Midterm 1 Flashcards
(169 cards)
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YHWH
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Only name of God
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Elohim
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Noun for God/gods
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El shadday
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Name of God known by Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
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Baal
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Semite word for God
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Asherab
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Wife of sun god anu
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Adam
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First man created by God
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Eve
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created from Adam
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Cain
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Kills Abel
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Abel
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Killed by Cain
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Noah
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Builds an arc because God told him to
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Ham
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3rd son of Noah
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Shem
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1st son of Noah
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Japheth
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2nd son of Noah
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Abraham
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Father of Isaac
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Sarah
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Mother of Isaac
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Lot
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Wife becomes pillar of salt
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Keturah
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Mother of Midian
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Hagar
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Mother of Ishmael
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Ishmael
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Son of Abraham and Hagar
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Isaac
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Son of Abraham and Sarah
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Rebekah
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Mother of Jacob
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Laban
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Father of rachel
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Esau
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Father of people of Edom
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Jacob/Israel
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Father of Joseph
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Rachel
Sister of Leah
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Leah
Sister of rachel
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Levi
3rd son of Jacob
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Judah
4th son of Jacob
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Joseph
Brothers sold as a slave to Egypt
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Benjamin
Youngest son of Jacob
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Dinah
Jacob's daughter who had sex with shechem
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Shechem
Prince of shechem
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Tamar
Mother of Perez and zerah
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Potiphar
Wife accuses Joseph of rape
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Moses
Brother of aaron; parts the Red Sea
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Pharaoh
God hardens his heart
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Aaron
Brother of Moses; helps release Jews from Israel
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Jethro/reuel
Moses' father-in-law; father of hobab
39
Zipporah
Wife of Moses; daughter of jethro
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Miriam
Snow White
41
Joshua
Leader of Israelite tribes after death of Moses
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Caleb
Son of hezran; Spy for Israelites
43
Dathan
Leader of rebellion among non-Levites; not Abiran or korah
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Abriam
Leader of rebellion among non-Levites; not Dathan or korah
45
Korah
Leader of rebellion among non-Levites; not Abiran or dathan
46
Phinehas
Priest during exodus; executed a Israelite man and midianite woman
47
Eden
Garden where Adam and Eve began
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Babel
Tower created in genesis 2
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Ur
Haran's native land
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Haran
Father of lot
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Sodom
When lots wife saw it burn she turned to salt
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Gomorrah
City Destroyed in genesis; not Sodom
53
Moab
Native to Moabites
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Ammon
Native to Ben-ammi
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Canaan
God promises to Israel; native to canaanites
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Midian
Native to midianites
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Edom
Hebrew for red; native to Edomites
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Hebron
Joshua conquests and gave to Caleb
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Cave of macpelah
Sarah is buried here
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Beth El
House of God
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Penuel
Face of God
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Israel
Jacob's name after fighting God
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Egypt
Where jewish people were held as slaves
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Aram
Region with Haleb
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Philistines
greek pagans
66
Horeb/Sinai
Mountain where God gave tablets with 10 commandments
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Bethlehem
Rachel buried near here
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Sea of Galilee
Sea of chinnereth
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Dead Sea
Lot taken captive at war here
70
Red Sea
Moses parts this
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Mediterranean Sea
The great sea
72
Nile
Turns to blood
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Euphrates
West of Mesopotamia
74
Tigris
East of Mesopotamia
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Jordan River
Watered like the garden of the lord
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Tree of knowledge of good and bad
Adam and Eve forbidden to eat from
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Tree of life
Guarded by sphinxes east of Eden
78
Pagan
Religion system which views gods as personification of natural forces
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Etiology
Origin
80
Myth
story about gods
81
Decalogue
10 commandments
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Covenant
Promise made by God
83
Old Testament
First section of Christian bible; not tanak or Hebrew bible
84
Tanak
Term for Old Testament, not Hebrew bible
85
Hebrew bible
Term for Old Testament, not Tanak
86
Peshat
Literal interpretation; strict reading of bible
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Mideast
Embellished reading of bible
88
Nazirite
Voluntarily takes a bow; similar to but cannot be a priest
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Jubilee
Every 7th sabbath cycle; economic restart
90
Cherub
Sphinx
91
Golden calf/bull
Idol made by Israelites at mt Sinai that angered Moses
92
Torah
The Pentateuch
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Five Books of Moses
Genesis; exodus; Leviticus; numbers; Deuteronomy
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Polytheism
Worship more than one God
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Henotheism
Chief God and smaller ones
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Monolatry
Worship of one God, accept existence of other gods
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Monotheism
Belief in only one God
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DINGIR
Sumerian word for God
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Ilu
Akkadian version of El
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Theos
Gods
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Sabbath
7th day of Hebrew calendar week
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Ark
Noah built to protect from flood
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Tent of meeting
Where God met with Israelites; pillar of cloud stayed at entrance
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Tabernacle
Shrine of Israelites through wilderness; only priest can enter; God specifics at Sinai
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Sacrifice
Molech is a human ______
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Enuma elish
Babylonian creation poem with split of sea
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Epic of Gilgamesh
First work of literature in history
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Passover
Commemorating the passing over of first borns of Hebrews when first born Egyptians were killed
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Feast of weeks/shavout
7 weeks after Passover to celebrate reaching the Sinai
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Feast of tabernacle/sukkot
Feast to celebrate wilderness
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Day of atonement/yom kippur
10th day of 7th month
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Hebrew
Used for jewish prayer
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Akkadian
Earliest Semite language; used cuneiform
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Noahic covenant
Promise: never to destroy earth with flood again; sign: rainbow; revealed divine name: Elohim
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Abrahamic covenant
Promise: to be father of many nations, seed will flourish; sign: circumcision; name: el shadday
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Israelite/Sinai covenant
Promise: God will bless them; sign: the sabbath; name; YWHW
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Will the judge of all the earth not do justice?
