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Moses and the Ten Commandments

Moses

Hebrew prophet

József Molnár: The March of Abraham

Abraham

Hebrew patriarch

The Construction of the Tower of Babel

Nimrod

biblical figure

Painting by Rembrandt van Rijn showing Jeremiah sitting in a dimly lit cave, head resting on his hand in sorrow, with Jerusalem burning in the background.

Jeremiah

Hebrew prophet

Painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot showing Joshua in ancient armor, raising his arm and shield, with an army and battlefield in the background.

Joshua

Hebrew leader

Jacob

Jacob

Hebrew patriarch

Samson, muscular and draped in a patterned cloth, pushes apart two large pillars as a young man clings to him, with onlookers reacting in the background.

Samson

biblical figure

Aaron, detail of a 3rd-century fresco from the synagogue at Doura-Europus, Syria; in the National Museum, Damascus

Aaron

biblical figure

Samuel

Samuel

Hebrew prophet

David slays Goliath

Goliath

biblical figure

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Elijah

Hebrew prophet

King Saul

Saul

king of Israel

Gilded bronze relief panel by Lorenzo Ghiberti shows Isaac, Jacob, and Esau in an architectural setting, with multiple figures and intricate detail, from the Gates of Paradise in Florence.

Isaac

Hebrew patriarch

Engraving by Johann Sadeler after Chrispijn van den Broeck showing Ezra, a bearded man in robes and a cap, standing outdoors and reading an open book, with a landscape in the background.

Ezra

Hebrew religious leader

Ezekiel

Hebrew prophet

The prophet Isaiah

Isaiah

Hebrew prophet

Doré, Gustave: Deborah's Song of Triumph

Deborah

biblical figure

Elijah being led to his confrontation with Ahab, 17th-century engraving

Ahab

king of Israel

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Josiah

king of Judah

Nehemiah

Nehemiah

Jewish leader