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| according to hebrew belief, a vast ocean of water and fire that existed before creation |
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| "fertile plain" a region in the near east where hebrews believed that life began; associated with present day iraq |
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| first son of eve; a tiller of soil, he murdered his brother |
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| second son of eve; a keeper of flocks who was murdered by his brother |
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| the hero of the flood story; his family and animals were saved in the ark |
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| hebrew word for babylon; tower where God confused humans by giving them different languages |
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| home of abraham from which he migrated into canaan; located in present day iraq |
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| the first patriarch of the hebrews whose name meant "father of a mulititude" |
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| nephew of abraham who accompanied him into canaan |
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| the promised land which is located west of the jordan river; present day israel/jordan |
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| wife of abraham and mother of isaac |
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| the title of the ruler of anchient egypt |
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| an agreement between 2 or more parties |
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| the egyptian handmaid of sarah and mother of ishmael |
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| son of abraham and hagar and founder of a nation |
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| removal of male foreskin as a sign of initiation into the covenant of the lord |
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| anchient cities of syria which were destroyed by fire because of their wickedness |
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| son of abraham and sarah; father of jacob and esau |
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| sacrificial offering which is destroyed by fire |
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| wife of isaac; mother of jacob and esau |
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| rebekahs brother; father of rachel and leah |
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| oldest son of isaac; twin brother of jacob |
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| twin brother of esau; son of isaac; later he was named israel |
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| younger daughter of laban; wife of jacob; her sons were joseph and benjamin |
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| elder daughter of laban; wife of jacob; her sons were reuben, simeon, levi, judah, issachar, and zebulun |
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| maid servant of rachel; her sons were dan and naphtali |
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| maidservant of leah, her sons were gad and asher |
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| name given to jacob and used by the twelve tribes for the designation of their nation |
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| reuben simeon levi judah issachar zebulun joseph benjamin dan naphtali gad and asher |
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| daughter of jacob and leah. sister to the 12 sons of jacob. her rape was revenged by simeon and levi |
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| an egyptian official to whom jospeh was sold; he was cheif steward to pharoah |
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| elder son of joseph; founder of a tribe |
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| younger son of joseph and founder of a tribe |
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| that part of egypt where israelites lived |
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| to observe or make a survey in order to gain military information |
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| an anchient city of palestine that was the first taken by the israelites when they crossed the jordan river |
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| a prostitue or promiscuous woman |
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| a woman of jericho who protected the israelite spies and whose family was saved from death |
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| a sacred chest which held the stone tablets given to moses by god and other sacred objects |
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| othniel. ehud. deborah. barak. gideon. jephthah. samson |
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| canaanite god who was worshipped in various forms |
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| an anchient near east tribe which was frequently at war with the israelites |
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| father of samson; member of tribe of dan |
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| phillistine woman who obtained samson's secret and betrayed him |
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| land southeast of the dead sea; moabites were often enemies of the israelites |
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| moabite woman. ancestress of king david |
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| woman of judah who traveled with her husband to moab; mother in law of ruth |
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| wealthy man of bethlehem who married ruth; ancestor of king david |
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| to gather fruit or grain that is left after the crop is harvested; usually reserved for the poor |
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| measure approximately equal to a bushel |
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| son of elkanah and hannah; judge; prophet and priest of israel |
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| home of samuel; town where the ark of the covenant was kept |
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| judge and high priest at shiloh; samuels teacher |
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| the primary god of the phillistines; the fish god |
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| a person who foresees future events |
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| son of kish. a benjaminite. first king of israel |
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| sauls oldest son; close friend of david |
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| davids father; jesus eventually came from his family |
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| giant phillistine soldier from gath who was killed by david |
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| second and greatest king of israel |
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| prophet during the time of david and solomon; advisor to david |
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| wife of david; mother of solomon |
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| bathsheba's first husband; david caused him to be killed in battle |
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| son of david; third king of israel; builder of the temple |
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| son of saul who was installed as king of the north by abner; he fought against david and was later murdered |
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| another name for jerusalem in fact one of the hills in which it was built upon |
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| son of david who led an unsuccessful revolt against his father |
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| fourth son of david; he tried to become king during his fathers old age by lost out to solomon |
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| king of tyre who sent workmen and materials to help build temples and palaces |
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| davids nephew who became general of the army after abners death |
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| court official of solomon who led the revolt against rehoboam and became first king of the n kingdom of israel |
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| son of solomon who was first king of the southern kingdom of judah; 10 tribes of the north revolted against his own rule |
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| 7th king of israel; the n kingdom; who worshipped baal and abandoned yahweh |
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| sidonian princess who was ahabs wife; she brought the worship of baal to israel |
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| prophet of the northern kingdom during the reign of king ahab; he opposed jezebel |
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| prophet of the northern kingdom who was the disciple and successor to elijah |
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| king of the n kingdom who overthrew ahabs son and restored worship of yahweh |
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| king of assyria who invaded n kingdom and began siege of samaria |
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| assyrian king who succeeded shalmaneser and conquered the n kingdom |
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| assyrian king who invaded judah but was turned away from jerusalem by disaster |
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| king of judah; southern kingdom; who helped save jerusalem from the assyrians and reformed religious practices |
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| king of judah who was a great religious reformer and renewed the covenant with god after finding a book in the temple |
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| king of babylon who conquered judah and destroyed jerusalem and the temple in 587 bc |
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| king of judah who was arrested and punished by nebuchadnezzar |
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| prophet of judah who stresses gods holiness and warns ppl about the result of their wickedness |
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| to renounce ones religious faith |
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| what remains or is left behind; those israelites who have remained faithful to yahweh |
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| waste or impurity produced during metal processing |
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| metal mixed with another metal for strength |
