Numbers Bible Quiz
10 questions · King James Version · biblesundays.com
1.Why is the book called 'Numbers'?
- A. Because it counts the tribes of Israel
- B. Because God numbers the stars
- C. Because of the numbering / census of Israel
- D. Because of the ten plagues
2.How many spies did Moses send into Canaan?
- A. Ten
- B. Twelve
- C. Forty
- D. Seventy
3.Which two spies brought back a good report?
- A. Joshua and Caleb
- B. Moses and Aaron
- C. Eleazar and Ithamar
- D. Nadab and Abihu
4.What happened because Israel believed the evil report?
- A. They were struck with plague
- B. They wandered forty years in the wilderness
- C. They returned to Egypt
- D. They were immediately destroyed
5.Whose rod budded, blossomed, and yielded almonds?
- A. Aaron's
- B. Moses'
- C. Eleazar's
- D. Korah's
6.What did Moses make when fiery serpents bit the people?
- A. A bronze altar
- B. A brazen serpent on a pole
- C. A sacrifice of doves
- D. A veil
7.Who was the prophet hired to curse Israel?
- A. Elijah
- B. Elisha
- C. Balaam
- D. Balak
8.What spoke to Balaam?
- A. An angel
- B. His donkey
- C. A voice from heaven
- D. Moses
9.What did Balaam end up doing instead of cursing Israel?
- A. Blessing them
- B. Prophesying a star from Jacob
- C. Both blessing and prophesying
- D. Fleeing
10.How old was Aaron when he died on Mount Hor?
- A. One hundred and twenty-three
- B. One hundred and twenty
- C. One hundred and thirty-seven
- D. Ninety-nine
Answer Key
1.C. Because of the numbering / census of Israel — Numbers 1:2 (KJV)
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel by their families…
2.B. Twelve — Numbers 13:2 (KJV)
Send thou men… of every tribe a man… Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan.
3.A. Joshua and Caleb — Numbers 13:30 (KJV)
Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
4.B. They wandered forty years in the wilderness — Numbers 14:33 (KJV)
Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness… forty years… ye shall bear your whoredoms.
5.A. Aaron's — Numbers 17:8 (KJV)
Aaron's rod… was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
6.B. A brazen serpent on a pole — Numbers 21:9 (KJV)
Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
7.C. Balaam — Numbers 22:5 (KJV)
Balak… sent messengers therefore unto Balaam… to curse this people.
8.B. His donkey — Numbers 22:28 (KJV)
The LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee?
9.C. Both blessing and prophesying — Numbers 23:8 (KJV)
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?… There shall come a Star out of Jacob.
10.A. One hundred and twenty-three — Numbers 33:38 (KJV)
Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died.