NATIONAL BIBLE CONTEST REGIONAL EXAM, GRADES 6-8 1) About which holiday does the Bible command: You shall practice self-denial? a) the Feast of Unleavened Bread b) the day after the sabbath the Day of Atonement the Feast of Booths 2) Fill in the blanks: You shall rise before the and show deference to the a) rich... poor b) prophet... soothsayer Levite... Priest aged... old 3) What may not be taken from a poor kinsman? a) money from a sale b) advanced or accrued interest his field his home 4) To whom did Moses say: You know where we should camp in the wilderness and can be our guide? a) Aaron b) Nahshon son of Amminadab Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite God 5) How does the Bible describe the manna s taste? a) like rich cream b) like leeks and onions like fish like melons and cucumbers 6) How does God describe the manner in which He speaks to Moses? a) in a dream b) in riddles in a vision mouth to mouth, plainly c"qa p. 1
7) Who said: Let us by all means go up, and we shall gain possession of it, for we shall surely overcome it? a) Hobab b) Moses Joshua Caleb 8) What did Moses and Ark of the Covenant do when the nation apologized and then set out toward the crest of the hill country? a) They set out a 3-day journey ahead of the nation b) They did not move from the camp They waited outside the camp for 7 days They went to fight with the Canaanites and Amalekites 9) During Korah s rebellion, what happened to the 250 men who offered incense? a) they went down alive into Sheol b) A fire went forth from the Lord and consumed them They died in a plague before the Lord The Amalekites and Canaanites killed them at Hormah 10) What did Eleazar the priest do with the copper firepans of the 250 men who offered incense? a) He offered more incense on them b) He took them to be hammered into plating for the altar He wrote Aaron s name on them He put them in front of the Ark in the Tent of the Pact 11) For how long did the nation bewail and mourn Aaron s death? a) 2 days b) 7 days 30 days 40 days 12) Who learned that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim? a) the king of Edom b) the Canaanite king of Arad Sihon king of the Amorites Og king of Bashan p. 2
13) Who went with the elders of Moab to invite Balaam? a) the Amorites b) bards the elders of Midian 7 bulls and 7 rams 14) Who stood on the road with his drawn sword in his hand? a) King Sihon b) King Og the angel of the Lord Balaam 15) Who said to whom: I was going to reward you richly, but the Lord has denied you the reward? a) the angel of the Lord to Balaam b) Balak to Balaam Balaam to his animal Balaam to Balak 16) What does Moses mean when he expresses hope that the Lord s community may not be like sheep that have no shepherd? a) that God should not allow Korah to become the next leader b) that the tribes of Reuben and Gad need extra land to herd their sheep that God should appoint a leader to replace Moses after Moses death that God should appoint a priest to replace Aaron after Aaron s death 17) To whom did Moses say: And now you, a breed of sinful men, have replaced your fathers, to add still further to the Lord s wrath against Israel? a) Korah and his Levite supporters b) Dathan and Abiram Zelophehad s daughters the Reubenites and Gadites 18) According to the Book of Numbers, if someone kills by accident, for how long must he stay in a city of refuge? a) until the blood-avenger dies b) until the high priest dies until he pays ransom to the victim s family forever p. 3
19) What type of men did God command Zelophehad s daughters to marry? a) Reubenites and Gadites b) men from any Israelite tribe men from a clan of their father s tribe priests 20) Which quote did the Reubenites and Gadites say to Moses? a) We will not return to our homes until every one of the Israelites is in possession of his portion b) The Israelite tribes shall remain bound each to its portion Our brothers shall go to war while we stay here The Lord commanded my lord to to assign the land to the Israelites as shares by lots 21) About whom was it said: He was not one of the faction, Korah s faction, which banded together against the Lord, but died for his own sin? a) Balaam b) On son of Peleth Zelophehad Aaron 22) Fill in the blanks: You shall not insult the or place a stumbling block before the a) prophet... sage b) Levite... Priest aged... old deaf... blind 23) On what day are 12 loaves placed on the pure table before the Lord? a) on the day after the sabbath b) on every sabbath on the Day of Atonement on the Feast of Unleavened Bread 24) What did God command Moses to make after seraph serpents bit many Israelites? a) a pan of incense b) a staff with blossoms and almonds a copper serpent plating for the altar p. 4
