Bible Cats, Camels & Other Critters Quiz

Answer: Exodus

Exodus is the correct answer. I find it highly amusing that Moses describes himself in Exodus 4:10 in the NKJV as being "slow of speech and slow of tongue", however, when it came to singing this particular song, he was front and center in leading the Israelites.

The song was performed by the Israelites after God miraculously parted the Red Sea, enabling them to flee from Egypt with the Pharaoh's army in hot pursuit. According to Scripture, the water ceased to be parted when the soldiers were part way across the Red Sea and they all drowned along with their horses.

In the NKJV, the song is titled the 'Song of Moses'. (See Exodus 15:1-20.) Scripture also tells of Moses' sister Miriam taking a timbrel and leading the Israelite women in song as well.

Question submitted by Cowrofl

Answer: David

This is mentioned in 1 Samuel 17:34-35 when David is explaining to King Saul why he should be able to go kill Goliath. David said he killed bears and lions who tried to steal lambs on his watch. David did kill Goliath and later when he was older he became the king of Israel.

(Submitted by Ilona_ritter.)

Answer: Thieves stole them

The ancient Chaldeans were responsible for stealing Job's camels. Other calamities befell him on the same day, even though he was a very Godly man. His example is for us to understand the importance of standing with God through the bad times, as well as the good, since God is ultimately in charge of everything that can befall us or be for our benefit.
This book of the Bible is often thought by scholars to have been the very 1st book of the Bible to have made it into written form.
To see more of this story, you might like to read Job, chapters 1 and 2, at the very least.

Question submitted by logcrawler

Answer: Foxes

Samson, a flamboyant judge of Israel, captured three hundred foxes and after attaching torches to their tails, set them loose in the grainfields of the Philistines. According to Scripture, not only were grainfields consumed by fire, but also vineyards and olive groves.

Details can be found in Judges 15.

Question submitted by Cowrofl

Answer: Ant

The verses urge those who are lazy and don't want to work to take the ant as an example. These little critters are so small and so wise to know that if they don't work and prepare they won't have anything to eat when they need it.

(By the way, did you know the ant can lift up to 5000 times its own body weight?)

(submitted by Clav411)

Answer: Jackals

In the King James Version it says foxes, although in the NIV Bible it states jackals. David was praising God in this psalm despite being chased by King Saul who wanted to kill him.
The Bible says that Jesus Christ came through the lineage of King David.

(Submitted by Ilona_ritter)

Answer: 1 Kings 13

This story as found in 1 Kings 13 essentially shows how disobedience can cost an individual; in this case, it cost the man's life.
He was deceived by another man into disobeying God's Word and as a result he was mauled and killed by a lion. The donkey upon which he had been riding was unharmed and the prophet's dead body was found nearby with the lion still present.
This seems to indicate that the lion wasn't hungry; but was merely a tool that God may have used to punish the disobedience of the prophet.

Read the account as found in the book of 1 Kings 13 for a little more in-depth viewpoint if you would like.

Question submitted by logcrawler

Answer: Lazarus

Lazarus is featured prominently in a parable told by Jesus in Luke 16:19-31. According to the passage, Lazarus, who lived near the house of an unnamed rich man, was so poor and helpless the dogs would come to lick his sores. And while this was taking place, the rich man was clothed in the finest of clothes and feasted everyday.

In the parable, Lazarus and the rich man both die, with Lazarus ending up by the side of Abraham and the rich man in a place of torment.

Question submitted by Cowrofl

Answer: lion, honey

The vows of the Nazarite, as found in Numbers 6:1-21, is a set of vows that separated the people who were Nazarites for the Lord's work. There were three rules:
1. Do not eat or drink from the vine
2. Do not cut your hair
3. Do not come in contact (or do not touch) with a dead body.

Over time Samson broke all three of these.

The other two Nazarites mentioned in the Bible are Samuel, in the two books of Samuel, and John the Baptist, who is found in the Gospels.

(Submitted by Ilona_ritter)

Answer: dogs

Dogs, representing a type of undesirable person, are to be found among those not allowed entry into the city of New Jerusalem. Also mentioned are those designated as liars, murderers, those who practice sorcery or witchcraft and the sexually immoral.
Those who honor God's commandments will be those allowed into His new city.

Question submitted by logcrawler