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• PithomBible

  Pithom is an Egyptian city mentioned alongside Raamses in Exodus 1:11 as one of the treasure cities that the children of Israel built for Pharaoh under forced labor.

• AmramPeople

  Amram was a son of Kohath of the tribe of Levi, the husband of Jochebed, and the father of Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. His name appears in genealogical passages such as Exodus 6 and Numbers 26.

• Jehovah RaphaBible

  Jehovah Rapha, meaning "the LORD who heals," is a title of God drawn from Exodus 15:26: "for I am the LORD that healeth thee."

• The PoorBible

  In the Bible, "the poor" refers to people who struggle to make a living and need protection. The Old Testament makes caring for them a duty of the covenant people, and the New Testament presents the proclamation of the gospel to them as a sign of the kingdom of God.

• People of the LandBible

  "People of the land" translates the Hebrew phrase *'am ha'aretz*. In the Old Testament, its meaning varies with period and context: it may refer to the inhabitants of a land, the ordinary free citizens of Judah, or people outside the community of returned exiles. In later rabbinic literature, it came to denote a person ignorant of the Law.

• Shiphrah and PuahPeople

  Shiphrah and Puah were two Hebrew midwives named in Exodus 1. Because they feared God, they refused to obey the Egyptian king's command to kill Hebrew baby boys.

• Urim and ThummimBible

  The Urim and Thummim were objects in the Old Testament that the high priest carried in the breastplate of judgment and used when seeking God's will. Scripture does not describe their appearance or explain how they were used.

• Temple VeilBible

  The temple veil was the curtain that separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place in the tabernacle and the Jerusalem temple. Only the high priest could pass behind it, and only once a year. The Gospels record that the veil was torn when Jesus died.

• Mount HorebBible

  Mount Horeb is the mountain the Old Testament calls "the mountain of God." There Moses received God's call from the flame of the burning bush, Israel received the covenant, and Elijah met God. It is generally understood to be the same mountain as Mount Sinai.

• EphodBible

  The ephod was a vest-like outer garment worn by the high priest in the Old Testament. Priests also wore a linen ephod, and the ephod served as a means of inquiring of God's will.

• Names of GodBible

  The names of God are the proper name and the various titles by which God is called in the Bible. In Scripture a name is regarded not merely as a form of address but as a revelation of the character and authority of the one who bears it.

• Breastplate (High Priest)Bible

  The breastplate was a square ornamental piece of fabric that the high priest of Old Testament Israel wore on his chest over the ephod. It held twelve gemstones engraved with the names of the twelve tribes and contained the Urim and Thummim.

• Temple TaxBible

  The temple tax was a payment made by adult Israelite men for the upkeep of the sanctuary (the tabernacle and later the temple) and its worship. It originated in the half-shekel regulation of Exodus and appears in the New Testament in Matthew 17.

• Anointing OilBible

  The anointing oil is the holy oil that God commanded Moses to make in Exodus 30. It was used to consecrate the tabernacle and its furnishings, as well as Aaron and his sons.

• OmerBible

  The omer is an ancient Israelite dry measure for grain mentioned in Exodus 16. It is best known from the account of the manna in the wilderness, which each person was to gather at the rate of one omer per day. The text defines the omer as one-tenth of an ephah.

• PentateuchBible

  The Pentateuch is the collective name for the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. In Judaism it is called the Torah.

• Rod of MosesBible

  The rod of Moses was the shepherd's staff that Moses held in his hand when he performed God's miracles, as recorded in Exodus and Numbers. Scripture also calls it "the rod of God."

• PhilistiaBible

  Philistia is the name of both a people and the land they inhabited on the Mediterranean coastal plain of southwestern Canaan. In the Bible, the Philistines appear as a power that frequently opposed Israel from the period of the judges through the time of David.

• Sabbatical YearBible

  The sabbatical year was an institution of Old Testament law under which the land was to rest every seventh year and debts owed by fellow Israelites were to be released. It appears in Leviticus 25, Exodus 23, and Deuteronomy 15.

• FrankincenseBible

  Frankincense is an aromatic substance made from the resin of trees native to southern Arabia and northeastern Africa. In the Old Testament it was used in the holy incense and the grain offering, and in the New Testament it appears as one of the gifts the wise men presented to the infant Jesus.