Numbers Jeopardy Trivia Quiz

Answer: What is Levi?

Numbers 1:50.
Because of their zeal for the Lord at Mt Sinai involving the golden calf, the tribe of Levi was given the responsibility for care of the tabernacle. They were not numbered with the rest of the Israelites for the army and were not given any land for an inheritance because the Lord was their inheritance.

Answer: Who were given the priesthood?

Numbers 3:10
Aaron's family were given a perpetual priesthood in Israel and were the only ones allowed to enter the holy place and most holy place in the tabernacle.

Answer: What is 30 to 50 years?

Numbers 4:34-35
The work of the tabernacle was given only to the Levites as a perpetual responsibility. Only men of a mature age were permitted on a rotation basis. In modern Israel there are Levites preparing for the restoration of temple worship.

Answer: What is Paran?

Numbers 10:12
Hebron is a city in Israel, Succoth was one of the stopping places when the Israelites left Egypt as was Migdol which was by the Red Sea.

Answer: What is 70?

Numbers 11:16
The Israelites had just complained to Moses about the manna and how they thought they had it so great in Egypt. Moses talks to the Lord and asks why he got stuck with this bunch of crybabies. The Lord decides to give Moses some help by using the elders to assume some leadership responsibility.

Answer: Who are Aaron and Miriam?

Numbers 12:1
Aaron and Miriam didn't like his choice for a wife. Moses had married an Ethiopian. They also thought that Moses wasn't the only one who God spoke through. Of course the Lord set them straight. Because of their actions Miriam was stricken with leprosy and shut out from the camp for seven days.

Answer: What are grapes, pomegranates and figs?

Numbers 13:23
The ten spies wanted to show the people how great the fruit of the land was but then they also had to tell how big the giants were. Because they emphasized the negative instead of the positive the people rebelled against God and became afraid. Instead of getting their promised land at this time they were sent back into the wilderness for forty years.

Answer: What are Judah and Ephraim?

Numbers 13:6,8
Most people with Bible knowledge know the names of Joshua and Caleb, but can anyone name the other ten spies. Because of the evil report of those ten spies the Israelites became discouraged and rebelled against God.

Answer: What is a rock?

Numbers 20:11
This happened twice. The first time the Lord told Moses to strike the rock and the second time the Lord told Moses to speak to the rock to get the water. At that second time Moses was so mad at the people because they were complaining again that he struck it instead. Because he didn't follow the Lord's instructions Moses was forbidden to enter the promised land.

Answer: Who is Balak?

Numbers 22:2
Balak was a little spooked when he heard that the Israelites had defeated Og and Sihon in battle and wanted a little help from his god to help him defeat them. He hired Balaam who was a prophet of some sort to put a curse on the Israelites. In the end the Lord used Balaam to bless the Israelites instead of cursing them