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The Old Testament is the first half of scriptures in the Christian Bible.
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A man named Moses introduced one story with two different beginnings and two very different endings. One begins in Gen 1:27 "God...
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He suffered for 18 years and he lost everything. He lost everything except for his wife.
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The Torah does not give this information, but tradition holds that Sarah was born in Israel, around 4000 years ago. The Torah...
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(Genesis 5:4) The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters. As you can clearly...
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AnswerIn the first century, ten thousand talents would have been an unimaginably large sum. We could have a team of economists...
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AnswerThe word Ecclesiastes comes from the Hebrew word to gather. However, it is often taken to mean "the Preacher".
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As far as I can ascertain the word crows is not mentioned in scripture. The word crow however is mentioned seven times, but all...
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Through the various Bible stories we can see: God is supreme and sovereign God communicates with man. Man is sinful. God is...
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1: Leah was Loved By God Perhaps Jacob started seeing things from God's perspective. Perhaps Jacob saw that the woman God loved...
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Here is a similar verse: The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing....
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Moses never did settle anywhere , he died at the age of 120 years, while he was still leading the people to the promised land of...
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Bath Sheba means daughter of Sheba so she was born in either Ethiopia or Yemen depending on which scholar you read.
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There was never a person called Malachi. The Book of Malachi was written anonymously. probably in the early post-exilic period....
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The simple answer is that modern-day Jews use the term Hebrew, Jew and Israel interchangeably, which makes Moses a Jew.But...
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Abraham was called a friend of God in the New Testament Epistle of James, Chapter 2 verse 23.Moses was not actually called a...
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"The Psalmist" is King David, as the psalms are attributed to his authorship.
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The Bible says that the serpent was more subtle than any other besat of the field. According to the American heritage desk...
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According to a Jewish rabbi, 3 times; but I think 4. According to the rabbi #1 Ex 24. to get the Ten Commandments. #2. I think...
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I am Christian. First thing.Ok well hi. I think you may be confusing the part of you question that says "the seven creations of...
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The account you're referring to is found in 2 Samuel 12. However, it isn't said that David "rejoiced." So David arose from the...
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No nobody can see god, for the simple reason he is holy and pure, sinless. So if we look at him we will be blinded. Moses saw...
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Abraham was a Hebrew from Ur of the Chaldeans. He came from the descendant of Shem (Genesis 14:13). From Shem's descendants...
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Perhaps you might be thinking of the passage from Proverbs: Like an infected tooth or an unsteady foot is (dependence on) a...
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In the King James version the word - Gabriel - appears 4 time. Twice in the OT and twice in the NT Dan 8:16 And I heard a man's...
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The concept of a group of Prophets or school of prophets is embedded deep within the world of the old testament though at many...
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AnswerGenesis 11:31 says that Abram's father, Terah took Abram, and his grandson Lot the son of Haran, from Ur in Chaldea to...
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The Books of Samuel and Kings form part of the Deuteronomic History (Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings), believed to have been...
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No. All humanity descends from Noah's three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth. Ishmael was descended from Shem, through Abraham and...
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Yes Oprah got it from Ruths mother in law. The name Oprah came from the misspelling of Orpah who was Naomi's daughter-in-law.
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AnswerThe story of Adam and Eve never mentions the post-Exilic Satan, instead having a serpent tempt Eve.The serpent was more...
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In the Old Testament, Lucifer is not an angel; he was the king of Babylon. It is only through a misunderstanding of the Hebrew...
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AnswerAmos never claimed to be writing about Jesus, and never mentioned him, either directly by name, or even indirectly. In fact...
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NBA player who played SG for the Boston Celtics in 2008 someone that was depended on the free throw line. And fought Kobe Bryant...
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AnswerAccording to the Book of Genesis, the biblical Flood was approximately 1,656 years after the creation. This means that the...
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In the book of Numbers chapter 26 verse 51 says there were 601 thousand seven hundred and thirty. Israelites.
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It says that we will all have to stand trial in front of god for our sins , both great and small.
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In the King James version the word - listen - appears once Isa 49:1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far;...
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No, he spoke through symbolistic representations, such as the burning bush, and spoke to him on mount sinai.
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AnswerThe Hebrew Bible is almost always thought of as a record of a great monotheistic religion, sometimes beset by the...
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It is King Solomon.
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Abraham and Isaac climbed mount Moriah.
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He built the Kaaba to worship God. He Built Kaaba it is true but there was an order by Allah in order to do this...
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Per Islam teachings: Both Adam and Eve disobeyed God, and not only Eve. Both Adam and Eve admitted their sin, repented, asked...
