This man<br> only <b>expels</b> demons by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of demons." (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/expels.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/exorcist.htm"><span class="l">Exorcist (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) One who <b>expels</b> evil spirits by conjuration<br> or exorcism. 2. (n.) A conjurer who can raise spirits. Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/exorcist.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/baal-zebul.htm"><span class="l">Baal-zebul (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEY). Matthew 12:24 The Pharisees heard it and said, "This man only <b>expels</b> demons<br> by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of demons." (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/baal-zebul.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/exorcism.htm"><span class="l">Exorcism</span></a><br><b>...</b> ek'-sor-siz'-m, ek'-sor-sist (Exorkistes, from exorkizo, "to adjure" (Matthew<br> 26:63)): 1. Definition: One who <b>expels</b> demons by the use of magical formulas. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/exorcism.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/outer.htm"><span class="l">Outer (98 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (n.) A shot which strikes the outer of a target. 4. (n.) One who puts<br> out, ousts, or <b>expels</b>; also, an ouster; dispossession. Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/outer.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/expelling.htm"><span class="l">Expelling (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/expelling.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/expence.htm"><span class="l">Expence (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/expence.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bellows.htm"><span class="l">Bellows (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and<br> fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and <b>expels</b> it through a tube <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bellows.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/power.htm"><span class="l">Power (862 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (BBE). Matthew 12:24 The Pharisees heard it and said, "This man only <b>expels</b> demons<br> by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of demons." (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/power.htm - 66k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/judaeus.htm"><span class="l">Judaeus</span></a><br><b>...</b> For, seeing that He <b>expels</b> all the imperfections of the world, God is precisely<br> in that condition of Being for which the whole creation then yearned. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/judaeus.htm - 29k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Venerable-Bede.html">Who was the Venerable Bede? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Expels (3 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/12-24.htm">Matthew 12:24</a></span><br />The Pharisees heard it and said, "This man only <span class="boldtext">expels</span> demons by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of demons."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/3-22.htm">Mark 3:22</a></span><br />The Scribes, too, who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Baal-zebul in him; and it is by the power of the Prince of the demons that he <span class="boldtext">expels</span> the demons."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/11-15.htm">Luke 11:15</a></span><br />But some among them said, "It is by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of the demons, that he <span class="boldtext">expels</span> the demons."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/e/expels.htm">Expels</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/instructed.htm">Instructed (80 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/expels.htm">Expels (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/expend.htm">Expend (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/purification.htm">Purification (25 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/true%20.htm">True (305 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/e/expelling.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Expelling"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Expelling" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/e/expence.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Expence"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Expence" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>