bce quizzes Pentateuch Flashcards
A central theme of which book is expressed the verses, “If you will only obey the LORD your God, by diligently observing all his commandments that I am commanding you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth”?
Select one:
a. Numbers
b. Deuteronomy
c. Exodus
d. Leviticus
Deuteronomy
(Deuteronomy 28:1)
The feast celebrating the flight of the Hebrews from Egypt is called:
Select one:
a. Booths
b. Jubilee
c. Ingathering
d. Passover
Passover
(Exodus 12:11)
In the third commandment, what reason is given that the people should not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD?
Select one:
a. “Because the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”
b. “So that you may not profane my holy name.”
c. “The LORD will not aquit anyone who misuses his name.”
d. “Because the name of the LORD is too wonderful.”
“The LORD will not aquit anyone who misuses his name.”
Canaan was cursed by his grandfather, Noah, because of something Canaan’s father did. Who was Canaan’s father?
Select one:
a. Ham
b. Japheth
c. Tubal-cain
d. Shem
Ham
(Genesis 10:6; 9:24-27)
In which book is the following benediction: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.”
Select one:
a. Numbers
b. Exodus
c. Leviticus
d. Genesis
Numbers
(Numbers 6:24-26)
The reason that the LORD God drove the man out of the garden was
Select one:
a. to encourage him to multiply and be fruitful.
b. to protect him from further temptation by the serpent.
c. to punish him for eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
d. to prevent him from eating from the tree of life.
to prevent him from eating from the tree of life.
(Genesis 3:22-24)
Match the book of the Bible with the following statements.
a. This book contains instructions for the sacrifices and rules
b. This book contains a census of warriors
c. This book contains the story of the burning bush.
d. This book describes the creation all living things
e. This book contains the last address of Moses to the people of Israel
a. Leviticus
b. Numbers
(Numbers 1:1-4)
c. Exodus
(Exodus 3 & 4)
d. Genesis
(Genesis 1 & 2)
e. Deuteronomy
(Deuteronomy 33:1)
Who called for Balaam to curse the Israelites so that they would not drive his people from their land?
Select one:
a. Balak, king of Moab
b. Og, king of Bashan
c. Jabin, king of Canaan
d. Sihon, king of the Amorites
Balak, king of Moab
(Numbers 22:4b-6)
What was the consequence when Moses struck the rock at Meribah with his staff rather than following God’s instruction to “command the rock … to yield its water”?
Select one:
a. Moses’s sister Miriam was afflicted with leprosy for seven days.
b. God refused to provide the water the people needed.
c. Moses and the people were forced to remain in the wilderness for forty years.
d. God said that Moses would not lead the people into the land God had promised them.
God said that Moses would not lead the people into the land God had promised them.
(Numbers 20:2-13)
Match the following quotations with the book from the Old Testament from which the quotation is taken. Make your matches by selecting the biblical book from the drop-down list next to the corresponding quotation.
a. “God also said to Moses, ‘Thus you shall say to the Israelites, “The LORD, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you”; This is my name forever, and this my title for all generations.’”
b. “You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.”
c. “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.”
d. ‘“Hear, O Israel, The LORD is our God, the LORD alone.”
e. “The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.”
a. Exodus
(Exodus 3:15)
b. Leviticus
(Leviticus 19:18)
c. Genesis
(Genesis 12:2)
d. Deuteronomy
(Deuteronomy 6:4)
e. Numbers
(Numbers 6:24-26)
Moses’ Hebrew father and mother were both members of which tribe of Israel?
Select one:
a. Asher
b. Judah
c. Ephraim
d. Levi
Levi
The story about Moses raising a “serpent of bronze” to save people bitten by poisonous serpents is found in which of the following books?
Select one:
a. Deuteronomy
b. Exodus
c. Leviticus
d. Numbers
Numbers
In describing the land promised to Abraham and his descendants, the LORD tells Moses it is “a land
Select one:
a. flowing with milk and honey.”
b. located between sea and desert.”
c. of high mountains and low valleys.”
d. filled with dense forests and fertile plains.”
flowing with milk and honey.”
(Exodus 33:3)
In the Ten Commandments, what reason is given for the command to “honor your father and your mother”?
Select one:
a. “so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.”
b. “because the LORD your God will not acquit anyone who fails to honor father and mother.”
c. “so that your father and mother will be glad; she who bore you rejoice.”
d. “because anyone who curses father or mother shall be put to death.”
“so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.”
(Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16)
When Moses tells the LORD that he can no longer bear the people alone because of their complaining, the LORD instructs him to
Select one:
a. seek support from Aaron and Miriam.
b. instruct the people to set up nets to catch quail.
c. appoint 70 elders to help bear the burden.
d. tell the people that they will not be allowed to enter Canaan.
appoint 70 elders to help bear the burden.
(Numbers 11:10-17)
Noah’s three sons were
Answer
a. Micah, Hosea and Obediah
b. Methuselah, Enoch and Jabeth
c. Nabath, Dan and Esau
d. Shem, Ham and Japeth
Shem, Ham and Japeth
(Genesis 6:10)
