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102 Cards in this Set
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Two mountains mark the nothern and southern points of the Bible lands?
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Mt. Ararat
Mt. Sinai |
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How many miles long and wide are the Bible lands?
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2200 miles East to West
900 miles North to South |
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What is the name of the rainbow-shaped strip of land between the desert and the mountains?
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The Fertile Crescent.
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Name the five large bodies of water that border the Old Testament Bible Lands.
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Mediterranean Sea
Caspian Sea Black Sea Read Sea Persian Gulf |
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Name the largest body of water in the Bible lands.
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Mediterranean Sea
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What lake(sea) is both the largest lake and the largest salt lake in the world?
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Caspian Sea
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What two bodies of water are on either side of the wilderness where the Israelites wandered for 40 years?
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Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Aqaba |
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Name the largest freshwater lake in the world.
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The Black Sea
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What two rivers come together and flow as one river into the Persian Gulf?
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Tigris and Euphrates
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Name the longest river in the world.
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The Nile
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On what mountain did Noah's ark come to rest?
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The mountains of Ararat.
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What is the name shared by the two mountain ranges side by side just north of Canaan?
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Lebanon
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How high above sea level is Mt. Hermon?
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9,200 feet.
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What is the name of the land that is of chief importance when studying the Bible?
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Canaan
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Who ruled over more land, King David or King Solomon?
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King Solomon
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Define archaeology.
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Digging up the past.
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What is different about "Bible archaeology"?
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When something unearthed is about the Bible.
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The earliest type of writing was?
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Pictures
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Where did men build the first cities?
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The Tigris and Euphrates river valley
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From what were the first cities made?
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brick
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What was used for a foundation when new cities were built at the site of a former city?
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Garbage and broken bricks
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Name some items found in the earth through archaeology
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broken pottery, tools, weapons, dried seeds, writings
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How has archaeology helped people believe the Bible is true?
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by unearthing ancient cities and references to kingdoms unknown to modern man except through the Bible.
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How can we know that the Bible came from a divine source?
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Bible prophecies that came true.
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Which is bigger, Canaan or Palestine?
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Palestine
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What is the name of the coastal plain between Mt. Carmel and the city of Joppa?
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Plain of Sharon
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Name the important plain east of Mt. Carmel that is the crossroads of the Fertile Crescent.
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Plain of Esdraelon
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What is the name of the low hills between the coastal plain and the Central Range?
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Shephelah
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What is the name of the southern most city in Palestine?
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Beersheba
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Which is bigger, Canaan or Palestine?
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Palestine
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What is the name of the southern most city in Palestine?
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Beersheba
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It is about 120 miles from the source of the Jordan River to the Dead Sea; but , how far does the water actually travel?
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200 miles
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The Sea of Galilee has been called by at least three other names too, what are they?
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Chinnereth
Genesareth Tiberias |
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How far below sea level is the surface of the Dead Sea?
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1300 feet
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How deep is the Dead Sea?
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1300 feet
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Where did Elijah confront the prophets of Baal?
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Mt. Carmel
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Name the mount of "cursing."
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Mt. Ebal
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Name the mount of "blessing."
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Mt. Gerizim
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How high is Mt. Hermon?
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9200 feet
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On what mountain peak did Moses die?
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Mt. Nebo
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Patriarchy is a compound word meaning _____ and _____.
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father and rule
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Patriarchy was a_____-type religion.
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family
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Judaism was a _____-type religion.
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national
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The Gospel is a _______-type religion.
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universal
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What is the ONLY religion given by God for ALL MEN everywhere today?
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the Gospel
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Whose family was the first to whom God spoke under Patriarchy?
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Adam and Eve
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What four instructions did God give the first couple in the Garden of Eden?
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Populate the earth.
Excercise rule over the earth. Care for the garden. Not to eat the fruit of a certain tree. |
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What two rivers that were in the Garden of Eden can still be found today?
