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Old Testament
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Bible Studies
Undergraduate 1
10/14/2009

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Term
Types of Offerings
Definition
1. Burnt - take life for life "to cover"
2. Grain - shows generosity only a little was burned
3. Peace - eat the meat
4. Sin - done in rebellion
5. gilt - affected whole nation
Term
6 cities refuge
Definition
- numbers
- went to one of them if the killed someone on accident
Term
Levits
Definition
- ran 40 cities
- didn't have anheratence of their own
Term
Yom Kippur
Definition
- 2 goats
- 1 is a sin offering
- 1 is sent into the desert as an offering for a demand
- only day can go into the holy of holy's
Term
3 stages of sacrifice
Definition
1. God wanted sacrifice - taught as children to sacrifice
2. God didn't need sacrifice - learned what sacrifice was for (teens)
3. God didn't want sacrifice - as adults we love God w/out sacrifice
Term
Tower of Babel
Definition
- divided languages
- was an Idol
Term
How to be saved in the O.T.
Definition
- being right by Yahweh
- life changing
- comes through faith
- obedience to Yahweh
Term
Territories of....
1. Reuben
2. Gad
3. Manasseh
Definition
1. southern part of Israel between dead sea and Arabian desert
2. East of the Jordan and North of Reuben
3. North of Gad up to Mount Hermon (Bashan)
Term
City of Ai, Jericho and Bethel
Definition
Cities that Joshua and Israel destroyed
Term
Books Moses wrote
Definition
1st Five
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- Joshua
Term
Mount Sinai
Definition
in Leviticus, tabernacle was in place
Term
Theme of Genesis
Definition
Record the beginnings and early history of a select group
Term
Sodom & Gomorrah
Definition
- Wicked city
- near dead sea
- God destroyed
* Idols
* Homosexuality
* warning to mankind
Term
First Sacrifice
Definition
Cain and Able's offering
Term
Language's O.T. in written in
Definition
- Hebrew
- Aramaic
Term
Most distracting element of the O.T.
Definition
Sacrifice
Term
O.T. describes
Definition
His ...
- faithfulness
- promises
Term
O.T. Division
Definition
- Law
- Prophet
- Writings
Term
Story of ...
sun stand still
Definition
- Joshua asked for an eclipse ( extra daylight) in the morning hours
- God brought a hailstorm that killed more canaanites then Joshua did.
Term
Story of ...
taking over Jericho
Definition
1. 7 priests, escorted by "armed men" carry ark around city 7 times fro 6 days
2. After the 13th and last circuit blow horns & short
3. Walls of the city "fell flat" everyone inside was to be killed
4. No Israelite was to take 1 thing
- Achan took garment, silver and gold.
- Reason for defeat : sin in the camp
Term
Story of ...
lot and daughters
Definition
- lots wife looked back at sodom and Gomorrah turned into a pillar of salt.
- his 2 daughters got him drunk and slept with him
- they both got pregnant and bore Moab and Benammi
Term
Story of ...
Isaac blessing Jacob and Esau
Definition
- Jacob & Esau were 77 yrs.
- Rebekah wanted Jacob to get the blessing...helped Jacob trick Isaac
- "Match Esau" look, smell, feel
Term
Story of ...
Jacob and Rachel
Definition
- love at 1st sight
- jacob worked for 7 yr. for her hand in marriage
- got leah instead of Rachel for a wife due to customs that the oldest daughter marries 1st
- jacob worked 7 more yrs. for rachel, but could have her 7 days after Jacob & leah's wedding
- Jacob was 84
Term
Story of ...
Israel in Egypt
Definition
- Fertile Land of Goshen
- Jacobs descendants prospered
- 1st Hykso's king came to rule
- Enslaved Israel ... all male children ordered to be killed.
- Midwives saved Hebrew Nation excuse was women gave birth to fast ... lie
- justified
- throw all Hebrew children into the Nile ... they saved Moses
Term
Book of Judges
Definition
- told from God's perspective
- Samuel was the author
- during monarchy
- leadership in military and religious affairs
- Over 337 yrs.
- Theme : failure through anarchy
1. incomplete conquest
2. oppression & deliverance
3. Religion & moral disorder
- enemy: philistines - has Iron!!
Term
Book of Joshua
Definition
- professores opinion on who wrote it : someone close to Joshua
- written to remind Israel of her past and thus prepare her for the future
- positive tone
1. promise land conquered
2. promise land distributed
3. Joshua's challenge to faithfulness
- city of Gilgal = - men were circumsied - kept passover feast
mana stopped
- jericho
- rahab & 2 spies
- Ai 12,000 people dead
- mud slide
- moves tabernacle
Term
Book of Numbers
Definition
-1 yr and 1 m.
