Exodus 3 Quiz — The Burning Bush — Questions and Answers
All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.
Q1.Where was Moses when he saw the burning bush?
- A. Mount Sinai
- B. Mount Horeb ✓
- C. Mount Nebo
- D. Mount Carmel
Answer: Mount Horeb
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. (Exodus 3:1)
Q2.What was unusual about the bush?
- A. It was gold
- B. It burned with fire, yet was not consumed ✓
- C. It spoke loudly
- D. It was taller than other trees
Answer: It burned with fire, yet was not consumed
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. (Exodus 3:2)
Q3.What did God tell Moses to do?
- A. Do not draw nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground ✓
- B. Build an altar
- C. Pray for seven days
- D. Return to Egypt immediately
Answer: Do not draw nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. (Exodus 3:5)
Q4.What did God say He had seen and heard?
- A. The affliction of his people in Egypt ✓
- B. The wickedness of Pharaoh
- C. The prayers of the Israelites
- D. The glory of Egypt
Answer: The affliction of his people in Egypt
I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters. (Exodus 3:7)
Q5.What land did God promise to bring Israel into?
- A. A land flowing with milk and honey ✓
- B. A land of gold and silver
- C. A land of great cities
- D. A land of endless summer
Answer: A land flowing with milk and honey
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. (Exodus 3:8)
Q6.Who did God say would go with Moses to Pharaoh?
- A. Aaron ✓
- B. Joshua
- C. Moses alone
- D. The elders of Israel
Answer: Aaron
And thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt... (Exodus 3:18) — God told Moses He would go with him. (Exodus 3:12)
Q7.What name did God reveal to Moses?
- A. Jehovah
- B. I AM THAT I AM ✓
- C. El Shaddai
- D. Adonai
Answer: I AM THAT I AM
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. (Exodus 3:14)
Q8.What was Moses' first objection?
- A. Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh? ✓
- B. I am too old
- C. I do not know the way
- D. Pharaoh is too powerful
Answer: Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh?
And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? (Exodus 3:11)
Q9.What did Moses ask in case the people did not believe him?
- A. What is his name? ✓
- B. What shall I say unto them?
- C. Give me a sign
- D. Send someone else
Answer: What is his name?
Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? (Exodus 3:13)
Q10.What did God say the elders of Israel would do when Moses told them?
- A. Reject him
- B. Hearken to his voice ✓
- C. Demand a sign
- D. Send him away
Answer: Hearken to his voice
And they shall hearken to thy voice. (Exodus 3:18)