Exodus
This is Moses' elder brother, who served him as spokesman.
Who was Aaron?
In this Old Testament subdivision, there are 613 rules for observant Israelites to follow, but these rules also tell a story.
What is the Torah (or "the Law?")
The book of Numbers is so named because of two of these which bookend its narrative.
What is a census?
Deuteronomy contains a body of laws bookended by speeches from this figure, who does not believe the Israelites will remain faithful.
Who is Moses?
In crossing the Jordan River, Joshua acts out a prefigurement of this Christian action.
What is baptism?
This number, associated with the number of times God spoke during creation, is also the number of plagues inflicted on Egypt.
What is ten?
The two greatest commandments sum up the Law and the Prophets, telling us to love God with all your heart, soul, and strength, and to love this person as yourself.
Who is your neighbor?
Israelites wandered the desert for this many years, which is a number of testing throughout the Bible.
What is forty?
"Deuteronomy" derives from a Greek word which translates into English as this.
What is "second law?"
Joshua regularly performs signs and miracles similar to that of this Biblical figure, making him a second one of these.
Who is Moses?
Immediately after promising to follow God's commandments, Israelites fall into this sin, making a Golden Calf in order to try to control God.
What is idolatry?
This subset of laws was meant to make the Israelites distinct from other nations.
What were the ritual laws?
What is water?
This prayer, prayed daily by observant Jews, declares that God is one, and includes the first of the two greatest commandments.
What is the shema?
What is Jericho?
On Mt. Sinai, God gave Moses one of these, the most important in the Old Testament.
What is a covenant?
This subset of laws was meant to make the Israelites a good people.
What were the moral laws?
What are snakes?
Because the Levitical law will not be followed by the Israelites, Moses softened the law in the book of Deuteronomy, allowing for this anti-marital practice.
What is divorce?
While most of the characters in the book of Ruth of Israelite, Ruth herself was one of these.
What is a Moabite (or a foreigner?)
Instead of a temple, Israelites built a tent in the wilderness, which also goes by this name.
What is the tabernacle?
This subset of laws was meant to make the Israelites able to live in the presence of God.
What were the purity laws?
In order to be healed from being bitten, the Israelites were commanded to look up upon this, which prefigures Jesus on the Cross.
What is the bronze serpent?
In the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses told Israelites to place the book of the law beside this artifact, which contained the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments, Aaron's rod, and a pot of manna.
What is the ark of the covenant?
The book of Ruth takes place during this Biblical book full of violence and a descent into corruption, standing as a sharp contrast against it.
What is the Book of Judges?