- written by Moses
- wondering wilderness
- theme: faith and obedience
1. organization the Israelites at sinai
2. making journey from sinai to kadesh
3. preparing for canaanite settlement
- nazurights = samuel samson touch dead things
can't cut hair, drink
- Moses has 70 helpers
- manna everyday but no meat
- sent quail (did trust ... tried to kill for next day)
- 12 spies ( caleb & joshua were the good spies)
- spent 40 yrs. in the dessert - every person over 20 dies
- moses makes Joshua new leader
Term
Book Leviticus
Definition
- Moses wrote down everything that he herd
- What God revealed to Moses
- 15th Century B.C.
- Israel moved to Mt. Sinai
- Laws presented to the people through Moses
Priestly matters, Worship, Sacrifice
- 1 m. and 10 days (40 days)
- centers around the priests from the tribe of Levi
- Laws on ....
1. Sacrifice
2. Priesthood
3. Uncleanness
4. Prescriptions for national ritual
- types of offerings
1. Burnt
2. Grain
3. Peace
4. Sin
5. Guilt
Term
Book of Exodus
Definition
- written by Moses
- 40 yrs of wanering in the wilderness
- means exit or departure
- continuing narrative of Genesis of Jacobs family
- Theme : Redemtion
* Egypt * Redsea
- 3 sections
1. subjection
2. Emancipation
3. Regulation
- golden calf
- Laws of living standards
- movement to deliverance movement away from red sea
- deliverance during passover
Term
Date of Writing Genesis
Definition
1400 B.C.
- Wilderness wanderings
Term
Book of Deuteronomy
Definition
- end of the book records the death of its author Moses
- 1446 B.C.
- " second law"
explaining the laws
- 1 month
1. rehearsal
2. the mess for the present
3. "ifs" affecting future
4. parting words of Moses
Term
Tabernacle
Definition
- center place to worship yahweh
- 1st priest were Aaron's kids drunk
- started in Gilgal then to shilo then Jerusalem
Term
Law
Definition
can be something that the majority of the public wants
- for Israel to have set guides lines
Term
Nazarite
Definition
Monks and Nuns of ancient Israel
Term
Torah
Definition
Law or ways/ teaching of Yahweh
- 1st 5 books
Term
Nephilim
Definition
fallen angle comes down and has human mother
Term
Polytheism
Definition
Many competing elohim
Term
Elohim
Definition
divine being
Term
Aman
Definition
believe, I know, I trust
* to "faith" a deity was to obey the deity
Term
Abraham
Definition
" father of a multitude"
Term
Malak
Definition
Messenger
Term
Teraphim
Definition
household idol
Term
Pentateuch
Definition
1st 5 books of the Bible
- written by moses
- "law of moses" or "book of Moses"
Term
Law of Sabbath year
Definition
after 7 years your debt will be set free
Term
Holy of Holies
Definition
- only priest can enter
- lamp stand
- alter of incense
- chest
Term
Tola
Definition
Son of Issachar
Term
Rachel
Definition
-Jacob's wife
- met Jacob when watering her flock
- mother of joseph & benjamin
- died while giving birth to benjamin
Term
Ehud
Definition
- judge of Israelites
- killed Eglan with a sword ( Fat King)
Term
Deborah
Definition
- woman judge
- around during Gideon's time
Term
Joseph
Definition
- Jacob's son
- 17 yr. sold into slavery
- coat of many colors = birth right
- judah's idea to sell him
- sold to Midianite
- put into position of trust
- enticements w/ potiphars wife
- interpreted dreams while in prison
- wife: asenath
- Kias : ephraim Manasseh
- spies, Benjamin, silver cup sees change
- Died at 110 yrs.
