Pentateuch Flashcards
(107 cards)
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According to Genesis 1, on the fifth day God created:
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the great sea monsters and birds (Gen. 1:21)
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In the creation account in Genesis 1, God creates “humankind in his image”
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as the final act of creation to have dominion over what came before (Gen.1:26-27)
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In the creation account in Genesis 1, God
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creates humankind, male and female, in God’s image. (Gen. 1:26-27)
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The reason the LORD God put the man in the garden of Eden was
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to till it and keep it. (Genesis 2:15)
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The reason that the LORD God drove the man out of the garden was
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to prevent him from eating from the tree of life. Genesis 3:22-24
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On whom did God place a mark so that those who met him would not kill him?
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Cain (Gen. 4:13-15)
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“I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you” was spoken to whom?
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Noah (Gen. 9:8-10)
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Canaan was cursed by his grandfather, Noah, because of something Canaan’s father did. Who was Canaan’s father?
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Ham (Gen. 10:6; 9:24-27)
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In the book of Genesis, God’s promise to Abram follows most closely on which story?
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the tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1 - 12:3)
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The statement, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens,” is found in which book?
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Genesis (Gen. 11:4)
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In what book does the LORD say, “Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them”?
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Genesis (Gen. 11:6)
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What was Abram’s original hometown?
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Ur (Genesis 11:31)
13
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When Abram answered God’s command, “Go from your country and your kindred . . . to the land that I will show you,” from where did he depart?
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Haran (Genesis 12:4)
14
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Which two patriarchs claim that their wives were their sisters in order to avoid conflicts with rulers they encounter?
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Abraham and Isaac
Genesis 12:10-20; Genesis 20:1-17; Genesis 26:6-16
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What happened when Sarai was taken into the Pharaoh’s house?
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The Pharaoh’s house was afflicted with plagues. Genesis 12:17
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The mother of Abram’s firstborn son was
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Hagar.
Genesis 16
17
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The sign of the covenant that God established with Abraham was
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circumcision.
Genesis 17:9-14
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What happens to Lot’s daughters after they escape Sodom?
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They become the mothers of Moab and Ammon.
Genesis 19:36-38
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Who was the mother of Jacob and Esau?
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Rebekah
Genesis 25:19-26
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Why was it that Esau hated his brother Jacob and wanted to kill him?
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Jacob had deceived their father Isaac into blessing him before the LORD rather than Esau
Genesis 27:41
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What did Jacob call the place where “he took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar”?
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Bethel
Genesis 28:18-19
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Leah was the wife of which of the patriarchs?
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Jacob
Genesis 29:21-23
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Jacob wrestled with “the man” who put his hip out of joint and gave him the name “Israel” just before his encounter with whom?
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Esau
Genesis 32:25-28; 33:1-4
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According to Genesis, Jacob’s brother, Esau, settled in the hill country of Seir. Which nation does he represent?
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Edom
Genesis 36:8
25
Concerning which of his daughters-in-law did Judah say, "She is more in the right than I"?
Tamar
| Genesis 38:24-26
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Why was Joseph put in prison in Egypt?
He was falsely accused by his master's wife of sexual assault.
Genesis 39:11-20
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Which of Joseph's brothers said, "Now therefore, please let your servant remain as a slave to my lord in place of the boy; and let the boy go back with his brothers. "
Judah
| Genesis 44:33
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Moses's Hebrew father and mother were both members of which tribe of Israel?
Levi
| Exodus 2:1-10
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After killing an Egyptian and fleeing to Midian, Moses meets his future wife at
a well.
| Exodus 2:15-22
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What was the name of the Midianite priest who became Moses's father-in-law?
Jethro
| Exodus 3:1
31
The name of the mountain of God where Moses encounters the burning bush is
Mt. Horeb.
| Exodus 3:1
32
What was the meaning God gave to the divine name when God revealed it to Moses at the burning bush?
I AM
| Exodus 3:14
33
When Moses asks God to send someone else to lead the Israelites because he is not an eloquent speaker, the LORD
appoints Aaron to speak for him. Exodus 4:10-17
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Of whom is it written, "On the way, at a place where they spent the night, the LORD met him and tried to kill him"?
Moses
| Exodus 4:24
35
When Moses and Aaron asked that the people of Israel be permitted to "go a three days' journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God," Pharaoh commanded that his taskmasters
require the Israelites to gather their own straw needed to make bricks. Exodus 5:1-8
36
The feast celebrating the flight of the Hebrews from Egypt is called:
Passover
| Exodus 12:11
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As the Israelites traveled through the wilderness, they were led by
God who appeared as a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night. Exodus 13:21-22
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The song that includes the words, "The LORD is my strength and my might, and he has become my salvation," was sung by the Israelites
after they had crossed the Red Sea
| Exodus 14:26--15:18
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What happened when the people of Israel went out to gather manna on the seventh day?
