children of Israel
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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Shavuot is a Jewish festival beginning on Sunday that celebrates when the children of Israel received the Ten Commandments.
From BBC • May 16, 2021
According to the Hebrew scriptures, the children of Israel were on the verge of engulfing another Bronze Age tribe.
From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2020
Once freed from bondage, the children of Israel had a purpose and a destination.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2018
King, his voice booming, delivered a powerful 40-minute sermon that tied the civil rights struggles of African Americans with the inequalities the children of Israel suffered in Egypt.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2015
Night after night they slipped into each other’s cabins and talked of the man Denmark Vesey, of freedom, of the children of Israel and how they were led out of bondage.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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