Deuteronomy Trivia

DEUTERONOMY TRIVIA

1) How long did Moses fast after the Israelites made the golden calf?

DEUTERONOMY 9:18: Then once again I fell prostrate before the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the Lord's sight and so arousing his anger.

2) Why did God give the land of Canaan to the Israelites?

BECAUSE OF THE CANAANITES' WICKEDNESS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OTHER PLACE FOR THEM BECAUSE IT HAD ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO THEM BECAUSE OF THE ISRAELITES' RIGHTEOUSNESS

DEUTERONOMY 9:4: After the Lord your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, "The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness." No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is going to drive them out before you.

3) Who were the descendants of Lot?

CHALDEANS ZEMARITES AMMONITES HITTITES

DEUTERONOMY 2:18-19: ¹⁸ Today you are to pass by the region of Moab at Ar. ¹⁹ When you come to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them to war, for I will not give you possession of any land belonging to the Ammonites. I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.

4) Where did the Israelites make God angry?

KIBROTH HATTAAVAH TABERAH MASSAH ALL OF THESE

DEUTERONOMY 9:22: You also made the Lord angry at Taberah, at Massah and at Kibroth Hattaavah.

5) What did Moses instruct the Israelites to do if one of their own towns was found to be worshipping other gods?

BURN IT DOWN SEND A PROPHET WITH A WARNING CUT IT OFF FROM OTHER TOWNS PRAY FOR IT'S INHABITANTS

DEUTERONOMY 13:16: You are to gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. That town is to remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt.

6) Whose descendants lived in Seir?

ISHMAEL'S LOT'S ESAU'S CAIN'S

DEUTERONOMY 2:4-5: You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, but be very careful. ⁵ Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your foot on. I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his own.

7) The Ten Commandments consisted of how many stone tablets?

4 3 2 1

DEUTERONOMY 4:13: He declared to you his covenant, the Ten Commandments, which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets.

8) What did God warn the Israelites about the people they were driving out of the land of Canaan?

MAKE NO TREATY WITH THEM ALL OF THESE DO NOT INTERMARRY WITH THEM SHOW THEM NO MERCY

DEUTERONOMY 7:1-4: When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations--the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you-- ² and when the Lord your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy. ³ Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, ⁴ for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods, and the Lord's anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you.

9) How were the Israelites instructed to pay for their food and water when passing through the hill country of Seir?

WITH SILVER WITH GOLD WITH LIVESTOCK WITH HARD LABOR

DEUTERONOMY 2:6: You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.

10) What were the Israelites required to do with a tenth of their crops?

OFFER IT AS A BURNT OFFERING LEAVE IT IN THE FIELDS GIVE IT TO THE POOR EAT IT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD

DEUTERONOMY 14:22-23: ²² Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. ²³ Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always.