Old Testament Trivia III

OLD TESTAMENT TRIVIA III

21) Who struck down 600 Philistines with an oxgoad?

JUDGES 3:31: After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel.

22) In whose field did Ruth glean leftover grain?

THE FIELD OF EPHRAIM THE FIELD OF ELIMELEK THE FIELD OF BOAZ THE FIELD OF BARNABAS

RUTH 2:3: As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.

23) What is the last word in the Old Testament?

CURSE AMEN MESSIAH JUDGMENT

MALACHI 4:5-6: See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful say of the LORD comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.

24) Why did Esau take one of Ishmael's daughters as his wife?

GOD COMMANDED IT THE DAUGHTERS OF CANAAN DISPLEASED HIS FATHER SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH HIS CHILD SHE HAD A LARGE DOWRY

Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac. So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.

25) What did God provide for Abraham to offer as a burnt offering instead of his son Isaac?

A RAM A GOAT A BULL A LAMB

GENESIS 22:13: Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

26) What did Miriam take in her hand when God drowned Pharaoh's army in the Red Sea?

A STAFF A TAMBOURINE SAND A LOAF OF BREAD

EXODUS 15:19-20: ¹⁹When Pharaoh's horses, chariots and horsemen went into the sea, the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. ²⁰ Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron's sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.

27) If an Israelite found a dead animal, they weren't allowed to eat it, but they were allowed to ________.

OFFER IT AS A SACRIFICE FEED IT TO THEIR LIVESTOCK GIVE IT TO A FOREIGNER TO EAT DRINK ITS BLOOD

DEUTERONOMY 14:21: Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner.

28) In ancient Israel what was the method of legalizing transactions?

EXCHANGING RINGS EXCHANGING A KISS EXCHANGING SANDALS EXCHANGING DAUGHTERS

RUTH 4:7: Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel.

29) Which of the following animals were Israelites allowed to eat in the Old Testament?

PIG RABBIT GAZELLE EAGLE

DEUTERONOMY 14:3-8: Do not eat any detestable thing. These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep. You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud. However, of those that chew the cud or that have a split hoof completely divided you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the coney. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a split hoof; they are ceremoniously unclean for you. The pig is also unclean; although it has a split hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses.

30) Which of the following is NOT a book of the Old Testament?

ZEPHANIAH HABAKKUK AMOS ENOCH

The Book of Enoch is NOT included in the standard Old Testament. It is an apocryphal work attributed to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah. Habakkuk, Amos, and Zephaniah are all books of the Old Testament.