Skeptic's Annotated Bible
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Numbers

Introduction

A topical outline

Trivia Questions

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Intolerance
Family Values
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Science and History
Interpretation
Language
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Prophecy
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Drunk With Blood:
God's Killings in the Bible
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Drunk With Blood

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Numbers Trivia Questions

  1. What happens to a woman who fails the "Law of Jealousies" test in Numbers 5?
  2. What is the first use of the word "Amen" in the Bible?
  3. Why did God burn people to death in Numbers 11:1?
  4. In Numbers 11, the people complained about the lack of meat. How did God respond?
  5. According to the Bible, who was the meekest man on the face of the earth?
  6. In Numbers 12, Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses for marrying an Ehiopian woman. How did God respond?
  7. Who asked this question: "If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days?"
  8. In Numbers 15, God told the people to stone a man to death. What was his crime?
  9. In Numbers 16, Korah and his companions challenged Moses's leadership. How did God respond?
  10. After God killed Korah, his companions, their families, and 250 incense burners, the people complained saying, "ye have killed the people of the Lord." So God sent a plague on the people. How many people died in the plague?
  11. In Numbers 17, what happened to Aaron's rod?
  12. Why did God not allow Moses to enter the promised land?
  13. What did God do when the the people complained about the lack of food and water during the Exodus from Egypt?
  14. The people complained about the lack of food and water during the Exodus, so God sent fiery serpents to bite them. When many died from the bites, Moses asked God to take away the serpents. What did God tell Moses to do?
  15. What man had a conversation with a donkey in Numbers 22?
  16. According to the the book of Numbers, God is as strong as what animal?
  17. According to Numbers 23:24, "the people shall rise up as a great lion" and then do what?
  18. Numbers 24:8 makes several predictions about what God will do to his enemies. Which of these is not included?
  19. What did God tell Moses to do when "the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab?"
  20. How many were killed for "committing whoredom with the daughters of Moab"?
  21. God stopped killing people for "committing whoredom with the daughters of Moab" because "his wrath was turned away" by a man who thrust a javelin through a man of Israel and a daughter of Moab. What was this man's name?
  22. What were the names of the Israelite man and the Midianite woman that were killed by Phinehas in Numbers 25?
  23. What did God give Phinehas for killing the inter-tribal couple in Numbers 25?
  24. Who did God tell Moses to vex and smite in Numbers 25?
  25. Why was Moses angry with his officers in Numbers 31?
  26. What did Moses his soldiers to do to the Midianites in Numbers 31?
  27. What was God's tribute from the Midianite massacre?
  28. What was the booty that the Israelites got from the Midianite massacre?