The Wilderness Journey
What country had the Israelites escaped from before the book of Numbers?
Egypt.
Numbers 14:3–4
Who was the human leader of Israel in the book of Numbers?
Moses.
Numbers 12:7–8
How many spies did Moses send to explore the promised land?
Twelve, one from each tribe.
Numbers 13:2–16
What two basic needs did Israel complain about in the wilderness?
Food and water
Accept hunger and thirst
Numbers 11:4–6; 20:2–5
What did God provide from the rock for the thirsty people?
Water
Numbers 20:11
What promised land were the Israelites traveling toward?
Canaan, the promised land.
Numbers 13:2
Who was Moses’ brother and Israel’s high priest?
Aaron.
Numbers 3:2–3
How many spies gave a report that made the people afraid?
Ten
Numbers 13:31–33; 14:6, 36–38
What animals did God send as a judgment when the people complained again?
Venomous snakes
Accept snakes or fiery serpents
Numbers 21:5–6
What did Moses lift up on a pole after the snakes bit the people?
A bronze snake
Accept bronze serpent or brass serpent
Numbers 21:8–9
At what mountain does the journey in Numbers begin?
Mount Sinai
Accept Sinai or the wilderness of Sinai.
Numbers 1:1; 10:11–12
Which tribe was set apart to care for the tabernacle?
Levi
Accept the Levites
Numbers 1:50–53
Which two spies trusted God to help Israel enter the land?
Joshua and Caleb
Numbers 14:6–9
How many years did Israel wander because they refused to trust God and enter the land?
Forty years
Numbers 14:33–34
What did a snake-bitten person need to do to live?
Look at the bronze snake on the pole
Numbers 21:8–9
What do we call the counting of the people that gives Numbers its name?
A census
Accept counting or numbering the people.
Numbers 1:2–3
Which tribe led the way when Israel’s camp moved?
Judah
Numbers 2:9
Why did the ten spies think Israel could not take the land?
They thought the people there were too strong for Israel to defeat
Numbers 13:28, 31–33
God told Moses to speak to the rock. What did Moses do instead?
He hit the rock twice with his rod or staff
Numbers 20:8–11
The king wanted Balaam to curse Israel. What did God make Balaam speak instead?
Blessings on Israel
Numbers 23:8, 20; 24:10
Near the end of Numbers, on what plains did Israel camp across from the promised land?
The plains of Moab
Accept Moab
Numbers 22:1; 26:3
When Israel rebelled, how did Moses ask God to show them mercy?
He prayed for the people and asked God to forgive them
Accept he interceded
Numbers 14:19–20
After the older generation refused to enter, which generation would God bring into the land?
Their children, the next generation. Joshua and Caleb were exceptions among the older generation
Numbers 14:29–31
Why was Moses not allowed to lead Israel into the promised land?
He did not trust and honor God before the people when he struck the rock.
Accept he disobeyed God
Numbers 20:12
God gave Balaam a vision of a future leader from Israel. What kind of leader was he?
A king or ruler. The star and scepter picture a coming ruler
Numbers 24:17