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| 1 | | The place where God made a covenant with His people, promising to treat them as a prized possession, a kingdom of priests and a holy nation
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| 4 | | An area where the Israelites camped at the end of their wilderness journey and where they worshiped Baal and engaged in the Canaanite fertility cult
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| 6 | | God's personal name; it signifies His "being-there with us" in all of life's circumstances
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| 7 | | The man God asked to lead His people out of Egyptian slavery
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| 10 | | A ritual in which the blood of a sacrificial lamb provided protection for the Israelites
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| 12 | | A magician and seer who was recruited by Balak, king of Moab, to pronounce a curse on Israel (he is also known as the man with the talking donkey)
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| 16 | | A book of Moses' farewell speeches; the title actually means "second law"
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| DOWN |
| 2 | | A book that tells of Israel's murmuring and rebellion against God as the people tried to cope with the difficult realities of life in the wilderness
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| 3 | | A passage from Deuteronomy that was part of the morning and evening prayers of Judaism. It begins, "The Lord our God, the Lord is one."
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| 5 | | A tent-like structure which gave Israel the visible and tangible evidence of the reality of God's abiding presence
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| 8 | | The book that was an instruction manual for Israel's priests
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| 9 | | One of two spies who presented a favorable report on the possibilities of entering the Promised Land
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| 11 | | Moses' brother who was consecrated and ordained along with his sons to minister in the Tabernacle
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| 13 | | A word that converys the idea of the "covering" of sin by the blood
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| 14 | | An important theme in Leviticus; this theme reflects the Law's insistence to "love your neighbor as yourself"
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| 15 | | The Bible book whose title means "going out" or "departure"
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