Genesis
What is the significance of the rainbow?
The covenant (promise) between Adonai and Earth to never flood the earth again.
What idol did the Israelites worship in the wilderness?
Golden calf/cow
What portable object did the cloud of Adonai appear over?
The tabernacle
What leader fashioned a bronze snake?
Moshe
What is the first commandment with promise?
Who saw a heavenly ladder with Adonai standing above it?
Jacob
What mountain did Adonai descend upon in fire?
Mount Sinai
What two sons of Aaron were devoured by fire for offering unauthorized fire before Adonai?
Nadab and Abihu
What did the talking donkey say to Balaam?
"Why are you hitting/beating me?"
What mountain did Moshe see the promised land from?
Mount Nebo
Who was the first prophet mentioned in the torah ?
Abraham
How did the bitter water of Marah become sweet?
Threw a piece of wood
What kind of animals were not to be sacrificed to God?
Unclean animals
What sinister creatures did God send to kill many of the Israelites in the desert?
Venomous snakes
According to the torah, how many witnesses were necessary before a person could be tried and put to death
Who was the first priest mentioned in the torah?
Melchizedek
What stopped the plague of Locusts in Egypt?
Strong west wind which carried them to the red sea
Who did Moses anoint with the blood of a ram?
Aaron
Where did Aaron die?
Mount Hor
According to the Torah, what were the Israelites to do if they found a mother bird with young birds or with eggs?
Leave the mother bird
Which of Jacob's wives was the first to bear children?
Leah
When the plague of hail came on the Egyptians, where was the one place it did not fall?
Goshen
According to the Torah, what could be used in place of the lamb as a sin offering?
Two doves or two young pigeons
What two men tore their clothes when the Israelites murmured against Adonai about going into Canaan?
Joshua and Caleb
Who buried Moshe?
Adonai