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Golden calf. According to the Torah and the Quran, the golden calf (Hebrew: עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב, romanized: ʿēḡel hazzāhāḇ) was a cult image made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai. In Hebrew, the incident is known as "the sin of the calf" (Hebrew: חֵטְא הָעֵגֶל, romanized: ḥēṭəʾ hāʿēḡel ...
Miriam (Hebrew: מִרְיָם Mīryām, lit. 'Rebellion') [1][2] is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The Torah refers to her as "Miriam the Prophetess" [3] and the Talmud [4] names her as one of the seven ...
Yahweh decrees that the Israelites will be punished for their loss of faith by having to wander in the wilderness for 40 years. God orders Moses to make plates to cover the altar. The children of Israel murmur against Moses and Aaron on account of the destruction of Korah's men and are stricken with the plague, with 14,700 perishing. Aaron and ...
God orders Moses to count "all that are able to go forth to war in Israel" (Numbers 1). [37] God hears the people "speaking evil" and punishes them with fire. Moses prays, and the fire abates. [37]: 200–202 God is again angered and sends "a great plague" (Numbers 11). God hears Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses, and punishes Miriam with ...
Numbers 12, however, reports that on one occasion, Aaron and Miriam complained about Moses' exclusive claim to be the L ORD 's prophet. [49] Their presumption was rebuffed by God who affirmed Moses' uniqueness as the one with whom the L ORD spoke face to face. Miriam was punished with a skin disease that turned her skin white. Aaron pleaded ...
In Exodus 5 (Parshat Shemot in the Torah), Moses and Aaron meet with the pharaoh and deliver God's message, "Let my people go". [1] The pharaoh not only refuses, but punishes the Israelites by telling his overseers, "Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves", but still requiring the same daily output of bricks as before. [2]
Rubenshuis, Antwerp, Belgium [1] Moses and his Ethiopian wife Zipporah (Dutch: Mozes en zijn Ethiopische vrouw Seporah), c. 1645–1650, is a painting by the Flemish Baroque painter Jacob Jordaens. [1][2] The painting is a half-length depiction of the biblical prophet Moses, and his African wife. The oil on canvas painting is kept by the ...
Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses on account of his marriage to an Ethiopian, and about him being the only one through whom the Lord speaks. Miriam is punished with leprosy for seven days. PEOPLE: Miriam - Aaron - Moses - יהוה YHVH. PLACES: Hazeroth - Paran - Stations list