Sunday, July 10, 2011

Law and Promise:

1. Question: What penalty was prescribed for a stubborn and rebellious son who would not change even when corrected by his parents?


2. True or False? If a man was executed for a sin worthy of death, his dead body was to be hung on a tree but not left there overnight. 1. He was to be stoned to death (Deut. 21 : 18 -21 )


2. True (Deut. 21 : 22,23 ). Paul quotes the end of verse 23 in reference to the death of Christ--"Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree". (Gal. 3 : 13 )

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Law and Promise


1. True or False? If a man desired to marry a woman who had been taken captive in battle, that woman had to shave her head before they could be married.


True (Deut.) 21 : 11, 12 )



2. If a man took a wife from among the captives of war and decided later he had made a mistake, he could send her away.


True (Deut. 21 : 14 ) . However, she was not to be sold as a slave or mistreated in any way.


3. If a man had two wives, one loved and one unloved, he was allowed to count the firstborn son of the one loved as his true firstborn, even if the unloved bore him a son first.


False (Deut. 21: 15-17 ) The firstborn was to receive a double portion regardless of which wife gave birth to him.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Law and Promise:


1. True or False ? Before the army of Israel attacked a city outside the Promise Land, they were to make an offer of peace to that city.


True (Deut. 20 : 16 ) This law did not hold true for those cities inside the land God had given to them. Those people were to be destroyed (Deut. 20 : 16 ).



2. Fill in the blank: "Of the cities of these peoples which the Lord your God gives you as an -----, you shall let nothing that breathes remain alive".


"Inheritance" (Deut. 20 : 16)

Tuesday, July 5, 2011



Law and Promise:






1. True or False? The "fainthearted" soldier in Israel's army was to be strong in the Lord and go ahead into battle.


False - He was to go home, lest he cause others to become fainthearted.

(Deut. 20 : 8 )

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Law and Promise:

1. True or false? If a man was engaged to a woman but had not yet married her he was not to go into battle.


2. Multiple Choice: As the men of Israel went out to battle, someone was to come and remind them that the Lord would be going with them to fight for them. Whose role was this ?

(a) King; (b) prophet; or (c) priest.1. True (Deut 20 : 7 ).


2. (c) Priest (Deut. 20 : 2-4 )





Thursday, June 30, 2011

Law and Promise:


1. Multiple Choice: A man was not to go into battle if he had built a new house but had not yet

(a) painted ; (b) finished; or (c) dedicated it.


2. A man was not to go into battle if he had planted a vineyard but had not yet:

(a) eaten of it ; (b) cultivated it ; or (c) harvested from it.1. (c) Dedicated (Deut. 20 : 5 ).


2. (a) Eaten of it (Deut. 20 : 6 ) The establishment of the vine was of great importance in an agricultural society.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Law and Promise:


1. Question: Into how many parts was Israel to divide the land after it had been conquered, in order to establish cities of refuge?


Three (Deut. 19:1-3 ). These cities were for the protection of someone who had committed unintentional manslaughter.


2. Fill in the blank: The cities of refuge were to provide refuge for a man who killed his neighbor unintentionally. not having ---------him in the past.


Hated (Deut. 19 : 4 )


3. Question: What was done to a person found to be a false witness against another?


He received the penalty he was seeking against the other person (Deut.19:16, 19 ).