25) Who was placed in custody, for it had not been specified what should be done to him? a) Balaam b) Korah Zelophehad the man who gathered wood on the sabbath 26) What did Solomon ask God for? a) long life b) riches the life of his enemies an understanding mind 27) To which of these people did David ask Solomon to act graciously? a) to Abner son of Ner and to Amasa son of Jether b) the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite to Joab to Shimei son of Gera 28) Who said to David: Amen! And may the Lord, God of my lord the king, so ordain. As the Lord was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon? a) Nathan the prophet b) Zadok the priest Benaiah son of Jehoiada Bathsheba 29) What was inside the Ark of the Covenant? a) cherubs with spread wings b) a cloud a set of poles two tablets that Moses placed there at Horeb 30) To where did Jeroboam flee from Solomon? a) Egypt b) Edom Damascus Dan p. 5
31) What did Shemaiah, the man of God, command King Rehoboam? a) to return home and not fight a war against the Israelites b) to raise taxes on the people of Judah to wage war against Jeroboam s golden calves to offer sacrifices in Bethel instead of in Jerusalem 32) Next to whom did the old prophet in Bethel ask to be buried? a) next to King Jeroboam s b) next to Abijah, Jeroboam s son next to the man of God who came from Judah next to Ahijah the prophet 33) What did King Shishak of Egypt not carry off? a) the golden shields that Solomon had made b) the treasures of the House of the Lord the treasures of the royal palace the golden calves 34) Who suffered a foot ailment in his old age? a) Ahijah the prophet b) King Asa of Judah King Elah of Israel King Shishak of Egypt 35) Who bought the hill of Samaria for 2 talents of silver? a) Zimri, commander of half the chariotry b) King Elah of Israel Tibni son of Ginath King Omri of Israel 36) When did the widow of Zarephath tell Elijah: Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord is truly in your mouth? a) when she first saw Elijah b) when Elijah made it rain on Mount Carmel when Elijah blessed the jug of oil and the jar of flour when Elijah revived her son p. 6
37) Who hid 100 prophets of the Lord in caves? a) Elijah b) Obadiah, steward of the palace King Ahab King Asa 38) Whom did God not command Elijah to anoint? a) Jehoshaphat b) Hazael Jehu Elisha 39) Whom does the Bible describe as drinking himself drunk at Succoth together with the 32 kings allied with him? a) King Jehoshaphat of Judah b) King Ben-Hadad of Aram King Hazael of Aram King Ahab of Israel 40) To whom did God command Elijah to say: Would you murder and take possession? a) Ben-hadad b) Hazael Ahab Elisha 41) What did the iron horns of Zedekiah son of Chenaanah symbolize? a) that Ahab would gore the Arameans and make an end of them b) that Ahab would die in battle that Ahab would ride an iron chariot that Ahab murdered Naboth with an iron weapon 42) Who was described as a hairy man with a leather belt tied around his waist? a) King Jehoshaphat b) King Ahaziah of Israel Elijah Elisha p. 7
