Genesis-Deuteronomy: Places Flashcards

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What happened on Mount Horeb?

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A general name for the whole mountain range of which Sinai was one of the summits. From here Moses encountered the Burning Bush, and received special revelation including the 10 Commandments.

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A specific mountain peak within the Horeb mountain range where Moses encountered the Burning Bush and received special revelation including the 10 Commandments.

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Mount Sinai

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What happened in Sodom?

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The city Lot stayed in after separating from Abraham that was destroyed by burning sulfur from heaven. The chief Canaanite settlement amongst the five cities of Zoar, Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, in the Plain of Jordan. The city in which Lot and his family dwelt after separating from Abram, and from which they fled to Zoar to escape destruction within the city.

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What happened in Bethel (Luz)?

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Place where: Jacob had a vision of angels ascending and descending on the ladder; means “House of God”.

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It’s the ______ of Man. Contained the tree of the _____ of ___ and ___, and the tree of ___. After the expulsion of Man, was guarded by Cherubim wielding a flaming sword to keep Man from the tree of life

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The Garden of Eden

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What happened in Zoar?

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A small town next to Sodom and Gomorrah to which Lot and his daughters fled.

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What happened in Massah?

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The place where the Israelites, by their grumbling for want of water, provoked God’s anger. Also called Meribah. It is here Moses first hits the rock with his rod and water gushes forth.

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What happened in Shittim?

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The place where the Israelites encamped after defeating Sihon and Og. Also where Israel was seduced by the Moabites to intermarry and prostitute themselves. This also was the last encampment before Israel crossed into Canaan.

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What happened in Haran?

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The city where Abram settled after leaving Ur of the Chaldeans and he stayed in this city until the death of his father Terah.

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A general name for the whole mountain range of which Sinai was one of the summits. From here Moses encountered the Burning Bush, and received special revelation including the 10 Commandments.

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Mount Horeb

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What happened in Gomorrah?

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Destroyed by burning sulfur from Heaven in the time of Abraham and Lot for its impiety and wickedness.

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Destroyed by burning ____ from Heaven in the time of Abraham and Lot for its impiety and wickedness.

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Gomorrah

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The mount upon which took place the sacrifice of Isaac; later becomes the site of the temple.

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Mount Moriah

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What happened on Mount Sinai?

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A specific mountain peak within the Horeb mountain range where Moses encountered the Burning Bush and received special revelation including the 10 Commandments.

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What is Massah also known as?

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Meribah

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A _____ in the land of Moab from which Moses looked for the first and the last time on the Promised Land.

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Mount Nebo

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The _____ of the patriarchs- Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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Kiriath Arba (Hebron)

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The land of Haran’s birth, and from which Terah and Abraham started to go into the land of Canaan. Also known as the land of the ______.

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Ur (of the Chaldeans)

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A small town next to Sodom and Gomorrah to which Lot and his daughters fled.

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Zoar

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Place where: Jacob had a vision of angels ascending and descending on the ladder; means “House of God”.

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Bethel (Luz)

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What happened in Midian?

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The land where: Moses refuged after murdering an Egyptian. Where Moses received his commission to deliver Israel from bondage in Egypt. The place Balak bribed Balaam.

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The land where: Moses refuged after murdering an Egyptian. Where Moses received his commission to deliver Israel from bondage in Egypt. The place Balak bribed Balaam.

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Midian

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What happened in Ur?

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The land of Haran’s birth, and from which Terah and Abraham started to go into the land of Canaan. Also known as the land of the Chaldeans.

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What happened on Mount Nebo?

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A mountain in the land of Moab from which Moses looked for the first and the last time on the Promised Land.

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The city where ____ settled after leaving Ur of the Chaldeans and he stayed in this city until the death of his father Terah.

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Haran

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What happened in the Garden of Eden?

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It’s the birthplace of Man. Contained the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life. After the expulsion of Man, was guarded by Cherubim wielding a flaming sword to keep Man from the tree of life

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What happened in Kiriath Arba (Hebron)?

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The burial of the patriarchs- Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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The place where the Israelites, by their grumbling for want of ____, provoked God’s anger. Also called Meribah. It is here Moses first hits the rock with his rod and water gushes forth.

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Massah

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The city Lot stayed in after separating from Abraham that was destroyed by burning sulfur from heaven. The chief Canaanite settlement amongst the five cities of ____, _____, ______, Admah and Zeboim, in the Plain of Jordan. The city in which Lot and his family dwelt after separating from Abram, and from which they fled to ____ to escape destruction within the city.

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Sodom

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What happened in Meribah?

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The place where the Israelites, by their grumbling for want of water, provoked God’s anger. Also called Massah. It is here Moses first hits the rock with his rod and water gushes forth.

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The place where the Israelites encamped after defeating ____ and ___. Also where Israel was seduced by the Moabites to intermarry and prostitute themselves. This also was the last encampment before Israel crossed into Canaan.

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Shittim (defeated Sihon and Og)

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What happened in Mount Moriah?

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The mount upon which took place the sacrifice of Isaac; later becomes the site of the temple.