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Joshua In Hebrew, this is the same as the name "Jesus." |
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Judah The most prominent tribe in Israel, destined to be the royal tribe |
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Manasseh Son of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim received tribal allotments in the place of Levi (who received no land) and Joseph. Half of his tribe received land west of the Jordan, and the other half received land east of the Jordan. |
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Pentateuch The first five books of the Bible |
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Phinehas He led the delegation from the Cisjordan tribes to resolve the potential conflict with the tribes in Transjordan regarding the altar they had built. When he heard their explanation of why they built the altar, he called for peace. He was a son of Eleazar the priest. |
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Primary History Phrase used by Bible scholars to refer to the history that stretches from Genesis through Kings |
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Rahab Prostitute from Jericho who protected the spies from Israel, was saved when Israel attacked, and became part of the Jewish people. |
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Talmud An 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. |
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Transjordan The land east of the Jordan that belonged to Israel |
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