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What was the name of the pharaoh the Jews escaped from?
In the book of Exodus, Pharaoh is treated as a name rather than a title, and he is not otherwise named. Possible identifications...
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Who was the king of Assyria at the time when Israel was taken captive?
People were deported on more than one occasion from the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Tiglath-Pileser III was the first king to...
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What does firmament mean?
The vault of the sky Genesis 1:6 says that God created the firmament on the second day. To the ancients, the firmament was a...
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How did Elijah get food in the wilderness?
Raven brought him food from King Ahab's palace. Please see 1 Kings 17: 5-6: See also Job 38: 41; for further info. on the use of...
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What main lesson do the biblical accounts of Gideon and Samson have for us?
Those are two different stories. Gideon and the 300 - Gideon trusts in the Lord to deliver victory. He was a man that God called...
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What is the source for wearing a prayer shawl otherwise known as a tallit?
The Bible twice commands us to put fringes (tzitzit) on each of the corners of a four-cornered garment. Numbers 15:38: "Speak to...
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Why did God make the earth in seven days and not one?
God worked six days and rested one to set the pattern of the week for man. God created and defined the "Day" on the first day....
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Why Jewish people use the word G-d instead of God?
Since Jews are forbidden from destroying, erasing or dishonoring the name of G-d, they refrain from writing it out in full. Once...
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What are the Ten Commandments?
These are the commandments given by God to Moses to be followed by His people written in the Bible in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy...
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What plants are mentioned in the Old Testament?
There are hundreds. They include flowers, bushes, grasses and ground coverings, trees, spice plants and more. Some notable ones...
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What is the Jewish view on cremation?
Cremation is not allowed in Jewish practice. Jews believe that their bodies must be returned to God as they were in life - whole....
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Is Moses of the Bible a historical person?
YES Yes, He is about as historical a person as George Washington is. FLIGHT FROM EGYPT The dramatic story of the Exodus...
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What were the ten plagues of Egypt?
God brought ten plagues upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians, to persuade Pharaoh to let the Israelites leave Egypt: Blood (waters...
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What does the word love mean in the Hebrew language?
The English word love probably comes from the Hebrew word "lehv" (spelled lamed-beyt) which means heart (the seat of emotion in...
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Who is jacob rossi?
a sexy homosexual man god
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How many animals did Noah take with him on the ark?
From Genesis--no specific count given Total numbers can't be known, but one pair of each kind of unclean animals and seven pairs...
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How did God create things?
If one believes that God created "things" as is taught, then perhaps it is incumbent upon the inquirer to ask God how He did it....
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What does 'Talmud' mean?
The word Talmud comes from the root "l-m-d" which means to learn or to teach. The Talmud is the collection of Jewish laws and...
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How do the Priests of the Old Testament heal leprosy with assistance from God?
God healed Naaman's leporsy by having him bathe in the Jordan river 7 times. Naaman was told this by Gehazi, who was Elisha's...
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Who was the prophet Isaiah?
Isaiah was a prophet in the Old Testament. He was born about 775 BC. He began his ministry in 740 BC. He was the prophet in the...
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Who was the grandson Of Abraham of the Bible?
Which one? Abraham had many sons and they had many sons. This is how The Middle East is populated. ____________ How about Jacob?
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If God never changes then why did he seem to punish people more in the Old Testament times than in the New Testament?
You have to think in terms of the convenant that God established in the Hebrew scriptures. There were laws in place for the...
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Why did Abraham serve his three guests non-kosher food?
Abraham lived many generations before Moses, and thus at the time that Abraham entertained his guests, the Mosaic Law--with all...
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Who was the Biblical Abraham?
Abraham migrated with his father Terah from Ur to Haran. After his father's death God called Abraham to go to the land that he...
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Who was Joseph?
Joseph was the step-father to Our Lord Savior Jesus Christ!!! Joseph in the Old Testament was a boy that his brothers sold to...
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What does the word 'precepts' mean in the Bible?
It means commandment, instruction, and injunction. = = " A Precept (from the Latin præcipere, to teach) is a commandment,...
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What is the Jewish covenant?
the Jewish covenant is an agreement between humanity and God, it was started by Abraham, then renewed by his son Isaac and...
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What reason did God give for tormenting Job?
"Satan dared me, so I destroyed Job for no reason at all." --This is a damning confession. In a court of law, this would be...
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Why was Moses saved as a baby?
To stop other people dying!!!!!!!!!!!!! God had plan for this child. With him living as a prince, he got all the training,...
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In the Bible did the serpent father Cain?
Cain was the son of Adam and Eve. Correction** Cain was the son of satan and eve. So yes, the serpent DID father Cain, that is...
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How many children did Haman of the book of Esther have?
10 sons
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When was the targum sheni second translation into Aramaic on Megillat Esther written?
