Ancient Israel and Judaism

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Across
  1. 6. the ancient Hebrew language did not contain these types of letters
  2. 7. brought down from the mountain by Moses
  3. 11. the language of the Israelite people
  4. 12. Egyptian king who made the Israelites slaves
  5. 13. person who led the Israelites in their escape from slavery in Egypt
  6. 16. 8-day Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem
  7. 17. the religion of the Israelites
  8. 18. God promised to make him the father of a great nation of people
  9. 20. the Israelites settled here after traveling in the wilderness
  10. 21. according to the commandments, the number of gods Israelites should worship
  11. 23. the sacred text of the Jewish people
  12. 25. King David's son; built the first Temple of Jerusalem
  13. 26. the capital city of the Israelites
Down
  1. 1. David killed this mighty foe with a slkingshot and a stone
  2. 2. the first book of the Torah
  3. 3. the belief in one god
  4. 4. number of years the Israelites traveled in the wilderness, until they settled once again in Canaan
  5. 5. region where Israelite people originally lived
  6. 8. led the Israelites in their escape from Egypt.
  7. 9. the holy day of the week
  8. 10. this religion considers the Hebrew Bible to be their Old Testament
  9. 14. the first king of the Israelites
  10. 15. lack of food which forced many Israelites to flee from Canaan to Egypt
  11. 19. contains the ten commandments
  12. 22. the belief in many gods
  13. 24. the departure from Egypt to freedom