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• Exodus 15Bible

  Exodus 15 contains the song of deliverance sung by Moses and Israel after crossing the Red Sea, Miriam's answering song, and the opening scene of the wilderness journey, in which the bitter water of Marah is made sweet and the people arrive at Elim.

• Isaiah 43:18–19Bible Verses

  Isaiah 43:18–19 is God's declaration, "Remember ye not the former things… Behold, I will do a new thing," together with the promise to make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. The passage is very frequently used as a motto for the new year and for new beginnings. The central interpretive question is what "the former things" and "a new thing" refer to.

• Brook of EgyptBible

  The Brook of Egypt is a seasonal stream (wadi) named in the Old Testament as the southwestern boundary of the land of Canaan. It is commonly identified with Wadi el-Arish in the northern Sinai Peninsula, though scholars differ on its exact location.

• Nile RiverBible

  The Nile is a river in northeastern Africa that flows northward through Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea. In the Bible it is the setting of Pharaoh's dream, which Joseph interpreted, of the birth of Moses, and of the ten plagues.

• Chebar RiverBible

  The Chebar River was a waterway in "the land of the Chaldeans" where the prophet Ezekiel, living among the Judean exiles during the Babylonian exile, saw visions of God. Many scholars identify it as a canal in Babylonia.

• Ulai RiverBible

  The Ulai is a river near the citadel of Shushan (Susa) in the province of Elam, mentioned in Daniel 8. Beside this river Daniel saw the vision of the ram and the goat, and it is here that Gabriel first appears identified by name.

• Euphrates RiverBible

  The Euphrates is a great river of Western Asia that flows across Mesopotamia and still bears that name today. In the Bible it appears as one of the four rivers of Eden, as a boundary of the land promised to Abraham, and in scenes of judgment in the Book of Revelation.

• EuphratesBible

  The Euphrates is a great river of western Asia. In the Bible it appears as one of the four rivers into which the river flowing out of the Garden of Eden divided, and as the northeastern boundary of the land promised to Abraham's descendants.

• GihonBible

  Gihon is the name of two places in the Bible: in Genesis it is the second of the four rivers that branched off from the river flowing out of the Garden of Eden, and in Kings and Chronicles it is a spring beside the City of David in Jerusalem.

• Kishon RiverBible

  The Kishon River flows through the Jezreel Valley and empties into the Mediterranean Sea north of Mount Carmel. In the Bible it appears as the place where the judge Deborah and Barak defeated the army of Sisera, and where Elijah put the prophets of Baal to death.

• Mount HermonBible

  Mount Hermon is a high mountain north of the upper Jordan River, at the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon range. In the Old Testament it appears as the northern boundary of the land Israel possessed, and it is well known from "the dew of Hermon" in Psalm 133.

• HavilahBible

  Havilah is both a place name and a personal name in the Old Testament. It first appears as the gold-bearing land encompassed by the Pison, one of the rivers of the Garden of Eden, and the same name also occurs in the genealogy of Noah's descendants.

• Ezra 8Bible

  Ezra 8 records the families who returned from Babylon with Ezra, the gathering of Levites and the fast at the river of Ahava, and the entrusting of the temple offerings, which were brought safely to Jerusalem.

• CushBible

  Cush is the name the Old Testament uses for the region of the upper Nile south of Egypt and for its people. It is also the name of a son of Ham. The Septuagint rendered it "Ethiopia."

• EgyptBible

  Egypt is the ancient nation in the Nile River valley of northeastern Africa. It is the setting of the Joseph narrative and the Exodus, and in Scripture it serves as a place symbolizing both bondage and deliverance.

• Ezekiel's Temple VisionBible

  Ezekiel's temple vision, recorded in Ezekiel 40–48, is the vision in which Ezekiel, a prophet of the Babylonian exile, saw a restored temple and land. It is best known for its account of a river that flows out from the temple and brings life to a dead sea.

• BashanBible

  Bashan is a fertile plateau east of the Jordan River and northeast of the Sea of Galilee. After the Exodus, Israel defeated its king, Og, and the land was allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh. In Scripture, Bashan frequently serves as a symbol of abundance and strength.

• OgPeople

  Og was the king who ruled the region of Bashan, east of the Jordan River, toward the end of the Exodus era. According to Numbers and Deuteronomy, he fought Israel, led by Moses, at Edrei and was defeated.

• HiddekelBible

  Hiddekel is the name of the third of the four rivers that branch out from the river flowing out of Eden in Genesis 2. It is generally identified with the present-day Tigris River.

• Zebah (King of Midian)People

  Zebah was one of the two kings of Midian who invaded Israel during the period of the judges. Pursued by Gideon along with Zalmunna, he was captured and executed (Judges 8; Psalm 83:11).