Term
Naphtali
Definition
son of Jacob
Term
Aaron
Definition
- brother of Moses
- spokesman in Egypt
- first high priest of Hebrews
Term
Rahab
Definition
- prostitute
- hid 2 spies in Jerhico
- saved when Jerhico fell
Term
Samson
Definition
could not:
-cut hair
- drink alcohol
- touch dirty things
* known for strength
* wife was Delilah
* Killed Lion w/own hnads
* took Gaza city gates 40 miles
* caught 300 foxes
* became blind
Term
Delilah
Definition
- Samson's wife
- cut Samson's hair
Term
Joshua
Definition
- one of 12 spies for Canna
- entered Promised land
- Moses' successor
- led Israelites to Promise land
- captain of Israel's army
- crossed Jordan River
Term
Jephthah
Definition
- jude of Israel
- vow made
- had to kill daughter
Term
Judah
Definition
- son of Jacob
- Apart of 12 tribes of Israel
- Judah convinced bro's to sell Joseph
Term
Sarah
Definition
- wife of Abraham
- taken as Pharaoh's concubine
- gave Hagar to Abraham
- Mother of Isaac
- Abraham told 1/2 truth about her
Term
Moses
Definition
- Hebrew, became 2nd in command
- Killed egyptian
- levit
- saved by pharaoh's daughter
- leads Israelites into promise land
- burning bush " messenger of ogd" was in the bush
- 10 commandments
- tabernacle
- dies at 120 yr at Mount Nebo
- Zaporah is his wife
- Jethro is father -in-law
- turns staf into snake
- 10 plagues
- red sea
- Aaron is his spokesmen
Term
Gad
Definition
one of Jacobs 12 sons
Term
Reuben
Definition
son of Jacob
Term
Othniel
Definition
-judge of Israel
-captured kirathsepher
Term
Balaam
Definition
- prophet
- son of Beor
Term
Adam
Definition
- 1st man
- sons : cain & Abel
Term
Eve
Definition
- 1st woman
- wife to adam
- sons cain & abel
Term
Esau
Definition
- son of Rebekah and Isaac
- Jacob's twin brother
- rugged outdoorsmeam, loved by father
- sold Jacob his birthright
- death threat on Jacob
Term
Leah
Definition
- Jacob's 1st wife not by choice
- had 6 children
- Rachel's older sister
Term
Jacob
Definition
- schemer/ always got his way
- son of Rebekah & Isaac
- fair, man of the house & mom
- dream of ladder reaching heaven
- found wife in Haran (Rachel)
- fighting match till break of dawn
- moved to shechem, them Hebron & found Isaac
- had 12 sons
Term
Rebekah
Definition
- wife of Isaac
- Barren at first
- Jacob & Esau
Jacob was her favorite
- Helps trick Isaac
Term
Issachar
Definition
one of the 12 sons of Jacob
Term
Abraham
Definition
-lived in ur
- moved to Canaan
- lived in Haran till dad died
- 75 when moved to Canaan
- "father of many nations"
- went to Egypt during time of famine
-lie: saying Sarai was his 1/2 sister
- divided land w/ nephew lot
- God addresses himself differently
- Hagar is second wife
- Name changed to Abraham when Isaac born
Term
Moab
Definition
-lots son
- "from my father"
Term
Caleb
Definition
- in exodus with Moses
- 1 of the 12 spies for Canaan
- Killed Able
- hunter
- gave lamb sacrifice
Term
Keturah
Definition
- Abraham's "3rd" wife ... fathered 6 more children
Term
Gideon
Definition
- judge
- 300 people drinking w/ their hands ... 300 men killed 135,000
- surprise attack using trumpets and tourches and thye killed themselves
- died by milestones that women dropped ... didn't won't to die from a women.
Term
Isaac
Definition
- names means laughter
- 60 when 1st child was born
- married Rebekah at age 40
-Egypt for famine
- 1/2 truth about Rebekah
- died at 180 yrs old
- gave final blessings at 187 yrs
Term
Ishmael
Definition
Abram & Hagars son
- not God's will
Term
Asher
Definition
son of Jacob
Term
BenAmmi
Definition
-lots son
- "son of my people"
Term
Simeon
Definition
son of Jacob
Term
Laban
Definition
son of Jacob
Term
Zebulon
Definition
Son of Jacob
Term
Eglon
Definition
- king of Moab
- Fat
- killed Ehud
Term
Dan
Definition
Jacob's son
Term
Mirium
Definition
- excited for 7 days
- Aaron's sister
- gets leprosy b/c her and aaron questioned
- everyone had to wait Moses and his authority
Term
Benjamin
Definition
- youngest of Jacob's sons
- Jacob's favoirte
- silver cup in sack
Term
Achan
Definition
- takes garment silver & gold after the walls of Jericho fell
- him and his family were stoned and then burned with all possessions
Term
Noah
Definition
- 500 years when he built 3 birds the ark
- nothing
- olive tree
- never came back
- on ark for whole year
- drunk... did something with son ham
Term
Caleb
Definition
- tribe of Judah
- spy with Joshua
- recieved 1st regular allotment of land
Term
Melchizedek
Definition
king of Salem/ Jerusalem
- priest of the most high elohim
Term
Abilmelek
Definition
king of Gerar
Term
Shamgar
Definition
- son of Anath
- Killed 600 philistines
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