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Old Testament Transactions Trivia Quiz

There are a number of transactions and trades recorded in the Bible. Can you remember what people would routinely buy and sell?

A multiple-choice quiz by Arpeggionist. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Arpeggionist

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
172,452

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1008

Last 3 plays: Guest 98 (5/10), Guest 75 (6/10), Guest 162 (4/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. The shekel, currently the monetary unit of Israel, was really a unit of weight in biblical times.

True

False

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Question 2 of 10

2. What would be the price of a good burial plot in Kiryat Arba (Hebron)? Hint

400 shekels

20 gerah

100 shekels

100 k'sitah

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Question 3 of 10

3. All transactions in Scripture mention an amount of money.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. What price was Esau willing to give for a bowl of "some of that red stuff"? Hint

His right arm

His birthright

One hundred shekels of solid silver

Twenty shekels

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Question 5 of 10

5. There is only one transaction in the Bible involving the k'sitah as a monetary unit. One hundred k'sitah were the price. Who bought what for that price? Hint

Eleazar the High Priest paid for some new garments

Joseph bought a burial plot in Sh'chem

Jacob bought his family some land to settle around in Sh'chem.

Joshua bought a burial plot in the mountains of Ephraim.

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Question 6 of 10

6. There are laws in the book of Deuteronomy regarding "Yibbum". What is this ritual? Hint

The marriage of a woman to her late husbands brother or closest relative, should she not have children.

The buying of a plot of a dead person's land for slaves

The marriage of a man to his late wife's sister or closest relative, should they not have any children.

There is no such ritual ever mentioned in the Bible.

7. The second oldest profession in the world was the spy. And there was in the Bible at least one mention of a price paid for information about a particular enemy. The price for the information was 1,100 silver shekels. What was the information sold? Hint

Yoav (Joab) gave away the positions of the Israelite forces to the Amonites

Hezekiah gave away the secrets of the Temple in Jerusalem to the Babylonians

Rahab told the two spies how to topple the walls of Jericho

Delilah sold the secrets of Samson's strength

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Question 8 of 10

8. How much is a slave worth according to the laws in Exodus? Hint

30 silver shekels

2 zuzim

20 silver shekels

5 silver shekels

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Question 9 of 10

9. How much is a free 20-60-year-old man worth, according to the final chapters of Leviticus? Hint

50 shekels

100 k'sitah

30 shekels

20 gerah

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Question 10 of 10

10. One 17-year-old boy was sold into slavery by his brothers. He lived to tell them that he did not hold a grudge. But how much did they sell him for? Hint

30 silver shekels

5 silver shekels

2 zuzim

20 silver shekels

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The shekel, currently the monetary unit of Israel, was really a unit of weight in biblical times.

Answer: True

In ancient times, the shekel was really more a unit of weight (the word litterally means "weight"). An example of how the shekel was used for something other than money can be found in the book of Samuel, where King David's son Absalom has his annual haircut and his hair weighs 200 shekels. Normally what was weighed in shekels was silver, to be delivered as an amount of money.

2. What would be the price of a good burial plot in Kiryat Arba (Hebron)?

Answer: 400 shekels

Abraham paid 400 shekels for the cave of Machpelah, which had previously belonged to Ephron the Hittite.

3. All transactions in Scripture mention an amount of money.

Answer: False

In fact, quite a few famous trades did not involve a single piece of silver, gold or salt.

4. What price was Esau willing to give for a bowl of "some of that red stuff"?

Answer: His birthright

In fact, Esau got more than he bargained for. What his brother gave him that day was some of the "red stuff" - lentil stew - and some bread.

5. There is only one transaction in the Bible involving the k'sitah as a monetary unit. One hundred k'sitah were the price. Who bought what for that price?

Answer: Jacob bought his family some land to settle around in Sh'chem.

The land that Jacob brought was used as Joseph's tomb. See the last chapter of Joshua for details.

6. There are laws in the book of Deuteronomy regarding "Yibbum". What is this ritual?

Answer: The marriage of a woman to her late husbands brother or closest relative, should she not have children.

Refusal to go through the Yibbum process would bring shame to the families involved. The ritual is no longer practiced in modern day Israel.

Answer: Delilah sold the secrets of Samson's strength

Delilah worked very hard to get the information. As for the other three, well, Yoav never gave away any secrets to the Amonites. Rahab did not want any money from the spies, but asked rather that they spare her life and her family. And Hezekiah gave a Babylonian minister a free grand tour of the Temple.

8. How much is a slave worth according to the laws in Exodus?

Answer: 30 silver shekels

If a bull kills a slave, the bull's owner must give 30 shekels to the slave's employer, and the bull is to be stoned.

9. How much is a free 20-60-year-old man worth, according to the final chapters of Leviticus?

Answer: 50 shekels

Once he reaches his 60th birthday, though, he is worth 20 shekels. But who are we mortal humans to put a price on human life?

10. One 17-year-old boy was sold into slavery by his brothers. He lived to tell them that he did not hold a grudge. But how much did they sell him for?

Answer: 20 silver shekels

One song from the Passover Seder describes a goat bought for the price of 2 zuzim. This was suggested (in legend) to be an allusion to the story of Joseph, who was sold for 20 shekels, hence that option as a wrong answer. Incidentally, Leviticus mentions the worth of a man between 5 and 20 years old being 20 shekels.

Source: Author Arpeggionist

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