Bible Questions
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    RANDOM QUESTIONS OVER THE BIBLE
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    1. In building the tower of Babel, what was used for stone and what was used for mortar?
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    2. What kin were the wives of Abraham and his brother Nahor to their husbands?
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    3. As a matter of interest, and information, what are the meanings (and root meanings) of the words "north," "south," "east," and "west" in the language of the O.T. (as in Genesis 13:14)?
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    4. Although Abraham had no permanent place of his own in Canaan at the time, what location seems to have been his adopted or favorite dwelling place there?
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    5. When Joseph was second in command to Pharaoh, what is mentioned as being an abomination to the Egyptians?
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    6. What was the sin of Achan that cost him his life?
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    7. What king of Judah became a leper because he offered incense unto God?
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    8. What two other names, in addition to authorship attributed to Solomon, are attached to some of the Proverbs?
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    9. What O.T. prophet was lowered into a miry dungeon?
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    10. Which one of the O.T. prophets was set by God to be a "watchman unto the house of Israel"?
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    11. Which one of the gospel writers traces the genealogy of Jesus all the way back to Adam?
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    12. While Christ was upon earth, what are the only two times recorded that he went outside of the land of Israel?
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    13. "Jesus said unto them [the Jews], Verily, verily, I say unto, Before Abraham was, _____ _______ ."
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    14. After his resurrection, how many days did Jesus appear to his disciples at various times before he ascended back to heaven?
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    15. What man, along with some other Christians, in what city was required to post a peace bond because the Jews accused Paul and the other preachers of turning the world upside down?
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    16. What writer of much of the New Testament in all of his writings does not refer to conversion as being born again, using other terminology?
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    17. What misunderstanding did the Thessalonian Christians have in connection with the second coming of Christ as addressed in I Thessalonians and then in II Thessalonians?
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    18. Where was Timothy when the epistle of I Timothy was written to him by Paul?
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    19. To whom was the epistle of James written?
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    20. What are seven beatitude-like statements found in the book of Revelation?
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    Answers to the Above Questions:
      1. Genesis 11:1-9; 2. Genesis 11:29; 20:11,12; 3. "North" = hidden, dark, gloomy (from this direction came winter); "South" = scorched (associated with the sun; in the direction of the Negeb, desert region of Israel); "East" = the front (direction facing the rising sun viewed as being the front); "West" = to roar (direction toward the Mediterranean Sea in Israel); 4. Genesis 13:18; 14:13; 18:1; 5. Genesis 43:32; 46:34; Exodus 8:26; 6. Joshua 7; 7. II Chronicles 26:17-23; 8. Proverbs 1:1; 10:1; 25:1; 30:1; 31:1; 9. Jeremiah 38:6; 10. Ezekiel 3:17; 33:1-19; 11. Luke; 12. Matthew 2:12-15; 15:21; 13. John 8:58; 14. Acts 1:1-3; 15. Acts 17:1-9; 16. The apostle Paul; 17. I Thessalonians 4:13-18; II Thessalonians 2:1-12; 18. I Timothy 1:1-3; 19. James 1:1,2; 2:1,5,14; 5:19; 20. Revelation 1:3; 14:13; 16:15; 19:9; 20:6; 22:7,14.

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