God punished them with plagues. Exodus 16:27
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Who counseled Moses to select judges to decide minor cases of dispute among the people?
Jethro, his father-in-law Exodus 18:12-26
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What is Jethro's advice to his son-in-law Moses?
Appoint judges to decide minor cases and thus reduce Moses's workload
Exodus 18:19-23
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After departing from Egypt, what wilderness does Moses lead the Israelites into to serve the LORD, make a covenant, and receive the LORD's instructions?
Sinai
| Exodus 19-Numbers 10
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The "Ten Commandments" are found in which two books?
Exodus and Deuteronomy Exodus 20:1-17; Deuteronomy 5:6-21
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What is the first of the Ten Commandments?
"You shall have no other gods before me."
| Exodus 20:3
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The first of the Ten Commandments states:
You shall have no other gods before me.
| Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 5:7
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In the third commandment, what reason is given that the people should not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD?
"The LORD will not aquit anyone who misuses his name."
| Exodus 20:7; Deuteronomy 5:11
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How long did Moses stay on the mountain of God to receive the tablets of stone?
Forty days and nights Exodus 24:18
48
The directions for the construction of the Tabernacle are found in which book?
Exodus
| Exodus 26
49
What sign did the LORD give to Moses as a perpetual covenant between the LORD and the people?
The sabbath
| Exodus 31:12
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Which two books tell the story of the golden calf?
Exodus and Deuteronomy Exodus 32; Deuteronomy 9
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Who made the golden calf in response to the people's request for "gods . . . who shall go before us"?
Aaron
| Exodus 32:1-4
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"These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!" was spoken about
the golden calf.
| Exodus 32:4, 8
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In describing the land promised to Abraham and his descendants, the LORD tells Moses it is "a land
flowing with milk and honey." Exodus 33:3
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In response to Moses's request, "Show me your glory," which of the following was NOT one of the things God promised to do?
allow him to "see my face" Exodus 33:17-23
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Which of the following books includes the instructions for the sacrifices the Israelites were to offer to God?
Leviticus
| Leviticus 1-7
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The "land animals" permitted to be eaten were identified by what characteristics?
They have divided hoofs and chew the cud.
| Leviticus 11:3
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The instructions the Israelites were to follow for determining which types of animals could be eaten and which could not are found in the book of
Leviticus
| Leviticus 11:1-47
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In which book is eating camels, rock badgers, and hares forbidden because these animals are unclean?
Leviticus
| Leviticus 11:4-6
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The food laws in Leviticus prohibit "eating the blood of any creature" because
the life of every creature is its blood.
| Leviticus 17:14
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A central theme of the book of Leviticus is expressed by repeated calls for the people of Israel to "be holy" because
"I the LORD your God am holy."
| Leviticus 19:1-2; cf. 11:44- 45; 20:26
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In which book is the following saying found: "You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy"?
Leviticus
| Leviticus 19:2
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The reason given in Leviticus for not reaping to the edges of the fields or gathering the gleanings of the harvestis
to leave them for the poor and the alien.
| Leviticus 19:9-10
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In which book is found "You shall love your neighbor as yourself"?
Leviticus
| Leviticus 19:18
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In which book does the LORD command to "love your neighbor as yourself"?
Leviticus
| Leviticus 19:18
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Identify the biblical book from which the following command comes: "The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were once aliens in the land of Egypt."
Leviticus 19:34
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The instructions for observance of sabbatical years and the year of Jubilee are found in which book?
Leviticus 25
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The year of jubilee was to be a time when
land was returned to owners, debts cancelled, and slaves released.
Leviticus 25:8-28
68
During their time in the wilderness of Sinai, Moses conducted a census of "every male ... in Israel able to go to war" from every tribe EXCEPT
Levi
| Numbers 1:2-15, 48-49
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Which of the Israelite tribes was given the responsibility to maintain and transport the tabernacle?
Levi
| Numbers 1:50-53
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In Numbers, the LORD says, "I hereby accept _______ from among the Israelites as substitutes for all the firstborn that open the womb among the Israelites . "
the Levites
| Numbers 3:11-13
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In the book of Numbers a man can determine whether his wife has been an adultress by:
drinking a poison
| Numbers 5:12-31
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In which book is the following benediction: "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace."
