Jericho

Ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates in southern Mesopotamia. Abraham's birthplace, called 'Ur of the Chalde…

A wide wooden fork used to toss threshed grain into the air. The wind carries the chaff away; the heavier grai…

A binding agreement between two parties, sealed by a sign — a meal, a sacrifice, a mark on the body. Used thro…

Forty years of wandering in the wilderness between Sinai and Canaan. Two generations: the one that came out of…

Moses's farewell sermons on the plains of Moab, restating the Law for the generation about to cross the Jordan…

Son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim, attendant to Moses and commander at Rephidim (Exo.17). After Moses he led …