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The Torah is the law of MosesProphet who led Israel out of Egypt to the Promised Land and received the law at Sinai. More, also…

The TransfigurationThe Transfiguration was a mountaintop event in which Jesus was transformed and became dazzling white, in a manner that suggested his future glory.  Peter,…

In the Garden of Eden, the tree of lifeIn the Garden of Eden, the tree of life is the tree that confers immortality. Adam and…

The tree of the knowledge of good and evilThe tree of the knowledge of good and evil is another tree God set in Eden. The…

The patriarch Jacob fathered twelve sons who became the ancestors the Twelve Tribes of IsraelThe patriarch JacobThe son of Isaac and Rebekah, renamed Israel, became the father of the twelve tribal families. More fathered twelve sons who became the ancestors the…

In Hebrew law many regulations warned against impurity. UncleanIn Hebrew law many regulations warned against impurity. Unclean things were numerous and included leprosy, menstruating women,…