43) What did Elisha request from Elijah just before Elijah went up to heaven? a) a chance to kiss his parents goodbye b) a double portion of Elijah s spirit a jug of oil and some empty vessels ten talents of silver and ten changes of clothing 44) Which prophet said: Now then, get me a musician? a) Jehu son of Hanani b) Micaiah son of Imlah Elijah Elisha 45) Who told Naaman and his wife that there is a prophet in Samaria? a) a young Israelite girl who was Naaman s wife s attendant b) Gehazi, Elisha s attendant the king of Israel the man from Baal-shalishah 46) Who said to whom: Father, shall I strike them down? a) Naaman to Elisha b) Elisha to God the king of Israel to Elisha Gehazi to Elisha 47) Why did the Aramean army run away in the twilight and abandon their tents, their horses, and their entire camp just as it was? a) because the king of Israel hired foreign armies to attack them b) because God caused them to hear the sounds of chariots, horses, and a huge army because they were scared of catching a disease from the lepers because Elisha cursed them with blindness 48) Who poured oil on Jehu s head? a) Elijah b) Elisha Micaiah son of Imlah one of the disciples of the prophets p. 8
49) Who sent a messenger to bring Elisha a gift and to ask him: Will I recover from this illness? a) King Ahaziah of Israel b) King Ahaziah of Judah Naaman King Ben-hadad of Aram 50) About which prophecy did the king s aide ask: Even if the Lord were to make windows in the sky, could this come to pass? a) that God would sweeten the bitter waters b) that there would be 7 years of famine that King Ahaziah of Israel would not recover from his illness that a seah of choice flour and 2 seahs of barley would each sell for a shekel 51) According to King Cyrus of Persia, who charged him with building a house for God in Jerusalem? a) The Lord, God of Heaven b) The gods of Persia Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah Zerubbabel 52) What took place from the first day of the seventh month in the days of Jeshua and Zerubbabel? a) They celebrated the the Feast of Booths b) They began to make burnt offerings to the Lord They laid the foundations of the Temple of the Lord They gathered all the men of Judah and Benjamin for 3 days 53) Who ate no bread and drank no water because he was mourning over the sins of those who returned from exile? a) Sheshbazzar b) Zerubbabel Ezra Nehemiah p. 9
54) What did Ezra not say that he did after hearing from the officers about the many intermarriages? a) I rent my garments and robe b) I attacked the officers and prefects I tore hair out of my head and beard I sat desolate 55) Why was Nehemiah weeping, fasting, and mourning? a) because he heard that there was a lot of intermarriage b) because he heard that Jerusalem s wall had many breaches, and her gates were destroyed by fire because he was scared that King Artaxerxes hated him because he was scared by letters that were sent to intimidate him 56) Why did Nehemiah want timber from Asaph, keeper of the King s Park? a) for roofing the gatehouses of the temple fortress and the city walls b) for building weapons for lighting a fire to light the road when he traveled for burning on the altar 57) In what way were the basket carriers burdened when they helped to build Jerusalem in Nehemiah s time? a) They had to blow trumpets in addition to carrying baskets b) They kept a weapon in one hand while working with the other hand They were not allowed to get water They were forced to eat rubble 58) What did Nehemiah claim that the former governors who preceded him did, yet Nehemiah didn t do because of his fear of God? a) They laid heavy burdens on the people and took bread, wine, and at least 40 shekels of silver from them b) They married foreign women They locked up the gates of Jerusalem every night They sent letters to scare Nehemiah p. 10
59) What did Sanballat claim in the open letter that he sent with his servant to Nehemiah? a) that apparently God wanted to see Jerusalem s walls be rebuilt b) that Sanballat was willing to donate wood to help repair Jerusalem s walls that Nehemiah and the Jews were planning to rebel against the king that Nehemiah should flee back to Persia 60) Which item did the heads of the clans not mention as something to build booths with? a) leafy olive branches b) grapevines myrtles palms 61) In the pledge described in the book of Nehemiah, what did the leaders pledge to do with a third of a shekel every year? a) pay it to Nehemiah as a local tax b) send it to the king as a tax give it to poor people pay it for the service of the House of God 62) Who said to whom: What do you mean by spending the night alongside the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands upon you? a) Nehemiah to the merchants and vendors b) Nehemiah to the Levites who were guarding the gates Nehemiah to Sanballat Sanballat to Nehemiah 63) To whom did King Cyrus give the vessels of the Lord s house that Nebuchadnezzar had taken away from Jerusalem? a) Sheshbazzar b) Zerubbabel Ezra Nehemiah p. 11