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| judean shepherd who prophesized in israel against religious formalism and abuse of the poor |
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| capital city of the n kingdom; a place of wickedness to the prophets |
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| plumb line; a weight fastened to a line used to make walls straight |
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| n kingdom prophet who used an extended metaphor to compare israel's situation with his marriage |
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| hoseas wife who is portrayed as a harlot and compared to the kingdom of israel |
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| to marry or take as one's own |
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| an israelite tribe of the north; often used as an alternate name of the n kingdom |
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| judean prophet who prophesized in judah against the corrupt city and oppression of the poor |
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| literary work or song that attacks or ridicules |
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| empire that destroyed the n kingdom and threatened the s kingdom |
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| prophet of the s kingdom who suffered for his preaching at the hands of the people |
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| jeremiahs assisstant; another book of prophecy bears his name |
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| disgusting and hateful actions; sacrileges |
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| things which do not exist |
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| hopelessly sad and dejected |
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| person skilled in a trade; idol maker |
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| a young jewish man who was taken into captivity in babylon |
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| king of babylon during captivity of all jews |
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| shadrach. meshach. abednego |
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| friends of daniel and who were thrown into a hot furnace but survived |
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| group of ppl in the babylonian empire who were known for their belief in astrology |
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| the worthless husks left after the grain has been threshed |
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| crown prince of babylon whose feast is interrupted by a mysterious writing on the wall |
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| person identified in daniel as the king after belshazzar; not otherwise known |
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| jewish man from davids family who betrothed to mary |
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| mother of jesus; an angel appeared to her with the announcement of jesus birth |
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| name given by isaiah to a child who will guide and protect israel. meaning= god is with us |
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| temple priest who was the father of john the baptist |
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| wife of zechariah; mother of john the baptist; cousin of mary |
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| angel who appeared to zechariah and mary |
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| astrologers from the east who follow the star to find the place of jesus birth |
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| idumean who was appointed king of judea by the romans |
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| holy man of the temple in jerusalem who recognized jesus as the messiah |
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| holy woman of the temple in jerusalem |
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| cousin of jesus who preached a baptism of repentence at the jordan river |
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| a town northwest shore of the sea of galilee which became the center of jesus ministry |
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| an officer in the roman legion who commanded a hundred men |
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| tax collector who was chosen by jesus to become one of the 12 apostles |
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| leader of a synagogue whose daughter was raised from the dead by jesus |
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| son of herod the great; tetrarch of galilee |
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| wife of herod antipas; mother of salome; her marriage was condemned by john the baptist and she later has salome ask for john's head |
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| blessings on certain types of people which jesus pronounced at the sermon on the mount; latin= blesseds |
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| name of phillistine god which eventually became associated with evil or demonic forces |
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| native of samaria; ppl who were considered foreigners and outcasts by the jews |
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| a servant or slave who oversees his masters house and possessions |
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| a figure in a story by jesus; he is a poor man who had nothing in life but attains heaven after death |
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| one of the original of the 12 apostles; he betrayed jesus to the authorities |
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| garden on the mount of olives where jesus prayed the night he was arrested |
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| jewish high council of 71 members headed by the high priest; it included pharisees and sadducees |
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| jewish prisoner who was released by pilate at the request of the ppl |
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| bystander who was forced to help carry jesus' cross |
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| place of the skulls; hill outside jerusalem where jesus was crucified |
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| prominent jewish man who asked for jesus body and buried it in his own tomb |
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| woman who was a follower of jesus; jesus appeared to her first after his resurrection |
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| "sent one" or "messenger" usually applied to the chosen 12 |
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| tax collectors employed by the roman gov't |
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| any follow; usually of jesus |
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| peter's brother; a fisherman who became an apostle |
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| first apostle of jesus; fisherman and brother of andrew |
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| an apostle of jesus; a man from bathsaida |
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| disciple who was brought to jesus by phillip |
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| mid province of palestine; home of the samaritans |
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| village which is scene of two miracles; including jesus first miracle at the wedding |
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| member of the sanhedrin who was a secret follower of jesus |
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| a pool at jerusalem where the sick gathered hoping to be cured. place where jesus cured an infirm man |
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| jewish place of schooling and worship |
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| men who occupied and interpretted the hebrew scripture; also called lawyers |
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| man of bethany who was raised from the dead by jesus |
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| sister of lazarus who anointed the feet of jesus |
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| sister of lazarus and mary |
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| apostle who asked for proof of the resurrection of jesus |
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| high priest who proposed the death of jesus |
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| name given to the holy spirit by jesus; also called paraclete |
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| jewish high priest in the sanhedrin; father in law of caiaphas |
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| roman governor of judea at the time of christ |
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| hebrew patriarch and law giver who led his ppl out of egypt |
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| wife of moses and daughter of jethro |
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| elder brother of moses and a priest of the hebrews |
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| father of zipporah and priest of midian; also called reuel |
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| sister of moses and aaron |
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| curses from god on the egyptians to punish them for their sinfullness; water into blood. frogs. gnats. flies. pestilence. boils. hail. locusts. darkness. death of the first born |
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| disease or sickness; usually infectious |
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| feast commemorating the passover of the death angel in egypt just prior to the exodus |
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| desert through which the israelites traveled on their way to mount sinai |
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| food supplied to the israelites by god when they were in the desert |
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| a nomadic ppl who were often at war with the israelites (descendants of esau) |
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| son of nun; a military leader and judge of the israelites who took the place of moses after his death |
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| sons of moses and zipporah |
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| a mountain in the arabian peninsula at which the law was given to the israelites through moses; also called mount horeb |
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| the act of making good any loss, damge, or injury |
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| a person who is not a citizen of the country in which he lives |
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