OLD TESTAMENT LESSON #2

Question 1

1. The Book of Leviticus interrupts the story of the Israelites’ journey to _____.

Answer 1

Canaan

Question 2

2. Leviticus is generally recognized as a manual of instruction for the ______.

Answer 2

priests

Question 3

3. Leviticus 1-16 deals with various ______ and ______ and purity that priests must possess to enter the tabernacle or temple.

Answer 3

sacrifices
holiness

Question 4

4. Leviticus 17-26 is referred to as the _____ giving instruction for all Israelites.

Answer 4

Holiness Code

Question 5

5. Holiness addresses the living of a moral life and being _____ or ______.

Answer 5

distinctive
different

Question 6

6. A section of the Holiness Code identifies ______ as the chief cornerstone of a good society and sets firm limits on how ______ a relative a person could marry.

Answer 6

marriage
close

Question 7

7. There were clear instructions on how Israelites were to be _____ than other societies in their form of their ______ and _____ practices.

Answer 7

distinct
marriage
sexual

Question 8

8. Other ______ provided additional instructions on how to worship, harvest fields, breed animals, deal with another fairly and about what foods were acceptable

Answer 8

laws

Question 9

9. These directives intended to make Israel so distinct that the differences will keep them _______ from other people.

Answer 9

separate

Question 10

10. Israel’s most difficult task was becoming a people who _____ only one God.

Answer 10

worshipped

Question 11

11. The authors of the Books of the Pentateuch (first five books of the Bible) believe that the only way Israelites will begin to worship only God would be to separate from neighbors showing the _______ function that has a ______ goal.

Answer 11

sociological
theological

Question 12

12. Leviticus is about maintaining and reflecting their relationship with God keeping them ______ and ________ distinctive.

Answer 12

morally
culturally

Question 13

13. The title of the Book of Numbers in Hebrew is _______, and what stands out about the people is how they constantly _______.

Answer 13

“In the Wilderness”
whine

Question 14

14. Numbers 13 tells the story of Moses sending twelve spies into the land of ______.
    ______ of the twelve return reporting the cities were too well fortified, and the people are too strong for the Israelites to carve out a place to live. ______ and _______ are the other two spies who could not convince the majority to launch an invasion. This decision reflects a _____ in God’s power to bring them victory.

Answer 14

Canaan
ten
Joshua
Caleb
lack of faith

Question 15

15. God sentences the people to wander in the wilderness for ______ years until all the people who were adults when they left Egypt _____.

Answer 15

forty
die

Question 16

16. Numbers inserts ______ between God and Moses in which God is ready to destroy the people, but Moses convinces God not to. God exercises ______ which is consistent with his _____.

Answer 16

conversations
patience
character

Question 17

17. In the wilderness, the people complain about ______, so God instructs Moses to _____ a rock to give water (Numbers 20). In his anger at the people’s murmuring, Moses hits the rock rather than speaking to it. This episode prevents Moses from entering ______.
    Having Moses die before the people enter Canaan prepares the way for a ______ in Israel’s story.

Answer 17

water
command
Canaan
new leader

Question 18

18. As it began, Numbers concludes with instructions about how to live. This includes the beginning of a _______. Cities of ______ were established for people who had committed a _________ so they could receive a fair trial rather than simply be _______ in retaliation (Numbers 35).

Answer 18

justice system
refuge
homicide
killed

Question 19

19. The numerous stories in Numbers constantly describe the Israelites as ______ and _____ to God.

Answer 19

unfaithful
ungrateful

Question 20

20. The name Book of Deuteronomy means “_______” and consists of Moses’ farewell ______ to the Israelites.

Answer 20

”second law”
address

Question 21

21. The books that follow Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible (Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings) are called _______ because they narrate stories of Israel’s life according to the pattern that Deuteronomy sets out. The summary of this pattern is if Israel fails to comply with their part of the covenant, the covenant has built in penalties, just as it has prescribed ways to make amends (Deuteronomy 11:26-28).

Answer 21

Deuteronomistic History

Question 22

22. The ______ (Law) did not function as a way Israel could earn a relationship with God; rather God acted with ______ to claim Israel as his own.

Answer 22

Torah
grace

Question 23

23. The ______ is found in Deuteronomy, which is a single-sentence
    summary of Israel’s faith that many Jews still repeat today. They are to post it where they will see it constantly and _____ it continually on their _______: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone” (Deut. 6:4).

Answer 23

Shema
keep
hearts