| The Israelites followed this pattern by presenting sin offerings to cover their sins by sacrificing an animal life for their disobedience to God. |
| Ezekiel runs into the Israelites ' expectation that God is, and always will be, a God of retribution. |
| Rather, the old testament looks like their text, with its vengeful God, its tribal bloodbaths and its focus on the Israelites. |
| Joshua and the Israelites had made an impressive beginning of their conquest of Canaan. |
| The Sabbath, which totally set apart the Israelites from the nations around them, also entailed responsibility. |
| For the one got possession of the birthright, and the other transferred the wealth of the Egyptians to the host of the Israelites. |
