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Elohim

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A common Semitic word for God used in the Bible. Elohim appears in Hebrew names.

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YHWH

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  • a form of the Hebrew verb: “to be”
  • “I am”
  • a name for God
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theophany

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an appearance or manifestation of God, as when he “appeared” to Moses in the Burning Bush.

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Passover

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  • blood of the pure lamb saves Israel from slavery and death
  • roasted lamb
  • unleavened bread
  • bitter herbs
  • eat like ready to leave quickly
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tabernacle

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the portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant throughout their travels in the desert

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Sabbatical Year

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  • every 7 years, allow the soil to rest, lay follow, no planting
  • the poor are allowed to glean what grows in the field
  • God has concern for the poor in His Law
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Jubilee Year

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-every 50 years
-slaves are set free
-debts forgiven
-gleaning again permitted by the poor
7x7=49+1=50
7: order/wholeness/completeness, God’s number

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Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)

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  • to make up for something done wrong
  • Aaron, the high priest offer sacrifice for his sins and the sins of Israel
  • A blood sacrifice
  • two goats, one to be sacrificed, one to be led into the desert to Azazel
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ark of the covenant

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  • contains the tablets of the Law
  • wood and gold
  • kept behind the veil in the holy of holies
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holy of holies

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behind the veil

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Moses

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  • to draw out
  • the daughter of Pharoah raised him
  • raised as a Prince of Egypt
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Aaron

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Moses’s brother

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Pharoah

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a god to the Egyptians

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Miriam

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Moses’s sister

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Joshua

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  • leader of the Israelite tribe after Moses dies

- one of the only ones to believe they should proceed to the Promised Land

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Caleb

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  • one of the only ones to believe they should proceed to the promised land
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Moses’s Birth and Early Life

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  • born to a Hebrew
  • his mother put him in a basket and into the river
  • the daughter of the Pharaoh took Moses and raised him
  • when Moses grew up he killed an Egyptian
  • flew to Midian and married Zipporah
  • became a sheperd
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Burning Bush

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  • Moses tries to make excuses so as to not be chosen by God

- circumcision of Gersham

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The Sinai Covenant

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  • Israel must obey God’s Laws
  • God will make them His Chosen People
  • binds God and Israel in a loving union
  • revealed God’s special love and mercy
  • showed that to be Yahweh’s people you must follow His law and worship Him alone
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The Golden Calf

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an idol they can see

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Idolatry

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making something into God that isn’t God

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Aaron and Miriam’s Jealousy

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  • they are jealous of Moses’s authority and special relationship with YHWH
  • God calls them to the meeting tent
  • he says Moses is His special servant, not them
  • Miriam - leprousy for 7 days
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Waters of Meribah

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  • again the people complain
  • God tells Moses to order the rock to yield water
  • Moses uses this teaching opportunity to vent his anger
  • he strikes the rock twice, not showing God’s sanctity
  • God says that Moses and Aaron will not be allowed into the Promised Land
  • Even Moses is not above God’s Law
  • Aaron dies on Mount Hor
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Moses’s Death

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Moses dies on Mount Nebo in the land of Moab

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Name the Ten Commandments

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  1. I, The Lord, am you God…You shall not have strange gods before me
  2. You shall not take the name of The Lord, your God, in vain
  3. Remember to keep holy The Lord’s day (Sabbath)
  4. Honor your father and your mother
  5. You shall not kill
  6. You shall not commit adultery
  7. You shall not steal
  8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor
  9. You shall not cover your neighbor’s house
  10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wifely
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El

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  • used by the Chosen People
  • common Semitic name
  • original meaning unknown

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