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20 Cards in this Set
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revelation
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- noun; a sudden new understanding of something you didn’t get before; had a revelation that God is the only God
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Patriarch
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- noun; male head of a family of a group; founder; Isaac, Joseph, Jacob, Moses etc.
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Proverb
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- noun; piece of advice, or timeless truth, requires interpretation;
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Theology
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-noun; study of God and relationship to the Universe, study of Gods
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Torah
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- noun; first five books of the Bible;
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Altruism
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- noun; the practice of pure unselflessness; without calculation of reward
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Atonement
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- noun; doing something to make up for what you have done
- Moses offers himself when the Israelites are sinful on Mt Sinai |
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Canaan
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- noun; land that was promised to Moses’ descendents, land the Israelis
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Concordance
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- noun; a list of all the terms, places, and concepts in alphabetical order
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Covenant
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- noun; an agreement between two parties mutually;
-respect God if I give you a promise land; both parties keep up with their end |
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Compilation
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- noun; collections of works by different people;
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Exodus
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- noun; mass departure of people; Jews from Egypt; second book
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Genealogy
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- noun; a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor
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Genre
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- noun; a category or type of literature; plays, poetry;
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“I AM”
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- God’s name; not a proper name; verb/action
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intercession
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-noun; the action of intervening on behalf of another; Moses intercedes between God and the corrupt Israelites
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Jordan River
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-noun; Joshua crossed this river; entrance to the promise land; marks the end of their wandering and punishment
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Nomad
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- noun; wanderers; no set place where they live; part of discovering god to their home
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Mount Sinai
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- noun; where the Moses talks to God and receives the Commandments
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Red Sea
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- noun; sea that Moses parted to let the Israelites to get away from the Egypt
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