Scholars disagree on the dating of Targum Sheni, placing it anywhere between the fourth and 11th centuries. Despite its name...
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Who was Moses?
Moses was a man in the Bible times that brought the Israelites out of Egypt. This was probably the time during one of the...
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What are the first 20 chapters of the Old Testament?
GENESIS; Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers; Deuteronomy; Joshua; Judges; Ruth; 1-2 Samuel; 1-2 Kings; 1-2 Chronicles; Ezra; Nehemiah;...
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How old was King David when Solomon was born?
In my timechart of biblical History, Kind David was born 1085 B.C. and the line of Solomon birth is approx. 1035-1033 B.C. So the...
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Is Amos the Old Testament writer the father of Isaiah the Old Testament writer?
Isaiah 1:1 1The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham,...
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Who did Jacob bless in his family and why?
There are many reasons why Biblical figures did what they did, they were predestined to do it from before time, and also the...
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Is Satan the facilitator in hell?
The role of Satan has evolved over time, in both the Jewish and Christian religions. Prior to the sixth century BCE Babylonian...
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How many workers and types did it take to build solomon's temple the first time?
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What is the real name of God in the Bible Jehovah Yahweh Shaddai El.. etc?
The name of God originally appeared in the Hebrew language as הוהי which many feel was pronounced Yahweh. The English or...
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Why did Gideon defeat the Midianites?
Because he was instructed to by God.
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What proof is there that God created man rather than that man is the result of evolution?
The evidence that God created man in his current form is limited to the Bible, in two distinct creation accounts at Genesis...
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Why did Abraham not want Isaac to marry a Canaanite?
The Canaanites were an idolatrous people who did not serve God. They were a cursed nation and Abraham was blessed. Blessings and...
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Who was Saul in the Bible?
In the Bible, we read about two Sauls who live centuries apart. One was the first king of Isreal, who started out good, but later...
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Who are the first three brothers in the Bible?
Cain, Abel and Seth
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What is the interpretation of Psalm 137 v9 of the Old Testament of the Bible?
Psalm 137:9 (KJV) Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. This is written in easy...
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How do you say the Hebrew word Yehuda in Aramaic and how to say the Hebrew word Yehudim in Aramaic?
yehuda in aramaic is pronounced the same as in Hebrew but spelled with an aleph at the end of the word and not a heh. The aramaic...
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Was Moses black?
No, Moses was semitic, usually a swarthy skinned people. According to Sigmund Freud (Moses and Monothiesm) and bibical...
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Who were the three visitors who visited Abraham in the book of Genesis?
3 Angels. See Rashi's explanation based on the Midrash.
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Who wrote Deuteronomy?
Deuteronomy is the last book of the Torah, which is also called the Pentateuch - the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers...
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What is Psalms?
Psalms (sämz) or Psalter (sôl'tər) , book of the Bible, a collection of 150 hymnic pieces. Since the last centuries B.C., this...
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Why did Joshua break God's commandment of not to kill?
Because God commanded him to kill.
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How long was Moses on the scene before the Neanderthal was discovered?
The Neanderthal (IPA: /niːˈændərθɑːl/, also with /neɪ-/, and /-tɑːl/) or Neandertal was a species of the Homo genus...
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Was Daniel a eunuch?
While I do not know of a passage of scripture that specificly states that Daniel was a eunuch, there is strong evidence to...
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What good lesson can you learn from the Book of Ezekiel that you can apply in your everyday life aside from religious?
Ezekiel's message taught all people is to show the significance of a prophets warning and the individual responsibility of every...
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What did God do for Abraham?
God blessed him with a son, made him the father of many nations, and also gave material wealth.
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What is the story of Jericho?
It's the story of how the Israelites -after having been lead out of slavery in Egypt by Moses, and after having wandered in the...
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What are some mistakes of Moses in the Bible?
God told Moses to take a rod, the one in which you struck the river and go and strike the rock and water will come out of it and...
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Was King David Jewish?
The above answer is incorrect. A Jew was never mentioned until the 2nd book of Kings. To be a Jew meant many things, lived in...
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How did Abraham find a wife for his son Isaac?
Genesis 24 gives the whole account, but in summary form he sent his chief servant back to the 'old country' to find a wife from...
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What is the purpose of Judges in the Old Testament?
Judges were there to lead and govern the people when there wasn't an actual King to lead the people of Israel. The Book of...
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Who was the prince in the book of Ezekiel?
Gog is described as "the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal," from the north "the land of Magog" (Ezekiel 38:2-3). This...
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Was King David black skinned?
If David was a real, historic person, he would have been Semitic and would therefore have had a dark complexion, like modern...
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When was the Old Testament written?
The Old Testament was written from approximately 1400 B.C. to approximately 400 B.C. The Old Testament was written over a...
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Who wrote the Hebrew Scriptures?
Many people. For example, the prophets' books are each attributed to the prophets whose names are in their titles. Many...
