Israelites

1. The descendants of Jacob, who made up twelve tribes, including the tribes of Judah, Levi, Reuben, and Benjamin.

Example Sentences

For those in the West, our understanding of man and the cosmos has unfolded in our inheritances from the Israelites, Greeks and Romans across the millennia.

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He begins with the Israelites, whose belief in humanity as God’s image sharply distinguished their faith from those of their Near Eastern neighbors.

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This is where the followers of Moses, the Israelites, are said to have waited for him during his time on Mount Sinai.

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In the Bible God commands the Israelites to destroy their persecutors, the Amalekites.

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The major Jewish holiday celebrates the exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and so has special poignancy for the freed hostages and those still captive in Gaza, like Eitan.

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