Bible Quiz with Answers and Trivia about Moses.

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1. What is the most important thing that Moses did?
   
   Moses led the Jewish people out of Egyptian slavery to the promised land.
   For forty years, Moses guided the Israelites through the desert.
   It was a command that God gave him and his brother Aaron.
   Exodus 3
   
    

2. What country was Moses born in?
   
   Moses was born in Egypt when the Israelites were held there as slaves.
   Exodus 2:11-25
   
    

3. What promise did Moses keep for Joseph as the Jews left Egypt?
   
   He took Joseph's funeral container out of Egypt.
   The container was later buried in the promised land.
   Genesis 50:24-26  Joshua 24:29-33
   
    

4. What river did Moses float down while in a basket when he was a baby?
   
   Moses floated down the Nile River.
   Jochebed, Moses' biological mother, placed him in the basket and set it in the water.
   She hoped someone in the pharaoh's court would find him.
   Moses was the youngest of three.
   He had an older brother and sister.
   Exodus 2
   
    

5. How old was Moses when his mother placed him in the basket?
   
   Moses was a three-month-old baby when he floated down the Nile River in a basket.
   Moses was born 3 months premature, and his mother could only hide him for three months.
   Exodus 2:1-10
   
    

6. What advice did Moses' father-in-law, Jethro, give to Moses when they were in the desert?
   
   Jethro advised Moses to set up a court system.
   Moses found it challenging to handle all of the grievances himself.
   This system empowered others to judge the people under Moses's guidance.
   Exodus 18
   
    

7. How many wives did Moses have?
   
   Moses had a total of two wives.
   His first wife was Zipporah, a Midianite and the daughter of Jethro.
   Exodus 2:21
   
   Moses' second wife was Ethiopian.
   The Bible does not reveal her name.
   Moses' brother and sister were upset with Moses for marrying her.
   Numbers 12:1
   
    

8. What was the name of Moses's older brother?
   
   Aaron was the older brother of Moses.
   Aaron served as Moses's spokesman, particularly when speaking to the Pharaoh.
   Exodus 7:1-7
   
    

9. What was the name of Moses's older sister?
   
   Miriam was the sister of Moses.
   She followed the basket along the riverbank that contained Moses.
   The plan was to save his life.
   During the exodus in the desert, God gave her leprosy because she wanted to push Moses out of the way and take over.
   Numbers 26
   
    

10. What were the names of Moses' biological father and mother?
    
    Amram and Jochebed were the parents of Moses.
    They were from the tribe of Levi.
    Jochebed was the sister of Amram's father. Yes, sir!
    In other words, Amram married his aunt.
    Exodus 6:20
    
     

11. Whom did Moses kill?
    
    He murdered an Egyptian taskmaster.
    After killing the Egyptian taskmaster, Moses left Egypt and went into hiding.
    Moses traveled to Midian, where he found employment as a shepherd for Jethro.
    Zipporah, one of Jethro's daughters, married Moses.
    Jethro was also known as Reuel.
    Exodus 2:11-12
    
     

12. What physical ailment did Moses have?
    
    Moses had a speech impediment.
    As a result, his brother became his spokesperson.
    Moses had a speech impediment.
    Tradition states that when Moses was a child, he put a hot coal in his mouth that caused the speech impediment.
    Exodus 4
    
     

13. Who or what was Nehushtan?
    
    A bronze snake.
    Nehushtan was a bronze representation of a snake set upon a pole.
    Those who gazed upon the Nehushtan would obtain relief from snake bites.
    The Nehushtan would cure the Israelites of bites from any "fiery serpents" while wandering in the desert.
    Numbers 21:4-8
    
     

14. Who was Moses' foster mother?
    
    Pharaoh's daughter.
    Pharaoh's daughter saw a baby in a basket floating in the water.
    She had a servant retrieve the basket.
    The daughter took Moses in and adopted him as her own.
    Pharaoh's daughter gave him his name.
    Numbers 26
    
     

15. Who was the wife of Moses?
    
    The wife of Moses was Zipporah, a Cushite woman.
    Zipporah was the daughter of Jethro, for whom Moses herded sheep.
    Exodus 2:16-27
    
     

16. Who was Moses's sister-in-law?
    
    Elisheba was Moses's sister-in-law, the wife of his brother Aaron.
    Exodus 6:23
    
     

17. How did an angel of the Lord appear to Moses the first time God sent Moses his message?
    
    God appeared to Moses in the form of a burning bush when delivering His message.
    Before approaching the burning bush, God asked Moses to remove his sandals.
    Moses was tending sheep at the base of the Holy Mountain in Sinai at the time.
    Exodus 3:1-6
    
     

18. How many books did Moses write?
    
    Moses wrote five books.
    They are commonly known as the Books of Law or the Pentateuch.
    They are the first five books in the Old Testament.
    
