Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

The Priestly Code – Numbers

Peter Combes – October 8, 2000

(The answers to the following may be multiple, or “none of the above”)

1.            The book of Numbers begins:

1.         Immediately after the Exodus

2.         Two years after the Exodus

3.         Seven years after the Exodus

4.         Forty years after the Exodus

2.            If a husband suspects his wife of being unfaithful, but has no evidence, the priest shall:

1.            call a council of elder women

2.            condemn the husband for lack of trust

3.            pray for reconciliation

4.            give the wife poison

3.            Chapter 9 describes the Second Passover.  This was notable for:

1.            the arrival of quails

2.            thunder and lightning

3.            a vision of lions

4.            an argument about purity

4             In Chapter 12,  Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses.  As a result, Miriam:

1.            Got an apology from Moses

2.             Was given leprosy

3.              was expelled from the camp

4.              was put in charge of women’s affairs

5             In Chapter 13, spies are sent into Canaan.  They report seeing:

1.               A land flowing with milk and honey

2.                Fortified cities

3.                Armies of chariots

4.                Descendants of angels

6           In Chapter 16, 250 men accuse Moses of overreaching his authority.

               As a result::

1.               Moses appoints forty high priests

2.               The leaders are swallowed by an earthquake

3.               250 men die by fire

4.               14,700 die of the plague

7            In Chapter 20, Aaron dies:

1.                on Mount Hor

2.                on Mount Sinai

3.                in the desert

4.                in Jericho

8            Moses is told he will not enter the Promised Land, because he

1.                made a golden calf

2.                kept the high priesthood for himseld

3.                married a Cushite woman

4.                struck a rock

9            In chapter 21, Moses cures snakebite with:

1.                  prayer

2.                  extract from venom

3.                  a bronze serpent

4.                  high amputation

10             In Chapter 22, an angel of the Lord appears on the road from Perthor.  The only one to see it is a:

1.            shepherd boy

2.            priest

3.            woman

4.            donkey