God to Moses at burning bush in exodus
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I will be what I will be
God to Moses when revealing his name in exodus
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YHWH merciful and gracious God, long forebearing and full..."
God to Moses when writing the tablets in exodus
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God will provide for himself the lamb for the sacrifice my son
Abraham to Isaac at the sacrifice in genesis
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Take this book of the Torah and put it at the side of the ark
Moses to Israelites to warn against false worship at deutoronomy
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You shall not murder
God to Israelites at 10 commandments in exodus
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Sell me your birthright this day
Jacob to Esau when he was famished in genesis
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The women, which you put with me, she gave me from..."
Adam to God when he ate the apple in genesis
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You take too much for yourselves, for all the congregation
Aaron to Israelites when rebelling at numbers
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Here im bringing a flood, water on earth, to destroy all..."
God to Noah for him to build an arc in genesis
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All the families of the earth will be blessed through you
God to Abraham when he est covenant in genesis
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Listen rebels shall we fetch you water from this rock
Moses to Israelites when against Rebels at numbers
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I appeared to A, I, and J as el shadday but my name _____"
God to Moses at mt Sinai revelation in exodus
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I am not a man of words
Moses to God when trying to get out of prophecy in exodus
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In the day that you eat from it you will be like God
Snake to Eve at the tree of good and bad in Genesis
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Take your son, your only son, whom you love & offer him
God to Abraham at sacrifice in Genesis
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If there will be a prophet among you I shall make myself..."
God to aaron and Miriam when against Moses in numbers
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Just as we listened to Moses, so we shall listen to you
Israelites to Joshua when he was a new prophet in Joshua
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The voice is Jacob but the hands are esau
Isaac to Jacob when he tricks him into the blessing in Genesis
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It is not done that way in our place to give the younger..."
Laban to Jacob after he marries Leah in Genesis
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I am of heavy tongue and heavy mouth
Moses to God when he doesn't want to be a prophet in exodus
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I shall hide my face from them
God to Moses with sinning Levites in Deuteronomy
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Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you took us..."
Israelites to Moses after exodus in exodus
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Story of Eden etiology
Why snakes crawl; labor pains; rose thorns; clothing; why we work and die
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Story of babel
Why language
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El
Name of "God" for several ancient middle eastern religions
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Eve (etiology)
To breath; life
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Israel (etiology)
He who prevails with God
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Moses (etiology)
To pull out of water
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And YHWH hardened the heart of
The pharaoh
147
Snow White
Miriam
148
In bible and archaeological source
Ramses
149
Never leaves land of covenant
Isaac
150
Makes clothes for Adam and Eve, closes arc
God
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Jacobs daughter
Dinah
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Abrahams oldest son
Ishmael
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Humblest man on earth
Moses
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Decieves father with brothers clothes and goat skin
Jacob
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Perfect in his generations
Noah
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Greatest archaeological discovery
Ninevah, Assyria, library
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Dagon
Wheatgod
158
Oeos
Greek God
159
"Leave your land, birthplace and fathers house"
YWHW to Abraham to go to Canaan in Genesis
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"Send these strangers out to know them"
Sodomites to lot about Angels in Genesis
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Onan
Pulls out on Tamar
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Nablus
Prince of sodom
163
Hamar
Father of Nablus
164
"Now you are a bloody groom"
Zipporah to Moses/son when she circumcised son in exodus
165
Oldest chapter of the bible
Song of the sea
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3 great revelations
- mass hears 10 commandments from sky
- Moses, family + 70 elders eat meal, have vision
- Moses goes up alone and sees God
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10 commandments
1) no other gods
2) not to make idols
3) not to take YHWH in vain
4) observe sabbath
5) honor father and mother
6) shall not murxer
7) not to commit adultery
8) not to steal
9) not to bear false witnesses
10) not to cover
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"These are the gods of egypt"
Aaron to Israelites at golden calf in exodus
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"Why have j the burden? Not able to bear this whole people"
Moses to God with 70 elders in numbers
