Monday, February 28, 2011

History---Events:
Multiple Choice: 1. What was Ruth doing when Boaz first saw her?
(a) Praying; (b) gleaning; or (c) talking with Naomi.
2. What did the kinsman of Ruth give to Boaz to confirm
that he was not going to redeem Ruth?
(a) Ten shekels; (b) his belt; or (c) his sandal.1. (b) Gleaning (Ruth 2:1-7).
The law required that landowners leave the corners of their fields and
grain dropped in the course of harvesting for the poor. ( Lev.19: 9-10 ).
2.(c) His sandal ( Ruth 4: 7,8; cf. Deut. 25: 8-10 ).

Sunday, February 27, 2011

History---Events:
1. Sentence completion: When she chose to go to Judah, Ruth said to Naomi,
"Entreat me not to leave you or to turn back from following you;------"
2. Multiple Choice: At what time of the year did Naomi and Ruth arrive in Bethlehem?
(a) Harvest; (b) spring planting; or (c) winter. 1. "For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;
Your people shall be my people. And your God, my God" (Ruth 1:16 ).
The significance of this statement was Ruth's faith in the God of Israel.
That faith eventually led to Ruth's being included in the physical lineage of Jesus
although she was a Gentile (Matt. 1: 5).

2. Harvest (Ruth 1 :22 ).


Saturday, February 26, 2011

History ---Events:
1. Fill in the blank: The degree of personal and tribal immorality in Israel is illustrated in Judges by the story of the -------and his concubine.
2. Multiple Choice: What did the children of Benjamin do to the daughters of Shiloh?
(a) Kidnapped them; (b) killed them; or (c) stole their household gods.1. Levite (Judg. 19 )
2. (a) Kidnapped them (Judg. 21 : 21 ).
By vow, no Israelite could give a daughter as wife to Benjamite, so they
devised a ruse by which the Benjamites could get wives without violating the exact
letter of the vow (v. 18 ).

Friday, February 25, 2011

History---Events:
True or False?
1. God commanded Ehud, judge over Israel, to tear down the altar of Baal
and build a proper alter to God in the same spot.
2. Fill in the blank: When Samson took the honey from the carcass of the lion,
he violated his -------vow.1. False
He commanded Gideon to do this (Judg. 6: 25- 27 ).
2. Nazirite (Judg. 13 : 4,5,7 ).
The Nazirite vow represented separation to the Lord from
anything unclean. A corpse left anyone who touched it unclean ( 14: 8,9 ).


Thursday, February 24, 2011

History---Events:
1. Sentence completion: Joshua was announcing his death to Israel when
he said, "Behold, this day I am going-------"
2. Multiple choice: What was the reason the Israelites
did not complete the conquest of Canaan?

(a) They had no chariots; (b) they were short on manpower; or
(c) they did not completely rid the land of Canaanites.1. "The way of all the earth" (Josh. 23:14 ).

2. (c) They did not completely rid the land of Canaanites (Judg. 1:28 ).
Instead they enslaved them.
This left the Canaanites in a position to influence Israel away from the Lord.


Wednesday, February 23, 2011

History ---Events Multiple Choice:
How did Joshua determine the inheritance for
the seven remaining tribes of Israel who camped at Shiloh?
(a) He let them choose the land they wanted; (b) He went from oldest
to youngest according to the sons of Jacob; or (c) He cast lots.(c) He cast lots
(Josh. 18:10 ).

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

History--- Events:
1. True or False?: To exempt her household from the Israelite's destruction of Jericho,
Rahab was to tie a yellow ribbon in her window
as a reminder to the spies who promised to spare her.
2. Fill in the blank: On the seventh day, after the Israelites had marched seven times around Jericho and the priests had blown the trumpets,
Joshua commanded the Israelites to "-------.
for the Lord has given you the city!"1. False A scarlet cord (Josh. 2:18 ).

2. "Shout " (Josh. 6: 16 ).
Their shout was a shout of triumph. They were to express confidence that
God was destroying the city without military action on their part.