Unit 6 Exam Flashcards
What is Leviticus about?
God’s instructions to Moses on how to worship on Mt. Sinai
How can we demonstrate our faith best
Live it in our everyday lives
The holiness code
A series of laws that is called the holiness code because it repeats the word holy so often
The census
A record before and after the 40 years wandering in the wilderness of all the men twenty years or more who are fit for military service
How long did the Israelites wander in the wilderness
40 years, one for each day the twelve spies Moses sent were away scoping the land. This was because the Israelites wouldn’t take the land God promises on account of it being inhabited by a powerful people
Who from the original generation was allowed to enter the promise land
Caleb and Joshua
What does Deuteronomy mean?
Second Law
What did Moses do before he died
He blessed the tribes, and he stood on the peak of Pisgah and God said “this is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob”
Who hid the spies sent by Joshua?
Rahab, the prostitute
How did the Israelites know not to destroy Rahab’s house
Rahab hang a red cord out her window
What is the ban
A law stating that no previous inhabitant of Israel would remain alive and the Israelites were forbidden from intermarrying with them. Also, they could not take treasures for themselves such as gold or silver.
Why did the Israelites lose the battle at Ai
Achan of the tribe of Judah took goods that were under the ban
What did the Israelites do to Achan
They took him, his family, his livestock, and his possessions to the Valley of Achor were they stoned him to death
Why did the Levite’s not receive land?
They were selected to instruct other in the word of God. They also don’t wage war or get and inheritance
The six major Judges
Jephath, Othniel, Deborah, Gideon, Ehud, Samson
What is the relationship between Ruth and Naomi
Ruth is Naomi’s daughter-in-law
What did Ruth do after her husband died
She pledged herself to Naomi and said that where Naomi would live she would live and where Naomi would die she would die
Who did Ruth marry
Boaz, a relative of Naomi
How did Ruth meet Boaz
Boaz gave Ruth land to harvest
What did Naomi tell Ruth to do?
Once Boaz was done eating and drinking, go and uncover a place at his feet and he will tell you what to do
What was the main point of the book of Ruth?
God is a god for all people
Jephath
The son of a prostitute who was rejected by his other siblings for being the son of another woman. He defeated the Ammonites.
Who was the first person to greet Jephath when he returned from the battle in which he triumphed over the Ammonites
His daughter
What did Jephath’s daughter need to do first
Go away with her friends for two months to mourn her virginity
Othniel
Defeated Cushan-rishathaim, king of Aram Naharaim
Deborah
Defeated the Canaanite king Jabin, who reigned over Hazor
Sisera
General in the Canaanite army
Where did Sisera flea to
The tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite
Why was Sisera’s defeat especially embarrassing?
He fled from the battle and he was killed by a woman
Gideon
Killed Midian
What did Gideon do to anger the townspeople
He dismantled the altar of Baal, he cut down the asherah beside it, and he offered the fattened bull
What did Gideon’s father Joash say to the townspeople?
If Baal was so powerful, he would punish Gideon himself
What were the weapons Gideon’s soldiers were provided with
Horns and jars with torches inside
Ehud
Defeated Eglon, king of Moab. Ehud was left-handed
What did Ehud use to kill the king
A two-edged dagger a foot long
Samson
Defeated the Phillistines
What was significant about Samson’s birth
His mother was barren and the angel that appeared to her said her son would be a nazirite for God and his hair mustn’t be cut
What were some examples of Samson’s strength
He tore a lion limb from limb, he killed thirty men, he lit three hundred jackals on fire and burned down the fields, he killed a thousand men with the jawbone of an ass, no rope could hold him
How was Samson’s strength stripped away
He told Delilah the prostitute his one weakness
