Pentateuch

Question 1

According to Genesis 1, on the fifth day God created:

Answer 1

the great sea monsters and birds

Question 2

In the creation account in Genesis 1, God creates “humankind in his image”

Answer 2

as the final act of creation to have dominion over what came before

Question 3

The reason that the LORD God drove the man out of the garden was

Answer 3

to prevent him from eating from the tree of life.

Question 4

On whom did God place a mark so that those who met him would not kill him?

Answer 4

Cain

Genesis

Question 5

“I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you” was spoken to whom?

Answer 5

Noah

Genesis

Question 6

n the book of Genesis, God’s promise to Abram follows most closely on which story?

Answer 6

the tower of Babel

Genesis

Question 7

The statement, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens,” is found in which book?

Answer 7

Genesis

Question 8

In what book does the LORD say, “Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will not be impossible for them”?

Answer 8

Genesis

Question 9

When Abram answered God’s command, “Go from your country and your kindred . . . to the land that I will show you,” from where did he depart?

Answer 9

Haran

Genesis

Question 10

What happened when Sarai was taken into the Pharaoh’s house?

Answer 10

The Pharaoh’s house was afflicted with plagues.

Genesis

Question 11

The mother of Abram’s firstborn son was

Answer 11

Hagar

Genesis

Question 12

Who was the mother of Jacob and Esau?

Answer 12

Rebekah

Genesis

Question 13

Why was it that Esau hated his brother Jacob and wanted to kill him?

Answer 13

Jacob had deceived their father Isaac into blessing him before the LORD rather than Esau
Genesis

Question 14

What did Jacob call the place where “he took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar”?

Answer 14

Bethel

Genesis

Question 15

Leah was the wife of which of the patriarchs?

Answer 15

Jacob

Genesis

Question 16

Jacob wrestled with “the man” who put his hip out of joint and gave him the name “Israel” just before his encounter with whom?

Answer 16

Esau

Genesis

Question 17

According to Genesis, Jacob’s brother, Esau, settled in the hill country of Seir. Which nation does he represent?

Answer 17

Edam

Genesis

Question 18

Concerning which of his daughters-in-law did Judah say, “She is more in the right than I”?

Answer 18

Tamar

Genesis

Question 19

Why was Joseph put in prison in Egypt?

Answer 19

He was falsely accused by his master’s wife of sexual assault.
Genesis

Question 20

Moses’ Hebrew father and mother were both members of which tribe of Israel?

Answer 20

Levi

Exodus

Question 21

What was the name of the Midianite priest who became Moses’ father-in-law?

Answer 21

Jethro

Exodus

Question 22

What was the meaning God gave to the divine name when God revealed it to Moses at the burning bush?

Answer 22

I AM

Exodus

Question 23

When Moses asks God to send someone else to lead the Israelites because he is not an eloquent speaker, the LORD

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appoints Aaron to speak for him.

Exodus

Question 24

Of whom is it written, “On the way, at a place where they spent the night, the LORD met him and tried to kill him”?

Answer 24

Moses

Exodus

Question 25

When Moses and Aaron asked that the people of Israel be permitted to "go a three days' journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God," Pharaoh commanded that his taskmasters

Answer 25

require the Israelites to gather their own straw needed to make bricks. Exodus

Question 26

The feast celebrating the flight of the Hebrews from Egypt is called:

Answer 26

Passover | Exodus

Question 27

As the Israelites traveled through the wilderness, they were led by

Answer 27

God who appeared as a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night. Exodus

Question 28

The song that includes the words, "The LORD is my strength and my might, and he has become my salvation," was sung by the Israelites

Answer 28

after they had crossed the Red Sea | Exodus

Question 29

Who counseled Moses to select judges to decide minor cases of dispute among the people?

Answer 29

Jethro, his father-in-law | Exodus

Question 30

The "Ten Commandments" are found in which two books?

Answer 30

Exodus and Deuteronomy

Question 31

What is the first of the Ten Commandments?

Answer 31

"You shall have no other gods before me." | Exodus and Deuteronomy

Question 32

The first of the Ten Commandments states:

Answer 32

You shall have no other gods before me. | Exodus and Deuteronomy

Question 33

In the third commandment, what reason is given that the people should not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD?

Answer 33

"The LORD will not aquit anyone who misuses his name." | Exodus

Question 34

The directions for the construction of the Tabernacle are found in which book?

Answer 34

Exodus

Question 35

Who made the golden calf in response to the people's request for "gods . . . who shall go before us"?

Answer 35

Aaron | Exodus

Question 36

In describing the land promised to Abraham and his descendants, the LORD tells Moses it is "a land

Answer 36

flowing with milk and honey." | Exodus

Question 37

In response to Moses' request, "Show me your glory," what does God promise to do?

Answer 37

"make all my goodness pass before you" "proclaim before you, the name 'The Lord'" "be gracious to whom I will be gracious" Exodus

Question 38

Which of the following books includes the instructions for the sacrifices the Israelites were to offer to God?

