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    What happened to the Ark of the Covenant? The Ark of the Covenant‚ a central part of the Israelites’ worship to God‚ has been an object of fascination for historians‚ archaeologists‚ and even popular culture. From the time that the Ark was created as told in the book of Exodus‚ it followed the Israelites in their quest into the promised land and eventually found its place in the Holy of Holies‚ the inner most room of the Jewish Temple that only the High Priest was permitted to enter in order to offer

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    Joshua

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    (1 Chro. 7:20‚27) • Originally named Hoshea (Numbers 13:8)‚ meaning salvation‚ Moses renamed him Joshua‚ meaning The Lord is Salvation (Numbers 13:16) • Joshua is best known as Moses’ second in command who takes over and leads the Israelites into the Promised Land after Moses’ death. • Joshua is considered one of the Bible’s greatest military leaders for leading the seven-year conquest of the Promised Land. • He is often held up as a model for leadership and a source of

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    The Book of Exodus 1-40

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    Runninghead: Exodus Week 2: Exodus Jordan Decker Religion 111 Bethel University 03/29/12 Moses The sons of Israel (Jacob ’s sons) have died‚ along with the Pharaoh who knew Joseph. A new king of Egypt treats the Israelites harshly; they have to make bricks. Worse‚ since there are too many of them‚ the king tells the midwives to kill the male babies as they are born. The midwives don ’t do it‚ and say in their defense that the Hebrew women give birth too quickly for them to get there.

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    Michael Paul Jackson L26073846 BIBL 104 (ONLINE) September 18‚ 2013 Exodus The book of exodus is a genre which is a narrative. Exodus was written by Moses during 1440 – 1450 BC. This is the second Book of the Bible which covers from Moses to the Ten Commandments and it covers a lot of regulations and rules. Key people in this book are: Jethro‚ Bezalel‚ Joshua‚ Miriam‚ Pharaoh’s Daughter‚ and Aaron. A lot of historical account to the reader because of the birth of Moses. Moses also

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    The Book of Judges

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    The book of Judges is the sequel to Joshua. It is the seventh book of the Old Testament. It recounts stories and events from the death of the hebrew leader and prophet Joshua to the birth of the hebrew Samuel. That is roughly‚ from the end of the Israelite conquest of Canan in the 13th Century B.C to the beginning of the monarchy in the 11 th century B.C. It tells about the hebrews from Joshua’s Death to the time of Samuel. It was written in about 550 BC‚ on tablets named the Ras Shamra tablets

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    Day of Yahweh

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    The Old Testament was prophesying the day as a day that is near and forth coming. In Isaiah 13:6 it says‚ “Wail‚ for the day of the LORD is near…” Just how long away is this day? Just glancing at the passage it appears that God wants the Israelites to go

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    12 Tribes of Israel

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    He created Adam ‚ He walked with Enoch ‚ He saved Noah ‚ and He called Abraham. In the case of Abraham‚ God had taken one man‚ uprooted him from home and family‚ moved him hundreds of miles away into a foreign and dangerous land‚ and established him in the land of Canaan. The death of Abraham in Genesis 25:8 signaled a change in the course of direction God would take with His people. The Bible next turns to Abraham’s son‚ Isaac. From Isaac comes Jacob. Jacob produces twelve sons‚ and the 12

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    G-d sent Moses to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go‚ but he would not listen. As a result‚ G-d judged Egypt with plagues to coerce Pharaoh. Pharaoh‚ though‚ still thought he could dictate their departure (despite what his own people told him)‚ and afflicted the Israelites worse. Finally‚ after the tenth plague‚ death of the firstborn‚ G-d caused Pharaoh to finally send them out quickly. Yet‚ after the Israelites had escaped‚ hard-hearted Pharaoh and his army pursued them. G-d

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    Retribution Theology

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    Lita Ward REL 111 Old Testament God delivered the children of Israel out of the Egyptian’s abusive hands and gave them the Ten Commandments. These rules were given to live by and form an everlasting relationship with their God. But‚ if they failed to keep their end of the bargain‚ God would have to punish them. Retribution theology is the belief that those who are obedient to God are called righteous and will be blessed‚ while those that are disobedient are wicked and will be cursed (Tullock

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    Niv Amos Research Paper

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    Wilder Cano Intro to Old Testament November 12‚ 2012 Hermeneutical Assignment Amos was a prophet from the early 8th century and of Judah who had visions of what was to become of Israel. He spoke to the people of Israel of the vision that God had given him and what he said. “This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Israel‚ even for four‚ I will not turn back [my wrath]. They sell the righteous for silver‚ and the needy for a pair of sandals. (NIV Amos 2:6) They trample on the heads of the

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