ten plagues of egypt
51Judaism and slavery — Judaism has been influenced by the experience of slavery of the Hebrews in the land of Egypt, as narrated in the biblical story of the Exodus [As described in the Book of Exodus ] and their emancipation by the hand of God and under the leadership …
52Aaron — • Brother of Moses, and High Priest of the Old Law Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Aaron Aaron † …
53PASSOVER — (Heb. פֶּסַח, Pesah), a spring festival, beginning on the 15th day of Nisan, lasting seven days in Israel and eight in the Diaspora. It commemorates the Exodus from Egypt. The first and seventh days (the first two and last two in the Diaspora)… …
54Plague — A stroke of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement (Num. 11:33; 14:37; 16:46 49; 2 Sam. 24:21). Painful afflictions or diseases, (Lev. 13:3, 5, 30; 1 Kings 8:37), or severe calamity (Mark 5:29; Luke 7:21), or the judgment of God …
55MIRACLE — Biblical Hebrew has no word corresponding to the English miracle. Occasionally, the Bible mentions wonders (peleʾ, niflaʾot) meaning miracles (Ex. 3:20; Josh. 3:5; Ps. 78:11; etc.), but the meaning of wonder is much broader than miracle. A… …
56Fast of the Firstborn — Infobox Holiday caption = J. M. W. Turner s depiction of the Plague of the Firstborn ( The Tenth Plague of Egypt , 1802) holiday name = Fast of the firstborn official name = Hebrew: תענית בכורות ( Ta anit B chorot ) or תענית בכורים ( Ta anit B… …
57Divine retribution — For the TV series, see Divine Retribution (TV series). Divine retribution is supernatural punishment of a person, a group of people, or all humanity by a deity in response to some human action. Many cultures have a story about how a deity exacted …
58ROD OF MOSES — ROD OF MOSES, Moses wonder working rod. When he drove Jethro s flock into the wilderness of Horeb (Ex. 3:1), the Lord appeared to Moses and ordered him to cast his staff to the ground, and it became a serpent; then he was ordered to seize the… …
59PHILISTINES — (Heb. פְּלִשְׁתִּים), a people of Aegean origin occupying the south coast of Palestine, called Philistia (פְּלֶשֶׁת, peleshet) in the Bible, and often at war with the Israelites. The name Philistine is first found in the Egyptian form prst as one …
60Book of Wisdom — Book of Wisdom † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Book of Wisdom One of the deutero canonical writings of the Old Testament, placed in the Vulgate between the Canticle of Canticles and Ecclesiasticus. I. TITLE The oldest headings… …