Answer 38

Leviticus

Question 39

The "land animals" permitted to be eaten were identified by what characteristics?

Answer 39

They have divided hoofs and chew the cud. | Leviticus

Question 40

In the rituals for the Day of Atonement set forth in Leviticus 16, the priest is to "confess ... all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins" over

Answer 40

a goat that is then set free in the wilderness. | Leviticus

Question 41

The food laws in Leviticus prohibit "eat[ing] the blood of any creature" because

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the life of every creature is its blood. | Leviticus

Question 42

A central theme of the book of Leviticus is expressed by repeated calls for the people of Israel to "be holy" because

Answer 42

"I the LORD your God am holy." | Leviticus

Question 43

In which book is the following saying found: "You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy"?

Answer 43

Leviticus

Question 44

The reason given in Leviticus for not reaping to the edges of the fields or gathering the gleanings of the harvest is

Answer 44

to leave them for the poor and the alien. | Leviticus

Question 45

In which book is found "You shall love your neighbor as yourself"?

Answer 45

Leviticus

Question 46

The instructions for observance of sabbatical years and the year of Jubilee are found in which book?

Answer 46

Leviticus

Question 47

During their time in the wilderness of Sinai, Moses conducted a census of "every male ... in Israel able to go to war" from every tribe EXCEPT

Answer 47

Levi | Numbers

Question 48

Which of the Israelite tribes was given the responsibility to maintain and transport the tabernacle?

Answer 48

Levi | Numbers

Question 49

In the book of Numbers a man can determine whether his wife has been an adultress by:

Answer 49

drinking a poison | Numbers

Question 50

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."

Answer 50

Numbers

Question 51

When the people grew tired of eating manna and demanded meat to eat, what did God provide for them?

Answer 51

Quail | Numbers

Question 52

The controversy between Moses and his siblings Miriam and Aaron that led them to say, "Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?" was caused because Moses had

Answer 52

married a Cushite woman. | Numbers

Question 53

Which of the following were NOT allowed to enter "the land ... which [God] swore" to give to the Israelites?

Answer 53

Aaron | Numbers

Question 54

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"?

Answer 54

God said that Moses would not lead the people into the land God had promised them. Numbers

Question 55

The story about Moses raising a "serpent of bronze" to save people bitten by poisonous serpents is found in which of the following books?

Answer 55

Numbers

Question 56

When the Gospel of John says, "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness," to which story in Numbers is it referring?

Answer 56

the healing of serpent bites | Numbers

Question 57

Who called for Balaam to curse the Israelites so that they would not drive his people from their land?

Answer 57

Balak, king of Moab | Numbers

Question 58

In which book is found the story of Balaam and the talking donkey?

Answer 58

Numbers

Question 59

What were the cities of refuge?

Answer 59

cities where those accused of homicide could escape from the avenger Numbers

Question 60

Which of the following books is structured as a series of final speeches by Moses to the Israelites?

Answer 60

Deuteronomy

Question 61

According to its opening verses, where were the Israelites when Moses spoke the words in Deuteronomy in order to "expound this law"?

Answer 61

beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab | Deuteronomy

Question 62

Which of the following quotations illustrates an important theme from the Book of Deuteronomy?

Answer 62

Keep his statutes and his commandments, which I am commanding you today for your own well- being and that of your descendants after you, so that you may long remain in the land the the LORD your God is giving you for all time. Deuteronomy

Question 63

In the account of the Ten Commnadments in Deuteronomy, the people are to "remember that you were a slave in Egypt" as a reason for

Answer 63

keeping the sabbath day. | Deuteronomy

Question 64

"Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might." This appears in which book?

Answer 64

Deuteronomy

Question 65

Moses tells the Israelites that God "set his heart on you and chose you" from among the nations of the earth because

Answer 65

God kept the oath he swore to their ancestors. | Deuteronomy

Question 66

Which book contains the following words: "one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord"?

Answer 66

Deuteronomy

Question 67

Which book instructs the Israelites to worship specifically in "the place that the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his name"?

Answer 67

Deuteronomy

Question 68

Who proclaimed the rise of a prophet like himself?

Answer 68

Elijah | Deuteronomy

Question 69

In which book are the laws found for preparing for, and engaging in, holy war?

Answer 69

Deuteronomy

Question 70

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"?

Answer 70

Deuteronomy

Question 71

According to the book of Deuteronomy, where did God make a covenant with Israel "in addition to the covenant that he had made with them at Horeb"?

Answer 71

the land of Moab | Deuteronomy

Question 72

God commanded Moses to climb which mountain in order to "view the land of Canaan" before he died?

Answer 72

Mount Nebo | Deuteronomy

Question 73

Which book refers to Moses' view of the promised land from Mt. Nebo?

Answer 73

Deuteronomy