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How did the kosher rules come about?
They are found in the Torah.
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Who are Abraham and Isaac?
Two key founders of Judaism. Abraham was Isaac's father.
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What are the Judeo-Christians beliefs?
The Christian religion evolved from Judaism. Jesus was the King of the Jews. The Old Testament is from Judaism, Moses and the Ten...
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Do Jews pray for the dead at Yom Kippur?
Yes, Yizkor (prayer for the dead) is receited Yom Kippur and the last day of the three festivals.
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Who is Elijah in the Old Testament of the Bible?
Elijah (Hebrew: אליהו, Eliyahu ; also known as Elias) was a prophet in Israel in the 9th century BC. He appears in the...
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Who was the wife of Abel in the Bible?
This question purposefully has no answer, as the Bible states that God made only Adam and Eve, who then procreated, so any...
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What is the true Hebrew tradition of the folded napkin?
does it have any thing to do with meaning I'll be back? yes Can someone elaborate on this? Where can I look it...
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What does the Tanakh contain?
The Tanakh corresponds to the Old Testament (and the only one the Jews have.)It is divided as follows:Torah...
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Where can you find a biography on the prophet Zechariah from the Old Testament?
There is a publication, "Insight on the Scriptures", volumes 1 & 2, published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, that...
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How did Cain know how to kill?
The question makes some assumptions that may or may not be true. 1. Cain was only the third person in existence and therefore...
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What are the two divisions of the Book of Isaiah?
According to some scholars and Biblical critics, the Book of Isaiah was a composite work by unknown authors now known as I Isaiah...
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What tribe received no division of land in the Old Testament?
Levi
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What is the central theme of Leviticus?
The holiness of God and how the Israelites could approach Him even though they were unholy.
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Who drew Solomon's heart away from Yahweh?
I might be wrong or this might not be the answer you're looking for. If so, sorry. 1 Kings 11:2 and 4 ..."You must not marry...
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How did the Israelites travel?
on foot No, on the Clouds of Glory
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Why are Abraham's descendants called the children of Israel?
In the book of Genesis in the JudeoChristian bible, Abraham was promised that he would be a great nation (Genesis 12:2). In the...
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Who was the daughter of Jacob and Leah?
Dinah. Genesis 30:21.
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What did Abraham do in faith?
In Jewish tradition, Abraham is considered to have passed 10 trials of faith. The most famous of these are having left his...
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Who was king Ahasuerus?
King Ahasuerus was the king of 127 provinces stretching from India to Ehiopia. In the Hebrew Bible he is sometimes named...
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How many men did Moses father-in-law tell him to pick to judge the people?
The Bible doesn't give an amount, there were a lot. He suggested appointing rulers for every ten. Since there were about 600,000...
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How old was Adam before he died?
According to Genesis 5:5, Adam lived 930 years.
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Who were reluctant prophets in the Old Testament?
Christianity and Judaism have the same roots, though Christians, being the followers of Christ, read and teach the New Testament...
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What are the Jewish beliefs about Moses?
the jews believed that moses was chosen by god to save the jewish people from israel and bring them to freedom
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Did Moses of the Bible have a speech impairment?
Yes....He stuttered Exodus 4:10 - 'Moses said to the LORD, "O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor...
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What was in The Garden Of Eden?
Everything was in the Garden of Eden. It was Heaven on earth, no pain, suffering or death. Adam named all the animals of the...
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What were the names of Adam and Eve's children?
The only 3 names mentioned in the Bible are Cain, Abel, and Seth. Adam also had "other sons and daughters," though they aren't...
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Why did God create man when he knew man would sin?
God told Adam and Eve: "Be fruitful and become many and fill the earth and subdue it, and have in subjection the fish of the sea...
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What are the various meanings and alternate names for Jacob of the Old Testament?
Jacob means "holds the heel" in Hebrew; so called because he was grasping his twin brother Esau's heel when he was born. He was...
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What is the Tanak?
The Tanach is the Bible - specifically the "Old" testament. Tanach is actually a hebrew acronym for Torah, Neviim (prophets),...
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Who wrote 1 Chronicles in the Bible?
Jesus Rocks!! Love Sarah M Ezra
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What is the third book of the Old Testament?
Leviticus vayikra
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Where did Cains' wife come from?
The Bible does not specify. Many scholars believe that the story of Cain and Abel is a myth. S. H. Hooke (Middle Eastern...
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Who is Samuel in the Bible?
A prophet and a judge.Samuel anointed both Saul and David as kings of Israel. He is noted as being particularly dedicated to God....
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How long did God plan for it to take to get to the Promised Land?
Well, since the God of the Bible is all-knowing and outside of time, it's safe to assume He planned for the rebellion and...
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Who was the Old Testament father that lost two sons for taking the wrong fire to the temple?
Aaron the first High Priest. Be aware that it was the sons who made the mistake.
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