Bible Content Exam 13
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1. According to the book of Leviticus, which group is to purify themselves and make sacrifices
on certain occasions?
2. Where was the Passover instituted?
3. Of which of the following was Jethro a priest?
4. After the exodus from Egypt, God met the Israelites at which mountain?
5. Leviticus 16 speaks of a goat which "shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a barren region."
Of what ceremony is this goat a part?
6. According to Leviticus, what should happen to all who curse father or mother?
7. Which of the following was a result of the mission of the twelve spies?
8. In Deuteronomy, God's choice of Israel to be a people for God's own possession is said to be
on account of what?
9. "Then Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab . . . but no one knows his
burial place to this day" is found in which book?
10. Whom did Isaac marry?
11. What is the tenth and last plague that struck the land of Egypt before the exodus of the
Israelites?
12. Who gave Eve her name, and why?
13. According to Genesis, what is the origin of Ammon and Moab?
14. What happened when Sarai was taken into the Pharaoh's house?
15. What did Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Hannah all have in common?
16. For what are the midwives Shiphrah and Puah most famous?
17. Who thought Israel would easily be able to overcome the Canaanites?
18. In whose field did Ruth glean?
19. Which of the judges refused to be elected king?
20. Which enemies of the Israelites did Samson fight?
21. Which of the following did David do?
22. Who led a revolt against King David?
23. Who were separated from one another by a chariot and horses of fire?
24. "If only my lord were the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy" is
found in the story of which of the following?
25. Who said the following: "I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the
work stop while I leave it and come down to you?"
26. To whom did God say, "My servant Moses is dead. Now proceed to cross the Jordan, you
and all this people, into the land that I am giving them, to the Israelites"?
27. When did Hannah sing a song of thanksgiving to God?
28. Who said to David, "If I am still alive, show me the faithful love of the Lord, but if I die,
never cut off your faithful love from my house . . ." ?
29. The decree of Cyrus regarding the reconstruction of the Jerusalem Temple may be found in
which book?
30. Who or what killed Sisera, commander of a Canaanite army?
31. Regarding whom was the following said: "I have found among the exiles from Judah a man
who can tell the king the interpretation"?
32. In which book do the following quotations appear: "The righteous live by their faith"; "the
earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord"; and "In wrath may you
remember mercy"?
33. In what book are the following quotations found: "a shoot shall come out from the stump of
Jesse"; "the lion shall eat straw"; "the nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp"?
34. King Uzziah, seraphs, and "holy, holy, holy" are associated with which prophet?
35. Where is Israel referred to repeatedly as the servant of the Lord?
36. "Thus says the Lord of hosts: So will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a
potter's vessel, so that it can never be mended" is found in which of the following?
37. "Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near" is from which of the
following?
38. Which prophet said that God's law will be written on the hearts of the house of Israel?
39. Which book contains the following: "They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their
spears into pruning hooks"?
40. Which prophet said, "Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy"?
41. This quotation appears in which prophetic book: "Then the Lord said, 'Name him Lo-ammi,
for you are not my people and I am not your God'"?
42. In which book do these quotations appear: "Cursed by the day on which I was born!"; "Why
does the way of the guilty prosper?"; and "Is there no balm in Gilead?"
43. Whose voice is prominent in the book of Lamentations?
44. Who brought Jeremiah from imprisonment to ask him, "Is there any word from the Lord?"
45. In which book does the following quotation appear: "What does the Lord require of you but
to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God"?
46. Which passage appears in the book of Joel?
47. Of whom is it reported, "the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord"?
48. How is the following verse from Psalm 24 completed: "Lift up your heads, O gates, and be
lifted up, O ancient doors . . ."?
49. In the Psalms, what words immediately follow these: "He does not deal with us according to
our sins, nor requite us according to our iniquities"?
50. ". . . The silver cord is snapped, and the golden bowl is broken, and the pitcher is broken at
the foundation and the wheel is broken at the cistern, and the dust returns to the earth as it was."
