Bible Quiz, Expert Level: the book of Numbers (10 Questions and Answers)

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Ten sharp questions on the censuses, rebellions, and laws of the book of Numbers.

1. How many men did the tribe of Judah count at the first census at Sinai (Numbers 1:27)?
   Answer: Seventy-four thousand six hundred
   The men of the tribe of Judah who were numbered were seventy-four thousand six hundred (Numbers 1:27).
2. How many male Levites, from a month old and upward, did Moses and Aaron number (Numbers 3:39)?
   Answer: Twenty-two thousand
   All the male Levites, from a month old and upward, numbered twenty-two thousand (Numbers 3:39).
3. How many homers of quail did the person who gathered the least collect (Numbers 11:32)?
   Answer: Ten homers
   The one who gathered the least had ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp (Numbers 11:32).
4. What was Joshua's name before Moses changed it (Numbers 13:16)?
   Answer: Hoshea
   Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name Joshua (Numbers 13:16).
5. How many people died in the plague that followed the grumbling after Korah's rebellion (Numbers 16:49)?
   Answer: Fourteen thousand seven hundred
   Fourteen thousand seven hundred died of the plague, besides those who died on account of Korah (Numbers 16:49).
6. How many times did Moses strike the rock with his staff at the waters of Meribah (Numbers 20:11)?
   Answer: Twice
   Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, and water came out abundantly (Numbers 20:11).
7. In which city did Balaam son of Beor live when Balak called for him (Numbers 22:5)?
   Answer: Pethor
   Balak sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor, at Pethor, which is near the River (Numbers 22:5).
8. To which tribe did Zimri belong, who was killed with the Midianite woman Cozbi by Phinehas (Numbers 25:14)?
   Answer: Simeon
   Zimri son of Salu was the head of a father's house of the Simeonites (Numbers 25:14).
9. How many daughters did Zelophehad have, who asked for a possession among their kinsmen (Numbers 27:1-4)?
   Answer: Five
   Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah, the daughters of Zelophehad, came before Moses (Numbers 27:1-2).
10. How many cities in all were the Israelites to give to the Levites (Numbers 35:7)?
    Answer: Forty-eight
    Six cities of refuge and forty-two others: forty-eight cities in all, with their pasturelands (Numbers 35:6-7).