Names of the Pentatuech
Why is the book of Numbers called "Numbers"?
A. The Israelites spent 40 years in the desert, and that's an important number.
B. The book starts by counting the number of rules that appeared in Leviticus
C. The book starts by counting the number of Israelites in the desert
D. There were twelve spies who went to observe the Promised Land.
C. The book starts by counting the number of Israelites in the desert
Who was the start of God's rescue plan?
A. Sarah and Abraham
B. Moses and Aaron
C. Joseph and his brothers
D. Adam and Eve
A. Sarah and Abraham
The final plague in Egypt was the death of the firstborn sons. What did the Israelites do to protect their firstborn sons from the final plague?
A. Put the blood of a spotless lamb over their doors
B. Put the blood of a dirty cow over their doors
C. Do nothing
D. Pray extra hard
A. Put the blood of a spotless lamb over their doors
To "fear" the Lord means...
To respect God
The Bible is different from other books in all ways except...
A. It was written by many different people
B. It was written over many years
C. It has several different books in it.
D. It is written in ink
D. It is written in ink
The first book of the Bible is called...
Genesis
God made three promises to Abraham. Which one of theses is not one of the promises?
A. Abraham would be a father of a great nation
B. Abraham would live to see God's rescue plan complete
C. All the families on earth would be blessed through Abraham
D. Abraham's children would receive the Promised Land
B. Abraham would live to see God's rescue plan complete
What was the idol that the Israelites worshipped when they thought Moses was gone for too long?
A golden cow
The word covenant means...
What are the names of the two big sections of the Bible?
The Old Testament and the New Testament
The book Leviticus was named after which group of people?
The Levites
How did sin enter the world?
Adam and Even disobeyed God by eating from the tree of Good and Evil.
Fill in the blanks:
God told _______ to build a _______ because he was going to flood the earth and wash away all sin.
1.Moses
2. An ark (or boat)
Exodus means...
you're leaving
Why do we say that the Bible wasn't written by God?
God inspired the people who wrote the books of the Bible.
Deuteronomy means second law. Why did the law need to be repeated?
It’s been 40 years, and Moses had to tell the laws and the story again to the Israelites’ kids
Why did God create man and woman?
God created man and woman because He is relational. He wanted people to have a relationship with
Why did the Israelites spend 40 years in the desert instead of going to the Promised Land right away?
They kept complaining about God, even though he kept giving them good things.
Redemption means...
You pay the price of something for someone else.
When early Christian leaders made the New Testament canon, they made a test to decide which books of the Bible should be part of the New Testament. Why did they make this test?
Some people were sharing books that they said were written by apostles, even though they weren't, or said really strange things.
Name all five books of the Pentateuch in order.
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuetronomy.
God is saving us from three aspects of sin: the stain of sin, the power of sin, and the presence of sin. What do these things mean?
The stain of sin = we can't be near God
The power of sin = sin tries to tell us to do do bad things
Presence of sin = our world is sick with sin, which means we have wars and natural disasters and more
God tested Abraham's faith by asking him to do what?
Sacrifice his son Isaac
Patriarchal history means...
The history of fathers.
Name three different people who wrote books for the Bible.
Answers include:
Moses, David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul
Ezra, Nehemiah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, (and so on for prophets)