AchanMan who sinned by secretly keeping some of the plunder from Jericho |
AiThe second city that Israel attacked in Canaan |
AmoritesAnother name for the Canaanites |
CharamHebrew word meaning to devote wholly to the Lord, or to destroy in devotion to the Lord |
GibeonitesPeople who lived in the heart of Canaan, but deceived Israel into making a peace treaty with them by claiming that they were from outside of Canaan |
JerichoThe first city that Israel conquered in Canaan |
JordanName of the river bordering Canaan, that the Israelites crossed to enter the Promised Land. |
JoshuaIn Hebrew, this is the same as the name "Jesus." |
PentateuchThe first five books of the Bible |
Primary HistoryPhrase used by Bible scholars to refer to the history that stretches from Genesis through Kings |
RahabProstitute from Jericho who protected the spies from Israel, was saved when Israel attacked, and became part of the Jewish people. |
TalmudAn important Jewish text that is basically a record of rabbinical teachings on the Hebrew Scriptures, especially the law, spanning roughly the first six centuries after the time of Christ. |