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Pentateuch Flashcards

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

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the great sea monsters and birds

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

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

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

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to prevent him from eating from the tree of life.

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

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Cain

Genesis

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“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?

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Noah

Genesis

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

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the tower of Babel

Genesis

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

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Genesis

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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”?

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Genesis

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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?

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Haran

Genesis

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

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The Pharaoh’s house was afflicted with plagues.

Genesis

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The mother of Abram’s firstborn son was

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Hagar

Genesis

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Who was the mother of Jacob and Esau?

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Rebekah

Genesis

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

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

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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”?

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Bethel

Genesis

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Leah was the wife of which of the patriarchs?

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Jacob

Genesis

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

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Esau

Genesis

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

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Edam

Genesis

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

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Tamar

Genesis

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Why was Joseph put in prison in Egypt?

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

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

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Levi

Exodus

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

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Jethro

Exodus

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

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I AM

Exodus

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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

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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”?

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Moses

Exodus

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25
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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

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

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

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Passover

Exodus

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

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

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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

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after they had crossed the Red Sea

Exodus

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29
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Who counseled Moses to select judges to decide minor cases of dispute among the people?

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Jethro, his father-in-law

Exodus

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30
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The “Ten Commandments” are found in which two books?

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Exodus and Deuteronomy

31
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What is the first of the Ten Commandments?

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“You shall have no other gods before me.”

Exodus and Deuteronomy

32
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The first of the Ten Commandments states:

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You shall have no other gods before me.

Exodus and Deuteronomy

33
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In the third commandment, what reason is given that the people should not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD?

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“The LORD will not aquit anyone who misuses his name.”

Exodus

34
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The directions for the construction of the Tabernacle are found in which book?

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Exodus

35
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Who made the golden calf in response to the people’s request for “gods . . . who shall go before us”?

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Aaron

Exodus

36
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In describing the land promised to Abraham and his descendants, the LORD tells Moses it is “a land

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flowing with milk and honey.”

Exodus

37
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In response to Moses’ request, “Show me your glory,” what does God promise to do?

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“make all my goodness pass before you”
“proclaim before you, the name ‘The Lord’”
“be gracious to whom I will be gracious”
Exodus

38
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Which of the following books includes the instructions for the sacrifices the Israelites were to offer to God?

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Leviticus

39
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The “land animals” permitted to be eaten were identified by what characteristics?

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They have divided hoofs and chew the cud.

Leviticus

40
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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

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a goat that is then set free in the wilderness.

Leviticus

41
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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

42
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A central theme of the book of Leviticus is expressed by repeated calls for the people of Israel to “be holy” because

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“I the LORD your God am holy.”

Leviticus

43
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In which book is the following saying found: “You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy”?

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Leviticus

44
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The reason given in Leviticus for not reaping to the edges of the fields or gathering the gleanings of the harvest is

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to leave them for the poor and the alien.

Leviticus

45
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In which book is found “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”?

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Leviticus

46
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The instructions for observance of sabbatical years and the year of Jubilee are found in which book?

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Leviticus

47
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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

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Levi

Numbers

48
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Which of the Israelite tribes was given the responsibility to maintain and transport the tabernacle?

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Levi

Numbers

49
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In the book of Numbers a man can determine whether his wife has been an adultress by:

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drinking a poison

Numbers

50
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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.”

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Numbers

51
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When the people grew tired of eating manna and demanded meat to eat, what did God provide for them?

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Quail

Numbers

52
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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

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married a Cushite woman.

Numbers

53
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Which of the following were NOT allowed to enter “the land … which [God] swore” to give to the Israelites?

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Aaron

Numbers

54
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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”?

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

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

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Numbers

56
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When the Gospel of John says, “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,” to which story in Numbers is it referring?

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the healing of serpent bites

Numbers

57
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Who called for Balaam to curse the Israelites so that they would not drive his people from their land?

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Balak, king of Moab

Numbers

58
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In which book is found the story of Balaam and the talking donkey?

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Numbers

59
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What were the cities of refuge?

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

60
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Which of the following books is structured as a series of final speeches by Moses to the Israelites?

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Deuteronomy

61
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According to its opening verses, where were the Israelites when Moses spoke the words in Deuteronomy in order to “expound this law”?

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beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab

Deuteronomy

62
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Which of the following quotations illustrates an important theme from the Book of Deuteronomy?

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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

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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

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keeping the sabbath day.

Deuteronomy

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“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?

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Deuteronomy

65
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Moses tells the Israelites that God “set his heart on you and chose you” from among the nations of the earth because

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God kept the oath he swore to their ancestors.

Deuteronomy

66
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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”?

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Deuteronomy

67
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Which book instructs the Israelites to worship specifically in “the place that the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his name”?

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Deuteronomy

68
Q

Who proclaimed the rise of a prophet like himself?

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Elijah

Deuteronomy

69
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In which book are the laws found for preparing for, and engaging in, holy war?

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Deuteronomy

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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”?

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Deuteronomy

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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”?

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the land of Moab

Deuteronomy

72
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God commanded Moses to climb which mountain in order to “view the land of Canaan” before he died?

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Mount Nebo

Deuteronomy

73
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Which book refers to Moses’ view of the promised land from Mt. Nebo?

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Deuteronomy

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