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Facts

Also Known As Moshe
Flourished c.1400 BCE - c.1201 BCE • ancient Egypt • Egypt
Notable Family Members brother Aaron
Subjects Of Study Judaism • Ten Commandments • covenant
Role In Exodus

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Moses and the Ten Commandments
Bury Bible illuminated manuscript
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Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
Rembrandt: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
Aaron, detail of a 3rd-century fresco from the synagogue at Doura-Europus, Syria; in the National Museum, Damascus
Aaron
biblical figure
Geertgen tot Sint Jans: John the Baptist in the Wilderness
St. John the Baptist
Jewish prophet and Christian saint
Samuel
Samuel
Hebrew prophet
Elijah
Elijah
Hebrew prophet
Ezekiel
Ezekiel
Hebrew prophet
Jonah and the Whale
Jonah
biblical figure
Doré, Gustave: Deborah's Song of Triumph
Deborah
biblical figure
Amos
Amos
Hebrew prophet
Joshua
Hebrew leader
Elisha
Hebrew prophet
Caleb and Joshua
Caleb
biblical figure
Zephaniah
Hebrew prophet
Zechariah
Hebrew prophet
Lazarus
New Testament parable figure
Saint Joachim
father of Virgin Mary
Theodore Bikel
Austrian-born actor. singer, and political activist
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Medina, Saudi Arabia: Prophet's Mosque
Muhammad
prophet of Islam