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1. C_________: The l__________ God promised to Abraham and his descendants. Today the area is known as Lebanon, Israel and J_________ (p. 201).

2. A________: Father of the Israelites who lived in Mesopotamia around ________ BC, and moved to C_____________ to worship one God.

3. Mono_______: The b______ in only one G____.

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I______ Jacob (Israel) had 12 sons who later became the 12 t_________ of Israel.

5. Tribe: separate f_______ groups.

6. J_____: One of Jacob (Israel’s) sons, which later became a t_______. King David was from this t_____.

7. Judaism: The r_________ of the Israelites.

8. Jews: F_____________ of the religion of Judaism.

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9. Hebrew: The l_________ of the Israelites. In the Egyptian language this word means foreigners. To the Canaanites, it meant one who came from “the o________ side of the r________” (Euphrates). The Israelites can be called the H__________, J____, or I_________.

10. P_______: A holiday Jews c__________ to remember when the angel of God “p______ over” their house because of the lamb’s blood on their d________. This plague killed the first-born s_____ of Egypt, and convinced the P_______to let the Israelites return to Canaan. (p. 202).

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12. T____: The 10 commandments and the first five b_______ of the Hebrew Bible.

13. Covenant: an agreement or p_______. God promised to l____ and protect the Israelites and to r_______ them to the land of C_______ if they o_______ God’s laws.

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