64) About which holiday does the Bible say that the Israelites had not done it so since the days of Joshua son of Nun to that day - and there was very great rejoicing? a) the Feast of Unleavened Bread b) the Feast of Booths the Day of Atonement the day after the sabbath 65) According to Nehemiah s quote from the Book of Moses, why are Ammonites and Moabaites forbidden to enter the congregation of God? a) since they caused Israelites to conduct business on the Sabbath b) since they caused Israelites to marry foreign wives since they stole gifts that were intended for the Levites since they did not meet Israel with bread and water and hired Balaam to curse them 66) About which holiday was it said: for the day is holy to our Lord? a) the Feast of Unleavened Bread b) the Feast of Booths the first day of the seventh month (=what we call Rosh Hashanah ) the Day of Atonement 67) About whom did the Levites say to God: Finding his heart true to You, You made a covenant with him to give him the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite - to give it to his descendants? a) Abraham b) Isaac Jacob Moses 68) Who cried when the foundation was laid for the new house of the Lord? a) the enemies of Judah and Benjamin b) the old men who had seen the first house of the Lord Ezra and Nehemiah Israelites who were married to foreign women p. 12
69) Who prayed: O my God, I am too ashamed and mortified to lift my face to you, O my God, for our iniquities are overwhelming, and our guilt has grown high as heaven? a) Sheshbazzar b) Zerubbabel Ezra Nehemiah 70) Regarding what sin did people say to Ezra that changing their ways is not the work of a day or two, because we have transgressed extensively in this matter? a) marrying foreign women b) opening their shops on the Sabbath selling their fellow Israelites to foreigners as slaves mourning during holidays that are supposed to be happy 71) What did Nehemiah not say to King Artaxerxes? a) How should I not look bad when the city of the graveyard of my ancestors lies in ruins? b) Send me to Judah to the city of my ancestors graves, to rebuild it Let me have letters to the governors of the province of Beyond the River, directing them to grant me passage, until I reach Judah How is it that the house of God has been neglected? 72) Whom did Nehemiah ask: Are you pressing claims on loans made to your brothers? a) the Levites who guarded the gates b) the merchants and vendors Sanballat the nobles and the prefects 73) According to Nehemiah, what sin did King Solomon commit? a) He married foreign women b) He worshipped idols He conducted business on the Sabbath He enslaved Israelite children p. 13
74) On what holiday did the people go to eat and drink and send portions and make great merriment, for they understood the things they were told? a) Purim b) the Feast of Booths the first day of the seventh month (=what we call Rosh Hashanah ) the Day of Atonement 75) In the days of Nehemiah, what did the Israelites do on the 24th day of the 7th month (=the day after the Feast of Booths)? a) They added an extra day to the holiday b) They assembled, fasting, in sackcloth, and with earth upon them They proclaimed Nehemiah as king They built an altar to offer sacrifices to God p. 14
ANSWER KEY Question # Answer 1 c 2 d 3 b 4 c 5 a 6 d 7 d 8 b 9 b 10 b 11 c 12 b 13 c 14 c 15 b 16 c 17 d 18 b 19 c 20 a 21 c 22 d 23 b 24 c 25 d p. 15
Question # Answer 26 d 27 b 28 c 29 d 30 a 31 a 32 c 33 d 34 b 35 d 36 d 37 b 38 a 39 b 40 c 41 a 42 c 43 b 44 d 45 a 46 c 47 b 48 d 49 d 50 d 51 a p. 16
Question # Answer 52 b 53 c 54 b 55 b 56 a 57 b 58 a 59 c 60 b 61 d 62 a 63 a 64 b 65 d 66 c 67 a 68 b 69 c 70 a 71 d 72 d 73 a 74 c 75 b p. 17