Beginner Bible Quiz: Miracles of the Old Testament (10 Questions and Answers)

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Ten simple questions on the parted sea, Jericho, fire on Carmel, the furnace, the lions and Jonah.

1. Who stretches out his hand over the sea so it opens for Israel?
   Answer: Moses
   Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove it back with an east wind (Exodus 14:21).
2. What does Moses do to bring water out of the rock at Horeb?
   Answer: He strikes the rock
   The Lord told Moses to strike the rock, and water came out for the people to drink (Exodus 17:6).
3. How many times does Israel circle Jericho on the seventh day?
   Answer: Seven times
   On the seventh day they circled the city seven times, and then the wall fell down (Joshua 6:15, 20).
4. What never runs out in the widow of Zarephath's house?
   Answer: The flour and the oil
   The jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry (1 Kings 17:14-16).
5. What falls on Elijah's altar on Mount Carmel?
   Answer: The fire of the Lord
   The fire of the Lord fell and burned up the offering, the wood, the stones and the soil (1 Kings 18:38).
6. How many times does Naaman dip himself in the Jordan?
   Answer: Seven times
   As Elisha said, he dipped himself seven times in the Jordan and his skin became clean (2 Kings 5:10, 14).
7. How many men does the king see walking in the blazing furnace?
   Answer: Four
   Nebuchadnezzar sees four men, unbound and unharmed, walking in the fire (Daniel 3:25).
8. Who shuts the mouths of the lions to protect Daniel?
   Answer: An angel sent by God
   Daniel said, My God sent his angel and shut the mouths of the lions (Daniel 6:22).
9. To which city does God send Jonah?
   Answer: Nineveh
   God told Jonah to go to Nineveh, but he fled toward Tarshish (Jonah 1:2-3).
10. How long does Jonah stay inside the great fish?
    Answer: Three days and three nights
    Jonah spent three days and three nights in the fish, which then spat him out onto dry land (Jonah 1:17; 2:10).