Numbers 6:24-26
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When the people grew tired of eating manna and demanded meat to eat, what did God provide for them?
quail
| Numbers 11:4-6, 31-32
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When Moses tells the LORD that he can no longer bear the people alone because of their complaining, the LORD instructs him to
appoint 70 elders to help bear the burden.
| Numbers 11:10-17
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The controversy between Moses and his siblings Miriam and Aaron that led them to say, "Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?" was caused because Moses had
married a Cushite woman.
| Numbers 12:1-2
76
When the spies that Moses sent into Canaan return, Caleb says,
"Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it." Numbers 13:30
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Upon returning to the Israelite camp after spying on the land of Canaan, Caleb said
"Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it." Numbers 13:30-33
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Which of the following were NOT allowed to enter "the land ... which God swore" to give to the
Israelites ?
Aaron
| Numbers 14:28-31
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What was the consequence when Moses struck the rock at Meribah with his staff rather than following God's instruction to "command the rock ... to yield its water"?
God said that Moses would not lead the people into the land God had promised them.
Numbers 20:2-13
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The story about Moses raising a "serpent of bronze" to save people bitten by poisonous serpents is found in which of the following books?
Numbers
| Numbers 21:4-9
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When the Gospel of John says, "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness," to which story in Numbers is it referring?
the healing of serpent bites
| Numbers 21:6-9
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Who called for Balaam to curse the Israelites so that they would not drive his people from their land?
Balak, king of Moab
| Numbers 22:4b-6
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In which book is found the story of Balaam and the talking donkey?
Numbers 22:22-35
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The daughters of Zelophehad successfully pled their case for being allowed to
inherit their father's property.
| Numbers 27:1-11
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Whom did the LORD appoint as Moses's successor to lead Israel after Moses's death?
Joshua
| Numbers 27:12-23
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What were the cities of refuge?
cities where those accused of homicide could escape from the avenger
Numbers 35:9-15
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What does the Book of Numbers call the three cities in Canaan and three beyond the Jordan where "anyone who kills a person without intent may flee"?
"cities of refuge"
| Numbers 35:13-15
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Which of the following books is structured as a series of final speeches by Moses to the Israelites?
Deuteronomy
| Deuteronomy 1-33
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According to its opening verses, where were the Israelites when Moses spoke the words in Deuteronomy in order to "expound this law"?
beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab
| Deuteronomy 1:1, 5
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Which of the following quotations illustrates an important theme from the Book of Deuteronomy?
Keep his statutes and his commandments, which I am commanding you today for your own well-being and that of your descendants after you, so that you may long remain in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
Deuteronomy 4:40; Exodus 20:8-10; Leviticus 20:22-26; Numbers 14:1-2
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In the account of the Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy, the people are to "remember that you were a slave in Egypt" as a reason for
keeping the sabbath day.
| Deuteronomy 5:15
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Which of the Ten Commandments comes with the promise "so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land"
Honor your father and mother
| Deuteronomy 5:16
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"Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might." This appears in which book?
Deuteronomy 6:4
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"Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home, and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates" is found in which book?
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
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Moses tells the Israelites that God "set his heart on you and chose you" from among the nations of the earth because
God kept the oath he swore to their ancestors.
| Deuteronomy 7:7-8
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For what reason does the LORD say that he set his heart on Israel and chose Israel?
"The LORD loved you and kept the oath that he swore to your ancestors. "
Deuteronomy 7:7-8; Deuteronomy 7:6; Exodus 20:2; Exodus 34:14
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Which book contains the following words: "one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord"?
Deuteronomy 8:3
98
Which book instructs the Israelites to worship specifically in "the place that the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his name"?
Deuteronomy 12:2-7, 11, 13, 26; 15:20; 16:2, 15
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In which book of the Torah is concern for the well- being of "orphans, widows, and aliens" expressed repeatedly?
Deuteronomy 14:29; 24:19, 20, 21; 26:12, 13; 27:19
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Which book establishes legal limits on the power of the king?
Deuteronomy 17:14-20
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When Moses described in Deuteronomy the leader "God will raise up" for the people after his passing, what role did Moses say that leader would take?
prophet
| Deuteronomy 18:15
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Who proclaimed the rise of a prophet like himself?
Moses
| Deuteronomy 18:15-18
103
In which book are the laws found for preparing for, and engaging in, holy war?
Deuteronomy 20; 21
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A central theme of which book is expressed the verses, "If you will only obey the LORD your God, by diligently observing all his commandments that I am commanding you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth"?
Deuteronomy 28:1
105
According to the book of Deuteronomy, where did God make a covenant with Israel "in addition to the covenant that he had made with them at Horeb"?
the land of Moab
| Deuteronomy 29:1
106
God commanded Moses to climb which mountain in order to "view the land of Canaan" before he died?
Mount Nebo
| Deuteronomy 32:48-50
107
Which book refers to Moses's view of the promised land from Mt. Nebo?
Deuteronomy 34:1-4
