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  • noun Plural form of Israelite.

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Examples

  • That Moses did keep a written record of the important transactions relative to the Israelites is attested by his own express affirmation.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • December 3rd, 2009 6: 45pm Just to bring you into this millennium what you refer to as Israelites were people from a bygone age, we are Jews and most of us are British, what in fact you are is more difficult to define, a buffoon definitely, and certainly a person out of touch with normal people, but regardless of your sarcasm we will enjoy Chanukah and Christmas together with both ourselves and real Christians as usual.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • An interesting reference to an incident in the early history of the Israelites is seen in Henry V, where the King asks the Archbishop of Canterbury the question: "May I with right and conscience make this claim?" i.e. the claim to the Kingdom of France, which Henry V was making through Edward III, whose mother was a daughter of King Philip of France.

    Shakespeare and the Bible 1950

  • Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh -- The general war of invasion being ended and the enemy being in so dispirited and isolated a condition that each tribe, by its own resources or with the aid of its neighboring tribe, was able to repress any renewed hostilities, the auxiliary Israelites from the eastern side of the Jordan were now discharged from service.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • Israelites from the western frontier were alarmed now that they had come round upon the weak side of their country.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • Israelites from the stroke of the destroying angel.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

  • Of all the plagues of Egypt, none is mentioned but the death of the first-born, because that was the conquering plague; by that God, who in all the plagues distinguished the Israelites from the Egyptians, brought them at last from among them, not by a wile, but with a strong hand and an arm stretched out to reach far and do great things.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

  • They are created for his glory; the spirit of Israelites is created in them, and they are formed according to the will of God, and these shall be gathered in.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

  • Tel Aviv's 1967 land grab also enabled the "Israelites" - with support from their Christian

    iToot Stream 2010

  • In a short video promoting the August event, he said he was "calling on Americans to pray and fast like Jesus did and as God called the Israelites to do in the Book of Joel."

    Evangelicals Urge Perry to Enter Race Neil King Jr. 2011

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