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Shebuel
[People]Shebuel was a Levite in the time of David and the chief among the descendants of Gershom, the son of Moses. First Chronicles records him as the officer in charge of the temple treasuries.
Sea of Glass
[Bible]The sea of glass is the sea "like unto crystal" that the Book of Revelation describes as spread before the throne of God in heaven. In chapter 15, those who have overcome the beast stand beside it and sing the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb.
Massah and Meribah
[Bible]Massah and Meribah are the names given to places in the wilderness where, after the Exodus, the people of Israel quarreled with Moses over the lack of water and tested God. Massah means "testing," and Meribah means "quarreling."
Mount Pisgah
[Bible]Mount Pisgah is a mountain or ridge in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, northeast of the Dead Sea. It is known as the place from whose summit Moses viewed the Promised Land of Canaan before his death.
Covenant Renewal
[Bible]Covenant renewal refers to Israel's public reaffirmation of its covenant with God and its renewed pledge to keep it. Such renewals are recorded in the times of Moses, Joshua, Josiah, and Nehemiah, among others.
King's Highway
[Bible]The King's Highway was an ancient trade route running north and south across the plateau east of the Jordan River. In the Book of Numbers, it is the road Moses named when he asked Edom and Sihon king of the Amorites for permission to pass through, promising to travel only along that way.
Bezer
[Bible]Bezer was a Reubenite city on the plain east of the Jordan River. It was one of the three cities of refuge that Moses set apart and was also a city given to the Levites.
Exodus 14
[Bible]Exodus 14 is the chapter in which the children of Israel, encamped by the sea, are pursued by Pharaoh's army. When Moses stretches out his hand, the sea divides, Israel crosses on dry ground, and the pursuing Egyptian army is covered by the waters.
Exodus 18
[Bible]Exodus 18 is the chapter in which Jethro, the priest of Midian, brings Moses' wife and two sons to him in the wilderness and praises God. He then advises Moses, who is worn out from judging the people, to appoint rulers of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens to share the work.
Exodus 33
[Bible]Exodus 33 is the chapter in which, after the golden calf incident, God declares that He will not go with the people. Moses intercedes at the tent of meeting and receives the promise "My presence shall go with thee." He then asks to see God's glory and is permitted to see His back.
Exodus 31
[Bible]Exodus 31 is the final chapter of the instructions for building the tabernacle. God appoints Bezalel and Oholiab as craftsmen, commands Israel to keep the Sabbath as a sign of the covenant, and then gives Moses the two tablets of the testimony on Mount Sinai.
Exodus 34
[Bible]Exodus 34 is the chapter in which, after the golden calf incident, God gives Moses new tablets of stone, proclaims His name and character, and renews His covenant with Israel. It closes with the account of Moses' face shining after he came down from Mount Sinai and of his covering it with a veil.
Exodus 40
[Bible]Exodus 40 is the final chapter of the Book of Exodus. In obedience to God's command, Moses sets up the tabernacle on the first day of the first month of the second year after the Exodus. The book closes as the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the tabernacle.
Leviticus 1
[Bible]The first chapter of Leviticus, containing the regulations for the burnt offering that the LORD gave to Moses from the tabernacle of the congregation. It sets out, in turn, how to offer cattle, sheep or goats, and birds.
Numbers 27
[Bible]Numbers 27 recounts how the daughters of Zelophehad ask for their father's inheritance, which gives rise to a law of inheritance for daughters. It also tells how, after Moses is told of his coming death, Joshua is commissioned as his successor by the laying on of hands.
Numbers 36
[Bible]Numbers 36 is the final chapter of the Book of Numbers. When the heads of the families of the children of Gilead fear that the inheritance (land) granted to the daughters of Zelophehad might pass to another tribe, Moses, in accordance with the word of the LORD, rules that daughters who inherit must marry within the tribe of their fathers.
Deuteronomy 18
[Bible]Deuteronomy 18 sets out the portion due to the Levitical priests, forbids the divination and necromancy (calling up the spirits of the dead) practiced by the nations of Canaan, and records God's promise to raise up a prophet like Moses, together with the criteria for distinguishing true prophets from false ones.
Deuteronomy 30
[Bible]Deuteronomy 30 contains the promise that if scattered Israel returns to the LORD, he will gather and restore them, together with Moses' exhortation that, because the commandment is near, the people should choose life rather than death.
Joshua 13
[Bible]Joshua 13 is the chapter in which the LORD tells the aged Joshua that very much land remains to be possessed and commands him to divide the land. It then records the territory east of the Jordan that the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh received from Moses.
2 Chronicles 8
[Bible]2 Chronicles 8 records Solomon's city-building projects and labor system after he completed the temple and his palace, the order of temple worship according to the ordinances of Moses and David, and the voyage to Ophir.