Bible Questions
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    RANDOM QUESTIONS OVER THE BIBLE
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    1. The sons or children of Heth were also called what? 
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    2. Which one of the Hebrew patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob) is the only one mentioned as farming beyond being a shepherd? 
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    3. What land was inhabited by Esau and his descendants? 
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    4. Who were the inhabitants of this land before Esau and his descendants?
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    5. In particular, why were the Israelites condemned to wander forty years in the wilderness before they could enter the Promised Land? 
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    6. In what two places in the Old Testament are the Ten Commandments listed? 
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    7. Where was Joseph buried many years after his death when the children of Israel went into the Promised Land? 
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    8. When Samuel died, where was he buried? 
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    9. The "land of Shinar" is another designation for what country or region? 
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    10. Why was Daniel cast into the den of lions? 
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    11. Which O. T. prophet spoke of Israel as a "backsliding heifer"? 
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    12. What hostile army is pictured as invading Israel in the book of the prophet Joel? 
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    13. What three pairs of Jesus’ disciples had the same name? 
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    14. Where are the only two times the word "church" is found in the four gospel accounts? 
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    15. What prominent Old Testament figures appeared with the Lord Jesus when he was transfigured? 
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    16. What good friends of Jesus lived in Bethany just outside of Jerusalem? 
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    17. Where were the followers of Christ first called Christians? 
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    18. What is the meaning of the word "mystery" as used in the New Testament? 
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    19. What man in the New Testament was called "the beloved physician"? 
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    20. What whole epistle in the New Testament has suffering as its underlying theme?
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     Answers to the Above Questions:
     1. Genesis 23:3-10; 26:34 (27:46); 2. Genesis 26:12; 3. Genesis 32:3 (36:6-9); 4. Genesis 14:6 (36:21); 5. Numbers 14:33,34; 6. Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5; 7. Genesis 50:25,26; Joshua 24:32; 8. I Samuel 25:1; 9. Daniel 1:2 (II Chronicles 36:5-7); 10. Daniel 6:4-17; 11. Hosea 4:16; 12. Joel 1:1-7; 2:25; 13. Simon, James, and Judas (Jude) (Luke 6:13-16); 14. Matthew 16:18; 18:17; 15. Matthew 17:1-5; 16. John 11:1-36 (Luke 10:38-42); 17. Acts 11:26; 18. "Mystery," translated from the Greek word, musterion, means secret or hidden (with revelation being the opposite in its meaning). It does not mean something beyond our understanding, as the English word implies, but something not revealed, hidden (Romans 16:25,26); 19. Colossians 4:14; 20. I Peter.

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