TBL Q&A, WEEK 12 Ps. 37—39 and Deuteronomy 6:16—28:19

WEEK 12         BIBLE LIVE QUIZ    Ps. 37—39 and Deuteronomy 6:16—28:19

Ps. 37—39

1. Ps. 37 overall compares and contrasts what two groups of people?  37:9 example, the wicked and the righteous

2. According to Ps. 37, we are not to worry about wicked people nor envy them.  Why?  Because they are here today, gone tomorrow (v. 1-2), they will be destroyed (v. 9), and God will judge them (v. 13)

3. Ps. 37:4 says that God will give you the desires of your heart if you do what?  “Take delight in the Lord”

4. According to Ps. 37:16, when is being poor better than being rich?  When you are godly instead of evil

5. In Ps. 37:21, the wicked do not repay the money they borrow.  How do the godly differ in their use of money?  They are generous givers

6. So they will not slip from God’s path, the godly fill their hearts with what?  37:31, God’s laws

7. Ps. 38 is a “penitential” psalm.  What is the subject of a penitential psalm?  Sin (sorrow, confession, and forgiveness of sin)

8. In Ps. 38, how was David affected by his sin?  V. 3 health broken

9. What did David do to experience God’s forgiveness and restoration?  38:18, 22, confessed his sin and trusted God for salvation

10. David starts Ps. 39 trying to be silent, but what truth about life welled up within him and caused him to speak out?  The brevity of life

Deut. 6:16—28:19

1. According to Dt. 6:24, what was God’s motive for giving Israel all the laws and regulations?  For their own well-being and survival (protect, provide, and guide)

2. Why did God choose Israel to be His special possession?  7:7-8, nothing in Israel, just chose to love them

3. In Dt. 11, what does Moses say will help the people to faithfully love, obey, and worship God?  11:18ff, Total commitment to God’s Word (write them everywhere, discuss them, teach them to your children, etc.)

4. What two things did Moses tell the people to pronounce from Mt. Gerizim and from Mt. Ebal after they entered the Promised land?  11:29, blessings and curses respectively

5. In order to preserve the purity of worship, what command did Moses give Israel as to where they were to offer their sacrifices to the Lord?  12:5,11,14, 18, only in the prescribed manner and in the prescribed places (where the tabernacle was placed, and later the temple in Jerusalem—often disobeyed, especially in the northern tribes)

6. Dt. 13 speaks of a sin so terrible that the perpetrators should be executed and whole towns destroyed.  What was the terrible and destructive sin that was so strongly condemned?  Worshiping idols and false god, and luring others to do the same

7. In the Jewish dietary laws, ceremonially clean animals which could be eaten had both of what two characteristics?  14:6-7, split hooves and chews the cud

8. What two characteristics did marine animals have to have in order to be ceremonially clean?  14:9, had to have both fins and scales

9. In Dt. 15, the people are commanded to forgive all debts after a period of how many years?  15:1, Every 7 years

10. What was a Jewish bond slave?  Dt. 15:16-17, one who willingly continued after 7 years to serve his master

11. The Biblical commands and principles about slavery can be applied to what relationship in our world today?  Employer/employee relations

12. Which Jewish festival featured eating bread made without yeast for seven days?  16:3, Unleavened Bread

13. Which one-day Jewish festival required the eating of unleavened bread and roast lamb with no meat to be left over after the meal, and what event did it commemorate?  16:1, Passover

14. Which Jewish festival required the people to live in tents for seven days and recall God’s faithful protection and provision during the wilderness wanderings?  16:13, Shelters

15. Moses instructed that any eventual Israelite king must never buy horses from what country?  17:16, Egypt

16. Any eventual king of Israel must have a copy of what book and read it every day?  17:18-20, Law (Pentateuch)

17. Why were the Israelites to give offerings to the tribe of the Levites?  18:1, no inheritance, ministered to the people

18. According to Dt. 18:22, how could Israel recognize a false prophet?  True prophet had 100% accuracy

19. What was a City of Refuge?  19:4, a place to go for protection while death is being investigated

20. What principle of justice is expressed by the saying, “an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth” (19:21)?  The punishment should fit the crime

21. In Dt. 21, a whole town must offer a sacrifice for cleansing if what takes place near the community?  21:1, an unsolved murder (corporate responsibility for safety of people in them)

22. In Dt. 21, the Ammonites and the Moabites come under special condemnation for not assisting the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.  From whom did these people groups descend?  Lot (incest with daughters)

23. When harvesting crops of any kind, the Israelites were to leave some of the crop to be gleaned by whom?  24:19, foreigners (travelers), orphans, widows—the poor

24. If a person was sentenced to be flogged, what was the maximum number of lashes he could receive?  25:3, forty

25. Dt. 25:5 outlines the case of the “kinsman redeemer”, the family member who takes responsibility for raising children for a deceased relative.  Which ancestor of Jesus the Messiah was so redeemed?  Ruth (by Boaz)

26. During Moses third address, he reminded Israel to destroy a certain people because they attacked Israel just after they escaped Egypt (40 years earlier).  Who was that people?  25:17, Amalakites (see Ex. 17:8ff)

27. Jewish altars for sacrifice and worship were to be built of what kind of stones, and why?  27:5-6, natural or uncut stones, so there would be no confusion with idolatry

