On what mountain did God give Moses the Ten Commandments?
What is the first of the Ten Commandments?
What was the tabernacle?
For how many years did the Israelites wander in the wilderness before entering the Promised Land?
Hint: God led them this way because the first generation refused to trust Him to bring them in.
What did God write the Ten Commandments on?
What was kept inside the Ark of the Covenant?
Hint: The Ark was the sacred chest connected with God's covenant presence.
What feast remembered God bringing Israel out of Egypt?
Bible teachers often sort the Old Testament law into three kinds: moral, ceremonial, and civil. Which best describes what the ceremonial laws covered?
Hint: Think of laws about the tabernacle, the priesthood, and holy days.
Why did God command Israel to rest on the Sabbath day each week?
Hint: Exodus 20:11 ties the Sabbath command back to the pattern set in Genesis 1-2.
The dietary laws in Leviticus told Israel which animals were 'clean' and 'unclean' to eat. What purpose did these food laws primarily serve?
Hint: Leviticus 11 ties clean and unclean foods to the command 'be holy, for I am holy.'
God's covenant with Abraham promised land, descendants, and blessing. In what basic way did this covenant differ from the covenant given later at Sinai?
Hint: Compare Genesis 15, where God alone passes between the pieces, with Exodus 19-24.
Besides the Ten Commandments, the law included many civil laws about things like property, lending, and courts. What was the main purpose of these civil laws?
Hint: Civil laws dealt with everyday disputes, not worship or festivals.
The Ten Commandments are often described as having two parts, the first about God and the second about people. What is the basic difference between these two parts?
Hint: Jesus later summarized the whole law as loving God and loving your neighbor (Matthew 22:37-39).
Why does the book of Deuteronomy repeat and explain the law again to Israel, a generation after it was first given at Sinai?
Hint: The word 'Deuteronomy' means 'second law,' but it restates rather than replaces Sinai.
The law commanded Israel to leave the edges of their fields unharvested for the poor to gather. What did this kind of law show about the purpose of Israel's civil laws?
Hint: Ruth gleaned in Boaz's field under exactly this kind of law (Leviticus 19:9-10).