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• Ark of the Covenant

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  The Ark of the Covenant was a gold-overlaid wooden chest made at God's command in the time of Moses. It held the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments and was kept in the Most Holy Place of the tabernacle and later of the temple. It is also called the "ark of the law."

• Meribah

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  Meribah is a Hebrew place name meaning "strife." It is the place where the Israelites in the wilderness quarreled with Moses because they had no water and where God brought water out of a rock. It appears in Exodus 17 and Numbers 20.

• Kenites

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  The Kenites were a nomadic people of the Old Testament. Scripture records that Moses' father-in-law belonged to this people, and through this connection they lived alongside Israel and maintained friendly relations with the Israelites.

• Tablets of the Testimony

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  The tablets of the testimony are the two stone tablets, inscribed with the Ten Commandments, that God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai. They were kept inside the Ark of the Covenant as a witness to the covenant between God and Israel.

• Mount Ebal

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  Mount Ebal is a mountain north of Shechem that faces Mount Gerizim. There, in obedience to Moses' command, Joshua built an altar and inscribed the law, and the curses of the law were proclaimed.

• Jannes and Jambres

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  Jannes and Jambres are two figures named in 2 Timothy 3:8 as men who opposed Moses. Jewish tradition identified them as the Egyptian magicians at Pharaoh's court in the Book of Exodus.

• Man of God

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  "Man of God" is a biblical title for a person who belongs to God, proclaims His word, and is entrusted with His work. In the Old Testament it is applied to Moses and to prophets such as Elijah and Elisha; in the New Testament it is applied to Timothy.

• Burning Bush

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  The burning bush is the thornbush in Exodus 3 that burned with fire yet was not consumed when Moses first encountered God at Mount Horeb. The scene is read as a sign of God's presence and of Moses' call.

• Exodus 20

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  Exodus 20 is the chapter in which God proclaims the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai, Moses draws near to God on behalf of the frightened people, and God gives instructions for building an altar.

• Exodus 25

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  Exodus 25 is the first chapter of the instructions for building the tabernacle. At Mount Sinai, God commands Moses to receive offerings from those who give willingly and gives directions for making the ark of the covenant, the mercy seat, the table of showbread, and the lampstand.

• Exodus 36

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  Exodus 36 records how the people's freewill offerings exceeded what was needed, so that Moses ordered them to stop bringing more, and how Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other workers made the Tabernacle's curtains, coverings, boards, bars, veil, and door hanging.

• Deuteronomy 1

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  Deuteronomy 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy. It opens Moses' first address in the land of Moab, in which he looks back on the wilderness journey, recounting the appointment of leaders, the spying out of the land from Kadesh Barnea, and the judgment that followed.

• Deuteronomy 34

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  Deuteronomy 34 is the final chapter of Deuteronomy. In it Moses views the Promised Land from Mount Nebo, dies in the land of Moab at the age of 120, and is succeeded by Joshua.

• Joshua 1

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  Joshua 1 is the chapter in which, after the death of Moses, God commands Joshua to cross the Jordan into the Promised Land and promises to be with him. Joshua prepares the people and the tribes east of the Jordan for the crossing, and they pledge their obedience.

• Hebrews 3

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  Hebrews 3 presents Jesus as the Son over God's house, greater than Moses. Quoting Psalm 95, it exhorts readers not to harden their hearts, lest, like the wilderness generation, they fail through unbelief to enter God's rest.

• Shelomoth

  [People]

  Shelomoth was a Levite of David's time and a descendant of Eliezer, the son of Moses. With his brothers, he was in charge of the treasuries of the dedicated things that David and the military commanders had set apart (1 Chronicles 26).

• Joshua

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  Joshua is the sixth book of the Old Testament. It records how Joshua, the leader who succeeded Moses, led the people of Israel into the land of Canaan, conquered it, and divided it among the tribes.

• Exodus 40:34-35

  [Bible Verses]

  The closing scene of the Book of Exodus, in which, once the tabernacle is completed, the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the tabernacle so that even Moses cannot enter. As a key text on God's presence dwelling among his people, it is frequently cited at dedication services and in sermons on worship.

• Crossing of the Red Sea

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  The crossing of the Red Sea is the event recorded in Exodus 14 in which the Israelites, led by Moses, crossed the divided sea on dry ground, while the pursuing Egyptian army was engulfed when the waters returned.

• The Transfiguration

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  The Transfiguration is the event, recorded in the Synoptic Gospels, in which Jesus was transformed in appearance on a high mountain before Peter, James, and John, while Moses and Elijah appeared and talked with him.