OLD TESTAMENT LESSON #2 Flashcards
1
Q
- The Book of Leviticus interrupts the story of the Israelites’ journey to _____.
A
Canaan
2
Q
- Leviticus is generally recognized as a manual of instruction for the ______.
A
priests
3
Q
- Leviticus 1-16 deals with various ______ and ______ and purity that priests must possess to enter the tabernacle or temple.
A
sacrifices
holiness
4
Q
- Leviticus 17-26 is referred to as the _____ giving instruction for all Israelites.
A
Holiness Code
5
Q
- Holiness addresses the living of a moral life and being _____ or ______.
A
distinctive
different
6
Q
- A section of the Holiness Code identifies ______ as the chief cornerstone of a good society and sets firm limits on how ______ a relative a person could marry.
A
marriage
close
7
Q
- There were clear instructions on how Israelites were to be _____ than other societies in their form of their ______ and _____ practices.
A
distinct
marriage
sexual
8
Q
- Other ______ provided additional instructions on how to worship, harvest fields, breed animals, deal with another fairly and about what foods were acceptable
A
laws
9
Q
- These directives intended to make Israel so distinct that the differences will keep them _______ from other people.
A
separate
10
Q
- Israel’s most difficult task was becoming a people who _____ only one God.
A
worshipped
11
Q
- The authors of the Books of the Pentateuch (first five books of the Bible) believe that the only way Israelites will begin to worship only God would be to separate from neighbors showing the _______ function that has a ______ goal.
A
sociological
theological
12
Q
- Leviticus is about maintaining and reflecting their relationship with God keeping them ______ and ________ distinctive.
A
morally
culturally
13
Q
- The title of the Book of Numbers in Hebrew is _______, and what stands out about the people is how they constantly _______.
A
“In the Wilderness”
whine
14
Q
- Numbers 13 tells the story of Moses sending twelve spies into the land of ______.
______ of the twelve return reporting the cities were too well fortified, and the people are too strong for the Israelites to carve out a place to live. ______ and _______ are the other two spies who could not convince the majority to launch an invasion. This decision reflects a _____ in God’s power to bring them victory.
A
Canaan
ten
Joshua
Caleb
lack of faith
15
Q
- God sentences the people to wander in the wilderness for ______ years until all the people who were adults when they left Egypt _____.
A
forty
die
16
Q
- Numbers inserts ______ between God and Moses in which God is ready to destroy the people, but Moses convinces God not to. God exercises ______ which is consistent with his _____.
A
conversations
patience
character
17
Q
- In the wilderness, the people complain about ______, so God instructs Moses to _____ a rock to give water (Numbers 20). In his anger at the people’s murmuring, Moses hits the rock rather than speaking to it. This episode prevents Moses from entering ______.
Having Moses die before the people enter Canaan prepares the way for a ______ in Israel’s story.
A
water
command
Canaan
new leader
18
Q
- As it began, Numbers concludes with instructions about how to live. This includes the beginning of a _______. Cities of ______ were established for people who had committed a _________ so they could receive a fair trial rather than simply be _______ in retaliation (Numbers 35).
A
justice system
refuge
homicide
killed
19
Q
- The numerous stories in Numbers constantly describe the Israelites as ______ and _____ to God.
A
unfaithful
ungrateful
20
Q
- The name Book of Deuteronomy means “_______” and consists of Moses’ farewell ______ to the Israelites.
A
”second law”
address
21
Q
- The books that follow Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible (Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings) are called _______ because they narrate stories of Israel’s life according to the pattern that Deuteronomy sets out. The summary of this pattern is if Israel fails to comply with their part of the covenant, the covenant has built in penalties, just as it has prescribed ways to make amends (Deuteronomy 11:26-28).
A
Deuteronomistic History
22
Q
- The ______ (Law) did not function as a way Israel could earn a relationship with God; rather God acted with ______ to claim Israel as his own.
A
Torah
grace
23
Q
- The ______ is found in Deuteronomy, which is a single-sentence
summary of Israel’s faith that many Jews still repeat today. They are to post it where they will see it constantly and _____ it continually on their _______: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone” (Deut. 6:4).
A
Shema
keep
hearts
