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NUMBERS TRIVIA II

11) Why did Aaron and Miriam begin to talk against Moses?


NUMBERS 12:1: Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.

12) When Moses sent a leader from every tribe of Israel to explore the land of Canaan, what kind of fruit did they bring back?


NUMBERS 13:23: When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs.

13) What did Balaam son of Beor own?


NUMBERS 22:27-28: 27 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat it with his staff. 28 Then the Lord opened the donkey's mouth, and it said to Balaam, "What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?"

14) Where did the first Israelite census take place?


NUMBERS 1:18-19: The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one, 19 as the Lord commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai.

15) What Egyptian food did the Israelites complain that they missed while wandering in the wilderness?


NUMBERS 11:4-6: 4 The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, "If only we had meat to eat! 5 We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost--also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. 6 But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!"

16) How did Moses produce water from the rock?


NUMBERS 20:11: Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

17) How many Israelites were counted in the first census?


NUMBERS 1:45-46: 45 All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel's army were counted according to their families. 46 The total number was 603,550.

18) What was the test for an unfaithful wife?


NUMBERS 5:16-19: 16 The priest shall bring her and have her stand before the Lord. 17 Then he shall take some holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water. 18 After the priest has had the woman stand before the Lord, he shall loosen her hair and place in her hands the reminder-offering, the grain offering for jealousy, while he himself holds the bitter water that brings a curse. 19 Then the priest shall put the woman under oath and say to her, "If no other man has had sexual relations with you and you have not gone astray and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that brings a curse not harm you.

19) Which Levite clan wasn't given any oxen at the dedication of the tabernacle?


NUMBERS 7:6-9: 6 So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites. 7 He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their work required, 8 and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, as their work required. They were all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest. 9 But Moses did not give any to the Kohathites, because they were to carry on their shoulders the holy things, for which they were responsible.

20) What disease did God strike Miriam with for talking against Moses?


NUMBERS 12:10: When the cloud lifted from above the tent, Miriam's skin was leprous--it became as white as snow.

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