▁message ▁to ▁deliver . ▁ ▁The ▁se er - p ri ests ▁were ▁usually ▁attached ▁to ▁a ▁local ▁shr ine ▁or ▁temple , ▁such ▁as ▁Sh il oh , ▁and ▁initi ated ▁others ▁as ▁pri ests ▁in ▁that ▁priest hood : ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁myst ical ▁craft - gu ild ▁with ▁app rent ices ▁and ▁rec ruit ment . ▁Can on ical ▁proph ets ▁were ▁not ▁organ ised ▁this ▁way . ▁ ▁Some ▁examples ▁of ▁proph ets ▁in ▁the ▁Tan akh ▁include ▁Abraham , ▁Mos es , ▁Mi ri am , ▁Isa iah , ▁Samuel , ▁E zek iel , ▁Mal achi , ▁and ▁Job . ▁In ▁Jewish ▁tradition ▁Daniel ▁is ▁not ▁counted ▁in ▁the ▁list ▁of ▁proph ets . ▁ ▁A ▁Jewish ▁tradition ▁suggests ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁twice ▁as ▁many ▁proph ets ▁as ▁the ▁number ▁which ▁left ▁Egypt , ▁which ▁would ▁make ▁ 1 , 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁proph ets . ▁The ▁Tal m ud ▁recogn izes ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁ 4 8 ▁male ▁proph ets ▁who ▁be que athed ▁permanent ▁messages ▁to ▁man kind . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Tal m ud ▁there ▁were ▁also ▁seven ▁women ▁who ▁are ▁counted ▁as ▁proph et esses ▁whose ▁message ▁be ars ▁relev ance ▁for ▁all ▁gener ations : ▁Sarah , ▁Mi ri am , ▁De vor ah , ▁Hann ah ▁( m other ▁of ▁the ▁proph et ▁Samuel ), ▁Ab ig ail ▁( a ▁wife ▁of ▁King ▁David ), ▁H uld ah ▁( from ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁Jer em iah ),