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Ancient Israelites Vocabulary

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A chief officer, or regional governor.
The belief in one god.
A binding agreement.
Famous Israelite who as a young man defeated the Philistine giant Goliath and would later succeed Saul as king.
Israelite judge who chose Saul, and later, David as kings of Israel.
A large, tent-like structure the Israelites worshipped God in.
Israel’s first king who lost favor with God and was replaced by David.
Considered the father of Judaism due to the first covenant he made with God.
A set of rules God established which he expected the Israelites to follow.
A messenger sent by God to share God’s word with people.
Roman-appointed king of Judea from 37 – 4 BCE (BC) who expanded the Second Temple.
A Jewish religious leader and teacher.
A gold covered wooden chest, which held sacred tablets and stone slabs, and was believed to be a sign of God’s presence.
Jewish communities outside the ancient Jewish homeland, from the Greek meaning dispersion, or scattering.
A person or group of people that comes from a specific ancestor or ancestry group. ​
A weekly day of worship and rest. 
The departure of the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery.
A group of radical, revolutionary Jews who sought to break free from Roman control.
Extreme scarcity or shortage of food often due to environmental conditions.
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An order to do something.
A wise saying.
An annual celebration for Jews to commemorate the Exodus story.
The first Temple constructed in Jerusalem which held the Ark of the Covenant.
Israelite king who was responsible for the construction of the holy temple, Solomon’s Temple.
A collection of ancient Jewish religious manuscripts found in caves in the Judaean Desert on the northern shore of the Dead Sea in the 1940s CE (AD).
The Israelite Prophet who lead the Israelites to freedom from Egyptian enslavement and received the Torah, including the Ten Commandments, from God atop Mt. Sinai.
In the Hebrew bible, a leader who was chosen to rally the Israelites to defend their land.
The Jewish holy text that consists of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
A forced separation from one’s homeland.​
The male head of a family or religious group.
A social group made up of families or clans.
Ideas of right and wrong. 
A Jewish house of worship.
Wife of Abraham who gave birth to their son, Isaac, late in life.
A sacred song or poem used in worship.