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What is adultery?

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Cheating on the person to whom you are married.

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Who was Baal?

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A god worshipped by the Canaanite tribes

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What is the Covenant Box?

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A special box containing the stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were inscribed

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What does “covet” mean?

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To crave something that belongs to someone else

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What does “exile” mean?

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Being forced to live outside the country of your birth

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What was the “exodus”?

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The Israelites’ journey out of Egypt

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Where did the word Jew originate?

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The name given to the Israelite s’ descendants today

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What is “leprosy”?

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A skin disease

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What is a “Messiah”?

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A saviour, or rescuer, sent by God

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What is the “Passover”?

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A Jewish festival remembering the Israelites’ freedom from slavery in Egypt

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What is a “Philistine”?

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A member of a tribe that fought against the Israelites promised land The land of Canaan, which God promised to give to the Israelites

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What is a “prophet”?

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A messenger from God

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What is the Red Sea?

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A narrow sea that lies between Africa and Asia; in Exodus, the sea is parted so the Israelites can cross it safely and escape from the Egyptians

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What is the “Sabbath”

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The seventh day of the week, reserved for religious activities, when people do not work

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What is a “synagogue”

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A Jewish place of worship

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What were the “Ten Commandments”?

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The 10 rules given by God to Moses for the Israelites to follow

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What is the second book of the Bible?

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Exodus

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What did the king of Egypt try to do in the start of the book of Exodus?

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Drown all the Israelite babies

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Who saved Moses?

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The Kings daughter.

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Why did Moses leave Egypt?

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The king wanted to kill him for murdering an Egyptian

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What did Moses do after leaving Egypt?

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He worked as a shepherd in Midian

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How did God speak to Moses?

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God spoke to Moses from a burning bush

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What did God tell Moses to do?

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God told Moses to return to Egypt and free the Israelites from slavery

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What convinced the king of Egypt to free the Israelites from slavery?

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After God sent 1O plagues to Egypt

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Where did Moses lead the Israelites?

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Out of Egypt through the Red Sea and into the desert

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Where did God give the Ten Commandments to Moses?

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On Mount Sinai.

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Who led led the Israelites into the land that God had promised?

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Joshua

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What happened when the Israelites started to worship the gods of other tribes?

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God sent them strong leaders known as the Judges.

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Who was Samson?

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Samson was one of the Judges, whose strength came from his long hair

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What happened to Samson’s hair?

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It was shaved off while he slept.

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What did the Israelites became known as?

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Jews.

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What did the Jews hope for at the end of the Old Testament?

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The Jews were hoping that God would send them a Messiah.

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