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| Torah | Judaism's most sacred text, consisting of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible |
| Israelite | an early name for the Jewish people |
| Judaism | the first religion to worship one God, developed among the ancient Israelites |
| tradition | an inherited or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior |
| Ten Commandments | ten laws and teachings said to have been given to Moses by God |
| slavery | the state of a person who is treated as the property of another |
| Jerusalem | the holiest city of the Jews; capital of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and then Judah |
| covenant | an agreement or promise |
| Exodus | the escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt to freedom |
| Israel | the Israelites' kingdom; divided about 930 B.C.E. into two kingdoms called Judah and Israel |
