Leviticus A
What did the twelve stones in the high priest’s ephod represent?
They represented the 12 tribes of Israel. When the high priest went into the Holy of Holies it was as if all of Israel entered God’s presence.
Are we told to be holy in order to earn God’s favor?
No. We are to be holy because God is holy. Our holiness is a response to the grace He has already shown.
What ingredients did the Israelites have to harvest in order to bake manna?
TRICK QUESTION. God simply provided the manna.
How many spies did God command Moses to send into Canaan? Why this number?
Twelve. They each represented a tribe of Israel.
Who led the rebellion against Moses and Aaron in Numbers 16 alongside Dathan, Abiram, On, and 250 leaders?
Korah
How should the Israelites have responded when they became frustrated?
They should have trusted God and remembered the promises He made to them in the past.
Why was the king of Moab afraid of Israel?
The king of Moab, Balak, had seen how Israel had destroyed the Amorites.
Can anyone be saved by his own works?
No one can be saved by his own works.
Whom did Aaron offer sacrifices for, and why?
He offered sacrifices for himself because he could not lead the people in worship until his own sins were forgiven. Then he offered sacrifices for the spople because he was their mediator with God.
Give some examples of how Israel was to be different than the other nations.
They were to dress differently, be pure in marriage, give God the first good fruit from their trees, not be obsessed with death, abstain from certain foods, and worship God in purity.
What did God give the people because of their complaining about not having meat?
God graciously provided quail. He provided more than enough quail and punished the people with a severe plague.
What kind of report did the spies bring back from Canaan?
What was the consequence of Korah’s rebellion?
The ground split and swallowed the families of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, along with all their possessions. Then fire came out from Yahweh and consumed the 250 men who were offering incense.
What did God tell Moses to do in order to obtain water for Israel?
God told Moses to speak to a rock.
What did Balak want Balaam to do?
Balak wanted Balaam to curse the people of Israel.
My heart is changed by the Holy Spirit because of the grace of God.
What happened to Nadab and Abihu?
How is Christ your priest?
He died for me. He prays for me. He washed away my every sin.
What did Aaron and Miriam do against Moses that God disapproved of?
Aaron and Miriam complained against Moses. They thought they knew better what was best for God’s people.
What was the response of the Israelites to the negative report from the ten spies?
They were afraid. They wept. They questioned why God had brought them out of Egypt. They desired a new leader to take them back to Egypt
What was the reaction of the people after God repressed Korah’s rebellion?
They were angry with Moses and Aaron and blamed them for killing the people.
What did Moses do instead of speaking to the rock?
Moses spoke harshly to the people and struck the rock instead of speaking to it.
Why did Balaam's donkey keep turning off course?
The donkey was able to see the angel of the LORD, but Balaam could not.
What do we gain from the work of Christ?
God regenerates, justifies, and sanctifies those who believe in Christ.
What is atonement?
Atonnement is paying the price for sin, and it also washing sins away. The blood of the sacrifices paid for sins and cleansed the people and the tabernacle.
How does the Bible sum up how we should treat others?
Love your neighbor as yourself.
What did Moses do when he saw that Miriam had been afflicted with leprosy?
He prayed to God on her behalf. He had mercy on Miriam and wanted God to heal her despite her speaking against him.
Numbers 14:10 says “But all the congregation said to stone them with stones.” Whom exactly? (four names)
Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Caleb
What did God say He wanted to do about their rebellion, and what prevented this from happening?
God wanted to destroy the people, but Moses told Aaron to put fire from the altar in a censer and put incense on it. Aaron then ran among the people between the living and the dead, to make atonement for their sin.
What was God’s response to Israel’s impatience and grumbling?
He punished them by sending venomous snakes. Many of those who had been bitten died.
What did God permit Balaam to do?
Only to speak the words which the LORD told him to speak.
What work did Christ do to save you?
Christ perfectly kept the law of God and suffered the punishment due for my sins.
What’s the deal with two goats on the Day of Atonement?
The high priest would offer:
1. a bull for his own sins
2. a goat for the people‘s sins
3. On the third goat, he would put both hands on it, confess all of Israel’s sins, and send it far away into the wilderness.
What part of the priests’ bodies did Moses put blood on, and why?
He put blood on their right ears, right thumbs, and right big toes. This showed that the priests were made holy by the blood of sacrifices. They were to serve God by listening to His holy word, doing His holy work, and walking in His holy way.
What was God’s answer to Moses‘s prayer for Miriam?
God would heal Miriam, but first she would have to be sent outside the camp for seven days because she was unclean.
Israel did not repent after Yahweh stopped them stoning the four men. What did they do instead?
They tried to conquer the city even though Yahweh was not with them, and they were defeated. (Numbers 14:44–45)
How did God show the Israelites that Aaron was His chosen priest?
God commanded Moses to get twelve staffs, one from each tribe, and to write the name of each leader on his respective staff, and to place them inside the Holy of Holies. Aaron’s rod not only had sprouted the next morning; it had also produced ripe almonds. God had clearly chosen Aaron as high priest.
What was God’s provided means for the Israelites to be saved from snake bites?
God told Moses to make a serpent out of bronze and set it up on a pole so that the Israelites could see it and be healed. God said that those who looked at the serpent would live.
What would have happened if the donkey had not turned or avoided the angel of the LORD?
The angel would have killed Balaam. God had mercy on Balaam by allowing the donkey to see the angel and turn away from Him. God used the donkey to rebuke Balaam and to save him from being killed.
Who is the Redeemer of God's elect?
The only Savior of men is the Lord Jesus Christ who being the eternal Son of God became man and so is both God and man in two natures and one person.