Two Books and a Quintet of Esses

"_____ those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you" (Lk 6:28).

Many scholars believe Javan/Yavan (_____ in Greek), the son of Japheth and grandson of Noah, refers to the alleged ancestor of the ancient peoples of _____ (Gen 10:2-5).

"When the sun shone upon the shields of gold and _____, the hills were ablaze with them and gleamed like flaming torches" (1 Macc 6:39).

Tibetan Buddhist monks

"At this retort Moses fled, and became an _____ in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons" (Acts 7:29)

A publication that is preeminent especially in authoritativeness or wide readership

The main character of children's book written by Dr. Suess, who "speaks for the trees" and confronts the Once-ler, a business magnate who causes environmental destruction

A two-word French phrase, which means "as a friend"

A widely cultivated Mexican agave (Agave sisalana) whose leaves yield _____, a strong white fiber used especially for cordage and twine

Archaic: SLUICE, LOCK