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Bible Term: Hebrew

Hebrew is the language of the Jewish people. The Old Testament was written in Hebrew.

Because the Jews spoke Hebrew, the Bible sometimes calls them Hebrew or the Hebrews.

Also, Hebrews is a book of the New Testament, so named because it was written for the Hebrew people.

Key verse about Hebrew: Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew camp?” When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp, (1 Samuel 4:6, NIV).

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