TBL Readings Q&A, WEEK 11 Ps. 34—36, Numbers 27:12—36:13 and Deuteronomy 1—6:15

Ps. 34—36

1. Ps. 34 was written by David to celebrate his escape from what Philistine King?  See 1 Sam. 21:10-15, Achish (Abimilech is believed to have been his throne name, while Achish was his personal name)

2. How did David manage to escape from King Achish?  See 1 Sam. 21:10-15, acted insane

3. In Ps. 34, how are we to show that we fear the Lord and revere Him?  34:13-16, obeying Him

4. Ps. 34:20 is mentioned in John 19:36 as a prophecy about the Messiah, Jesus.  What was predicted?  That none of his bones would be broken (see also Ex. 12:46 and Num. 9:12 instructions about Passover lamb)

5. Ps. 35 is an “imprecatory” or cursing psalm, asking God to punish whom?  35:1-3, David’s and God’s enemies

6. In Ps. 36, David compares the wickedness of sinful men and women with whose goodness?  36:5ff, God’s

7. Basically, why do wicked people act on their sinful inclinations?  36:1, no fear of God to restrain them

8. Ps. 36:6 speaks of God’s care for what other creatures besides humans?  Animals

Numbers 27:12—36:13

1. Moses asked God to appoint his replacement, someone who would lead Israel in battle for the Promised Land, and God chose me.  Who am I?  27:18, Joshua, son of Nun

2. What 7-day festival follows the Jewish observance of Passover?  28:17, Festival of Unleavened Bread

3. On what most special day of the year were the Jewish people told to fast?  29:7, Day of Atonement

4. If a woman made a vow of service to the Lord, what two men (in different situations) could nullify her vow?  30:3 and 30:10, her father or her husband

5. I wouldn’t curse Israel, but I advised the Moabites to seduce the Jewish men into worshiping Baal, and I was killed with the sword when Israel defeated the Midianites.  Who am I?  31:8-16, Balaam, son of Beor

6. In Num. 31, of the 12,000 Israelite warriors sent to battle the Midianites east of the Jordan, how many were killed?  31:49, None!

7. While on the east side of the Jordan, what did the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh request from Moses?  32:5, that the land east of the Jordan be their portion of the Promised Land

8. In Num. 32:20-22, what condition did Moses impose for granting the request of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh?  They had to cross with the other tribes and help them win their territories

9. Num. 33 is a record of Israel’s journeys, ending at their camp across the Jordan from Jericho and starting where?  33:5, the city of Rameses in Egypt (on the morning after the first Passover celebration)

10. In Num. 35:7, the Israelites were instructed to give 48 cities throughout the land to which tribe?  Levites

11. What was the name given to the six cities to which people accused of killing someone could flee for safety and a fair trial?  35:6, Cities of Refuge (turned over if guilty, kept safe in city if innocent till death of High Priest)

12. In Num. 36, what restriction was placed on the new freedom given to Israelite women to inherit property?  36:5-9, had to marry within their tribe, so that each tribe would keep its allotment of land

Deut. 1—6:15

1. Deuteronomy, the name of Moses’ fifth book, is title given in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the scriptures.  What does it mean?  The second law (taken from 17:18 “a copy of this law”), actually second giving of the law or the giving of the law to the second generation of Israel after Egypt

2. The book of Deuteronomy is written in what legal format of the times?  Treaty between a king and his vassel state (also, some say it was Moses’ last will and testament)

3. Moses first reviews the relationship of God with Israel, which began formally when and where?  1:6, at base of Mt. Sinai, after receiving and committing to obey the Ten Commandments

4. What information were the 12 spies supposed to bring back from their 40 days of exploring Canaan?  1:22, the best invasion route and the cities which should be attacked first

5. What was Israel’s punishment for rebelling against God and refusing to enter and conquer the Promised Land when they first approached it?  Wander 40 years in wilderness until all of that generation died (except Caleb and Joshua)

6. How did the Israelites disobey God even after He had told them to turn back into the wilderness?  1:43, attacked Amorites (and were soundly defeated)

7. The Edomites descended from whom?  Esau, Jacob’s brother

8. From whom did the Midianites descend?  Abraham’s second wife Keturah

9. From whom did the Moabites and the Ammonites descend?  2:9, Lot and his daughters (after Sodom/Gomorrah)

10. What two kings did the Israelites defeat east of the Jordan?  2:26, Sihon of Heshbon and 3:1, Og of Bashan

11. What did Moses, the great prayer warrior, request from God that was denied?  3:25, cross Jordan and enter PL

12. I was commissioned by Moses to lead Israel across the Jordan and into the Promised Land.  Who am I?  3:28, Joshua

13. Before God, why was Israel as a nation held to a higher standard of behavior than the other nations?  4:32-40, they had received greater revelation from God

14. After reviewing the history of God’s relationship with Israel in chapters 1-4, what famous body of laws does Moses review in Deut. 5.  The Ten Commandments

15. What is the only one of the Ten Commandments that has a promise attached directly to it in the command itself?  5:16, Honor your father and mother

16. What command is given in Dt. 6:4, which Jesus centuries later declared to the be the greatest commandment?  “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and strength”