Tanakh Flashcards
Fill in the blank: The basic storyline
____ begins to speak to ____ about Moshe for marrying ____. God hears their complaints and calls the three of them to the ____. God speaks to them, reminding them that He speaks to all other prophets through ____, but Moses is different. Moses is faithful and has a close relationship with God where they speak ____ clearly and directly. Miriam is struck with ____ punishment, but Ahron asks ____ to help her, because no one else can. He prays on her behalf, and God agrees to heal her, but she has to stay outside the camp for ____. The ____ waits for Miriam and then they begin to travel again.
Word Bank:
1- T’zoraat,
2- visions and dreams
3- 7 days
4- Face to face
5- Tent of Meeting
6- A Cushite woman
7- Moshe
8- Miriam
9- Aaron
10- Entire nation
MIRIAM begins to speak to AARON about Moshe for marrying A CUSHITE WOMAN. God hears their complaints and calls the three of them to the TENT OF MEETING. God speaks to them, reminding them that He speaks to all other prophets through VISIONS AND DREAMS, but Moses is different. Moses is faithful and has a close relationship with God where they speak FACE TO FACE clearly and directly. Miriam is struck with T’ZORAAT punishment, but Ahron asks MOSHE to help her, because no one else can. He prays on her behalf, and God agrees to heal her, but she has to stay outside the camp for 7 DAYS. The ENTIRE NATION waits for Miriam and then they begin to travel again.
Who is speaking?
1. “Moses was ָhumble, more so than any other human being on earth”
a. Miriam to Aaron
b. Aaron to Miriam
c. Aaron to Moses
d. Moses to G-d
e. G-d to Moses
f. G-d to Miriam and Aharon
g. Narrator
Narrator
Who is speaking?
“Has [God] not spoken through us as well”?
a. Miriam to Aaron
b. Aaron to Miriam
c. Aaron to Moses
d. Moses to G-d
e. G-d to Moses
f. G-d to Miriam and Aharon
g. Narrator
Miriam to Aaron
True or False:
Moshe’s Cushite wife are from his days as King of Ethiopia, according to Rashbam
False
True or False:
The word ֖נא ָ means “heal”, and Moshe prayed that G-d should heal Miriam
True
True or False:
The nation waited for Miriam because she waited for Moshe when he was a baby in the Nile
True
True or False:
Miriam was cured by Moshe’s prayer and by being isolated from the camp for 7 days
True
According to Rashi, Miriam & Aaron are upset that Moshe
a. Doesn’t realize that other people are prophets
b. Separated from his wife
c. Won’t let them be equal leaders.
d. They don’t really care about his family, they are just gossiping and judging him
b. Separated from his wife
G-d defends Moshe to Miriam and Aaron because
a. Moshe would not fight back, even if he knew what they said
b. Moshe would not act out of arrogance and tell them he is superior to them
c. Moshe is an ָעָ֣נו
d. All the answers are correct.
d. All the answers are correct.
Bamidbar/ Numbers 13-14
When was the story recorded?
2nd year since leaving Egypt
Bamidbar/ Numbers 13-14
who’s idea was it to send spies?
God
Bamidbar/ Numbers 13-14
What was the purpose of sending spies
Scout the land that God was giving
Bamidbar/ Numbers 13-14
What did the spies say when they returned to Israel
The land as indeed flowing with milk and honey, the cities were fortified, people stronger than them and not possible to win a fight against them
Bamidbar/ Numbers 13-14
What was Moshe’s reaction to the spies’ report
unhappy
fell on his face
Bamidbar/ Numbers 13-14
How did Kalev and Yehoshua respond to the spies
ripped their clothes and emphasized that they could conquer the land- have faith in God
Bamidbar/ Numbers 13-14
What does G-d want to do at first to the nation
Kill them all
Bamidbar/ Numbers 13-14
What does G-d decide to do as a punishment
Everyone over 20 will not enter the land
Bamidbar/ Numbers 13-14
Who is not punished? Why
They did not lack faith and stood up to the 10 other spies
Bamidbar/ Numbers 13-14
The nation’s reaction to G-d’s punishment
Bamidbar/ Numbers 13-14
The nation’s reaction to G-d’s punishment
They cry upset and some try to enter the land even though they were told that God is not with them in doing so
Devarim/ Deuteronomy 1:21-36
When was the story recorded?
40th year since leaving Egypt
Devarim/ Deuteronomy 1:21-36
Whose idea was it to send spies
People of Israel
Devarim/ Deuteronomy 1:21-36
What was the purpose of sending spies
See the best way to enter/travel into the land
Devarim/ Deuteronomy 1:21-36
What did the spies say when they returned to Israel
The land was good
(“A people greater and taller than we; cities great and fortified up to the heavens, and we have even seen the sons of Anakim there.”)
Devarim/ Deuteronomy 1:21-36
What was Moshe’s reaction to the spies’ report
Don’t be afraid
God will protect and fight for you
Devarim/ Deuteronomy 1:21-36
What does G-d decide to do as a punishment
Everyone over 20 will not enter the land
Devarim/ Deuteronomy 1:21-36
Who is not punished? Why
Calev - did not lack faith in God
What was the purpose of sending the spies?
The purpose of sending spies was to spy in the land of canaan to get a report
Which people were sent? (description of them from the text)
the distinguished leader of each tribe
From whom did the initiative to send the men come from – G-d, Moshe or B’nei Israel? Prove your answer.
God spoke Moses telling him to send the leader of each tribe to spy on the land - “by the lord’s command”
