People of the Covenant

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  1. 3. The son of Isaac. Jacob was also known as Israel. His sons’ families gave rise to the twelve tribes of Israel.
  2. 6. The name in the Torah for the country that is known as Israel today.
  3. 7. This is the Jewish festival of the Passover, which celebrates the escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. It is the Pesach meal that Jesus celebrated with his disciples, which is now known by Christian as the Lord’s Supper or Last Supper.
  4. 8. legal, social, or moral freedoms to which you are entitled as a result of your dignity as a human person
  5. 10. Some kind of duty entrusted to you for which you are accountable
  6. 13. The relatedness or connection between people
  7. 15. God’s name, as given to Moses at the ‘burning bush’. The name means ‘I Am’, which refers to God being present amongst the people. To know God in a personal way meant the beginning of a personal relationship between God and God’s people.
  8. 18. A verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
  9. 20. The event in which the Israelites are led by Moses from slavery in Egypt to freedom. It is also the name of the second book of the Bible, in which this story is told.
  10. 21. The offspring of someone considered to be an ancestor.
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  1. 1. The first five books of the Bible which together tell the story of the Israelites, their laws and religious practices.
  2. 2. The Jewish ritual family meal during which the story of the Israelites’ escape from slavery in Egypt is told. It is held in the home on the first two evenings of the Pesach (Passover).
  3. 4. A member of your family from a long time ago (for example a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so on)
  4. 5. Beginning or origin. It is the name of the first book of the Bible.
  5. 9. The son of Abraham
  6. 11. The name given to the king of Egypt
  7. 12. The great Jewish leader who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. It was to Moses that God gave the Ten Commandments.
  8. 14. The event in the Exodus story when the Angel of Death strikes down the first born in the land of Egypt but passes over the houses of the Israelites
  9. 16. The feeling that something is about to happen or should happen
  10. 17. The vision of the world preached by Jesus.
  11. 19. A punishment sent by God on the land of Egypt to show the Pharaoh God’s power. There were ten plagues in the Exodus story.