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Atonement: being sorry for a sin through a voluntary action which compensates for the injustice done.
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Exodus: means to "exit"
narrates this saving history
when God led the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt and made a covenant with them and brought them to the Promised Land
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Holocaust: type of sacrifice from the Old Testament when entire sacrifice was burnt on the altar and the scent rose to heaven
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Israelites: Jewish people, chosen by God to be His people and names Israel(Jacob) from whose 12 sons the tribes of Israel descend. God formed Israel into his priestly people in their exodus from the slavery of Egypt, when he made the Old Covenant.
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Leviticus: third book of the Bibble names from its conttents which deal with the service of God and the religious cerimonies to be preformed by the members of the tribe of Levi, both priests and Levites
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Old Testament: 46 books of the Bible which record history of salvation from creation through the old alliance or covenant with Israel, in preparation for the appearance of Christ as Savior of the world
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Original Sin: sin which was brought into the world by Adam and Eve, lost grace and original holiness and became subject to death. Everyone is born with original sin
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Passover: also known as "Pasch" Jewish feast celebrating deliverance of the Jewish people from death by the blood of the lamb sprinkled on the doorposts in Egypt, which the angel of death saw and passed over. The Eucharist celebrates the new Passover
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Pentateuch: first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
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Pharaoh: the leader of the Egyptians in ancient times and worshipped as god by the egyptian people
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Proto-Evangelium: the " proto" or first Gospel: the passage in Genesis( 3:15) that mysteriously announces the promise of the Messiah and Redeemer
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Yaweh: the Hebrew peoples name for God