     

19. How many commandments were on the stone tablets that Moses had?
    
    Moses received the Ten Commandments on the stone slate tablets.
    Two tablets had the commandments written on both sides.
    God inscribed these tablets with his finger and gave them to Moses.
    Exodus 20:1-17
    
     

20. What did God feed the Israelites during the forty years in the desert?
    
    The Bible and the Quran describe manna as a sweet bread from heaven.
    In the morning, manna appeared on the ground, resembling dew.
    The Israelites had to eat the manna the same day they picked it.
    An exception was the Saturday Sabbath.
    The day before, they harvested twice as much to ensure a sufficient supply for the Sabbath.
    Exodus 16
    
     

21. What did God command Moses to do when the Israelites were murmuring that they were thirsty while wandering through the desert?
    
    God commanded Moses to go to a place and talk to a certain rock.
    Moses was so upset with the complaining Israelites that he smacked the rock in anger with his staff instead of talking to it.
    God was severely displeased.
    This incident was one of the reasons God did not allow Moses to enter the promised land.
    Numbers 20
    
     

22. What did Moses do at another time when the Israelites were again murmuring for water, when they came upon a waterhole that was bitter and undrinkable?
    
    To make the water sweet, Moses placed a special piece of wood in the waterhole.
    Exodus 15:22-27
    
     

23. Where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments from God?
    
    God gave Moses the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai.
    Moses spent 40 days and 40 nights on the mountain speaking with God.
    He made the trip up the mountain twice for a total of 80 days and nights.
    Exodus chapters 31-33
    
     

24. How many sets of the Ten Commandments did God make for Moses?
    
    God made two sets of the Ten Commandments for Moses.
    As we all know, Moses had anger management problems.
    Aaron allowed the Israelites to make a golden idol, which upset Moses.
    Moses was so angry that he threw the slates to the ground, smashing them.
    That's why he had to trek back up the mountain a second time to ask God to make a second set.
    Can you imagine that conversation?
    Exodus chapters 31-33
    
     

25. What sea did Moses part with his staff?
    
    Moses parted the Red Sea with his staff, providing a path for the Israelites to cross over.
    After the Israelites passed through the sea and were safe on the other side, Moses closed the waters.
    Exodus 15
    
     

26. How old was Moses when he died?
    
    Moses was 120 years old when he died.
    He died on the 7th day of the month of Adar.
    Moses died on the same day as his birthday.
    He climbed Mount Nebo so that he could see the promised land.
    God would not allow Moses to enter the promised land because he disobeyed His commands.
    Deuteronomy 34
    
     

27. Where was Moses buried?
    
    Moses died on Mount Nebo, but God buried him in the Moab Valley with an unmarked grave.
    Deuteronomy 34:5-8
    
     

28. Who was Moses' successor who took over  for him after he died?
    
    Joshua assumed leadership of the Israelite clan after God relieved Moses of the responsibility.
    Joshua led the Israelites into the promised land.
    God forbade Moses from leading the Israelites across the border and into Canaan.
    It was God's way of reprimanding Moses for his anger management issue.
    Deuteronomy 34
    
     

29. How did the Egyptian army fail in its attempt to recapture Moses and the slaves?
    
    The Egyptian army that followed the Israelites drowned.
    Moses parted the sea, and after the army entered it, the sea fell back to normal, and the soldiers drowned.
    Exodus 15:19
    
     

30. How many plagues did God inflict on Egypt before the Pharaoh let the people go?
    
    Moses warned Pharaoh that God would inflict ten plagues on Egypt.
    Pharaoh refused to let the people go after each warning until the final one.
    The Nile turned into blood, and they were plagued by frogs, gnats, flies, livestock pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, and the death of their firstborn. 
    Exodus 7

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