Numbers 13 Quiz — The Twelve Spies — 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.How many men did Moses send to spy out Canaan?
- A. Ten
- B. Twelve ✓
- C. Twenty
- D. Forty
Answer: Twelve
Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. (Numbers 13:2)
Q2.From which wilderness did Moses send them?
- A. The wilderness of Paran ✓
- B. The wilderness of Sinai
- C. The wilderness of Zin
- D. The wilderness of Shur
Answer: The wilderness of Paran
And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran. (Numbers 13:3)
Q3.What fruit did they cut down from the brook of Eshcol?
- A. Figs and pomegranates
- B. Grapes, pomegranates, and figs ✓
- C. Olives and dates
- D. Apples and pears
Answer: Grapes, pomegranates, and figs
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. (Numbers 13:23)
Q4.How many men carried the cluster of grapes?
- A. One
- B. Two ✓
- C. Four
- D. Twelve
Answer: Two
They bare it between two upon a staff. (Numbers 13:23)
Q5.How long did they search the land?
- A. Twenty days
- B. Thirty days
- C. Forty days ✓
- D. Fifty days
Answer: Forty days
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. (Numbers 13:25)
Q6.What did the spies say the land flowed with?
- A. Milk and honey ✓
- B. Gold and silver
- C. Oil and wine
- D. Bread and water
Answer: Milk and honey
Surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. (Numbers 13:27)
Q7.How did the ten spies describe the people of the land?
- A. They are stronger than we ✓
- B. They are weak
- C. They are friendly
- D. They are few
Answer: They are stronger than we
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. (Numbers 13:28)
Q8.How did Caleb describe the land?
- A. An evil land
- B. A land that eateth up the inhabitants
- C. A land which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land ✓
- D. A land of giants only
Answer: A land which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land
And 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. (Numbers 13:30)
Q9.What did the ten spies say they were like in their own sight?
- A. As grasshoppers ✓
- B. As giants
- C. As kings
- D. As angels
Answer: As grasshoppers
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. (Numbers 13:33)
Q10.Which two spies brought a good report?
- A. Joshua and Caleb ✓
- B. Joshua and Moses
- C. Caleb and Aaron
- D. Joshua and Eleazar
Answer: Joshua and Caleb
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. (Numbers 14:6-7)