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The Tigris and the Euphrates
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What is another name for the Tigris river?
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Hiddekel
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After the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers merge, they travel for ____miles to the Persian Gulf and bear the name_________.
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100
Shatt al Arab |
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How many people were on the ark?
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8
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God destoyed the world with a universal flood because of man's great _______ and much_______.
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wickedness and much violence.
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Did the water of the Great flood cover the whole earth?
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Yes
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The ark came to rest after the flood on______.
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the mountains of Ararat.
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What was the name of Abraham's home town?
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UR
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Abraham's father was ______, who died in_______.
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Terah died in Haran
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What does Mesopotamia mean?
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land between rivers
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Rebekah, Isaac's wife, was from________?
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Mesopotamia
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On what side of the Jordan River was Canaan?
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West
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Where was Shechem?
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the valley between Mt. Ebal and Mt. Gerizim
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Bethel is _____ miles noth of the city of ____________.
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Jerusalem |
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Why did Abraham go to Egypt?
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There was famine in Canaan
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Why did Lot choose to live near (and finally in) Sodom?
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it was choice land
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True or False? Abraham and Lot took a vacation in Dan?
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False
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On what two important rivers was the city of Damascus built?
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Abanah and Pharpar
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Major trade routes in the Fertile Crescent crossed at what city?
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Damascus
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What is another name for the city of Salem?
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Jerusalem
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Who was the king of Salem
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Melchezadek
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What city became home to Abraham and was where be bought a burial site?
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Hebron
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Twice Abraham lied about Sarah being his wife. Where was the first? Second?
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First - Egypt
Second - Gerar |
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At what city did Abraham dig a well and plant a grove of trees?
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Beersheba
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On what mountain was Abraham told to offer Isaac as a sacrifice?
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Mt. Moriah
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How old was Abraham when he died?
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175
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"And the scripture was fulfulled which saith, Abraham believed God and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the __________.
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friend of God
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The twin sons of Isaac and Rebekah were who?
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Jacob and Esau
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Which son was born first?
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Esau
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Which son was a hunter?
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Esau
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Which son was a shephard?
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Jacob
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Which son's name was changed by God to Israel?
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Jacob
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Who was the King of the Philistines in Isaac's day?
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Abimelech
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The promises God made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were about what three things?
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Land
Many descendants The coming of Christ |
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How did Jacob trick his father Isaac into believing he was his brother Esau?
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He wore some of Esau's clothes and covered his hands and neck with goat skin
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Isaac was_______ years old when died at the city of _______?
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180
Hebron |
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Where was Jacob when God spoke to him in a dream and repeated the promises first made to Abraham?
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Bethel
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Name the children of Jacob.
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, Dan, Joseph, Gad, Benjamin, Dinah
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In what city did Rahcel die?
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Bethlehem
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What happend in Dothan?
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Joseph's brothers sold him.
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Egypt has been called what?
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the gift of the Nile
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Two things are especially defferent about the Nile River from most other rivers; what are they?
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It's the longest river in the world and it flows north.
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The Nile River has two main branches as it empties into the Mediterranean Sea; name them.
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Pelusiac
Canopic |
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What is a delta?
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a place where a river deposits fertile soil
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What was Egyptian writing called?
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Hieroglyphics
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For what are the ancient Egyptians best remembered?
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the pyramids
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Name the capital of ancient Egypt.
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Memphis
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Name the chief city of Goshen.
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Rameses
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At what city was the Greek translation of the old Testament?
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Septuagint
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What is the name of the land where the Israelites wandered for forty years?
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Sinai Peninsula
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Where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?
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Mt. Sinai
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Why did the Jews not attack the country of Edom when that nation refused to allow them to cross through their country?
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they were relatives
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Which tribes decided to stay on the east side of the Jordan River?
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Reuban, Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh
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Where did Moses die?
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Mt. Nebo
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Name the two men who left Egypt and survived the wilderness wandering to enter Canaan?
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Joshua and Caleb
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