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In Romans 11, Paul is writing to the Gentile church in Rome regarding an apparent carnal minded "air of superiority" they were...
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There are a few, my friend. Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am...
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1 Sam 4:18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of...
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GOD kept the animals at peace with each other. If you look, the Ark was about six hundred feet long and about two hundred feet...
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Boaz and Ruth's son was Obed, father of Jesse, and grandfather of David. Boaz is mentiond in both the Gospel of Matthew and the...
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Prophets were all called by God to tell the people to repent and change their ways , they also prophesied of what would happen in...
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613 laws were given to Israel through Moses.
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AnswerIn the second creation story (Genesis 2:4b-20), God created man from the dust of the ground, and created a woman, Eve, from...
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There seem to have been several, even more ancient flood stories in the ancient Near East, that were quite similar to the story...
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Before the book of job , the book of Esther comes.
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AnswerThe Bible says that the Israelites numbered 600,000 fighting men. Including priests, women, children, the elderly and the...
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if you believe holywood, then yes and new actors visit it all the time. however its a myth that even the myth busters cant help...
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There are just two chapters in the book of Haggai.
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It is said that the fallen angels have a upside down V on their backs it is said thatthe first fallen angels where protectors of...
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The Hebrew word "nephilim" means giants, according to Hebrew scholar, so the opposite would be a person who was a midget.
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A commandment is a moral guideline given by god to follow. A rule is a law or guideline given by anyone to follow that is not...
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AnswerThe second creation story (Genesis 2:4b-20) is almost as different from the first creation story (Genesis 1:1-2:4a) as is...
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To insure that he didn't get back up and kill him.
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It is basically Filipino mythology and folklore involving collections of tales and superstitions about magical creatures and...
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Nathan was a prophet in the old testament. It was Nathan who went to to king David and told him of the story of the rich and poor...
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It had to house over 800 wives and concubines, so naturally it had to be large.
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One Answer: According to the Bible, no. Christians are not under obligation to pay ANY tithes. The paying of Tithes was a...
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The book of Ezekiel is separated into several distinct parts. Chapters 1-24 contain Ezekiel's prophecies of warning made before...
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AnswerThere is also a creation story in Job 38: No spoken magical words, no "ex nihilo" creation out of nothing, no mystical six...
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It was Abel.Answer:It was Jesus [the Creator God of the Old Testament - John 1:3]:"...Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord...
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If you don't listen to them, you'll go to Hell, so either way, obey! The advantages is of course, living like how God wants you...
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AnswerUntil the Common Era, there was no systematic way to check the accuracy copies made of of the Hebrew scriptures. Then the...
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The judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah showed God's ability to see what is going on here on earth, and to bring judgment against...
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One point of view: The ACCOUNT of Genesis, I suppose, shows 'binary opposition' in the comparison of choices faced by Adam and...
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Once. There is only one story of God's flood of waters upon the earth, and when it was over, he pronounced in Genesis 9.11."And I...
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Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, Ithamar.They are mentioned together twice Numbers 3:2 and I Chronicles 6:3.
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In the King James version the word - dream - appears 74 timesthe word - dreamed - appears 20 timesthe word - dreamer - appears 4...
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Nebuchadnezzar was a king of Babylon, who took the Jews as captives , a famous prophet at this time was Daniel. In the last years...
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The Bible does not tell us.
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חַוָּה אָדָםAdam and Khawa (who the Greeks call Eve)
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AnswerEcclesiastes is a book of Wisdom and is signed as if by King Solomon, and is therefore traditionally ascribed to him....
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This is a general outline for the book of proverbs. Wisdom for young men Prov 1:1 - 9:18 wisdom for all people Prov 10:1 -...
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In the King James version the first use of the word - archer - is in this passage Gen 21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the...
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They are listed in Jesus genealogy. Matthew 1:3-6.
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The adjective "biblical" means: (1) Of or in the Bible; (2) in accord with the Bible; (3) evocative of or suggesting something in...
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The bible does not give his age , but he was a boy looking after sheep.
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It was Sheba.
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In the Acts of the Apostles of the authorised version it says: "Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:...
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A. The first sin that ever took place was in the Garden with eve in Genesis 3:6 the bible say and when the woman saw that the...
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The bible does not say so but it says they entered in pairs.
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Psalm 118:8 "It is better to take refuge in the LORDThan to trust in man."Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes,In mortal man, in...
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Moses was a shepard. One day a bush caught on fire and it talked. THis was when Moses met g-d.
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