To what does this description refer?
51. According to Proverbs, from whom will the son who seeks wisdom be saved?
52. What is the first line of Psalm 1?
53. Which words follow this verse from the book of Psalms: "How very good and pleasant it is
when kindred live together in unity . . ."?
54. In what book does the following quotation occur: "But again, this also was vanity"?
55. Which of the following is NOT a quotation from the Song of Solomon?
56. Which statement does Proverbs 31 NOT include as a description of "a good wife"?
57. Which of these received an inheritance?
58. According to Luke, in the Nazareth synagogue, Jesus read which of the following from the
book of Isaiah?
59. In John 1, how is John the Baptist introduced?
60. Which of the following teachings is not found in Matthew?
61. What did the householder say when many excused themselves from the householder's great
banquet?
62. How is this saying completed: "Blessed are the peacemakers..."?
63. How does the gospel of John present John the Baptist?
64. Which of the following familiar phrases is NOT taken from the Bible?
65. How is this question completed: "For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say..."
66. Which prophet figures most prominently in the gospels?
67. "So the last will be first, and the first will be last" comes at the conclusion of which parable?
68. What did the woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years believe would bring about her
healing?
69. Pilate said which of the following?
70. Which of the following asked to be seated at the right and left hand of Jesus?
71. Which of the following is NOT one of Jesus' temptations?
72. Which two Gospels include genealogies of Jesus?
73. Which statement is NOT characteristic of the Gospel of John?
74. In the Gospel of John, to whom does the risen Lord first appear?
75. Mark's Gospel (original ending at 16:8) concludes with which of the following words?
76. "A person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and real __________ is a matter of the heart--it is spiritual and not literal." What is the missing word?
77. Which of the following baptized the man known as the Ethiopian eunuch?
78. In 2 Corinthians, what words conclude the following sentence: "So if any one is in Christ,
there is..."
79. To which church did Paul write a letter before visiting them?
80. Freedom in Christ is a major theme of which book?
81. Stephen's words before the council rehearse which part of Israel's history?
82. When Paul was brought to trial, he was able to set Pharisees against Sadducees by raising
what issue?
83. "For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he
comes." From which letter does this quotation come?
84. In which epistle does Paul indicate that he is in prison?
85. In which book does this line of argumentation appear: "Perhaps this is the reason he was
separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back forever, no longer as a slave but
more than a slave, a beloved brother"?
86. How does this quotation from Philippians end: "Work out your own salvation with fear and
trembling..."
87. What is the conclusion of this retrospective view of Paul's career: "I have fought the good
fight..."
88. According to Ephesians, what is God's ultimate plan for "the fullness of time"?
89. Who addressed the men of Judea at Pentecost?
90. Which of the following describes a woman named Lydia, who appears in Acts?
91. With which words does the following statement from 1 John conclude: "And the world and its
desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God..."
92. Which of the following completes this quotation from Revelation: "And I saw the holy city,
the new Jerusalem..."?
93. In which book is the writer's main purpose to demonstrate the supremacy of Christ over the
Old Testament institutions and to call upon his readers to be faithful?
94. According to the letter of James, what are the elders of the church to do for sick church
members?
95. "...He entered once for all into the Holy Place" is said of Christ in what book?
96. The following quotation, "Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works
will show you my faith" is found in which epistle?
97. Which of the following refer to believers as "aliens and exiles," "a chose race," and "a royal
priesthood"?
98. Which of the following New Testament books begin with these words: "We declare to you
what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we
have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life..."
99. In the book of Revelation, what does John say will happen to the souls of those who have
been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus and for the word of God?
100. In the book of Revelation, which group falls before the one who is seated on the throne and
casts their crowns before the throne?
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Bible Exam 13
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THE PENTATEUCH
HISTORICAL BOOKS
PROPHETS
PSALMS AND WISDOM LITERATURE
GOSPELS
ACTS AND PAULINE WRITINGS
REST OF NEW TESTAMENT
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