14 Ten Commandments Quiz Questions and Answers

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Easy questions

1. Question 1Easy

   The biblical 'Sabbath' was a day of rest observed every seventh day, beginning strictly on Sunday morning.

   • ATrue
   • BFalse
   Answer: FalseExodus 20:8

   Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

2. Question 2Easy

   Moses ate and drank while he was on the mountain for 40 days.

   • ATrue
   • BFalse
   Answer: FalseExodus 34:28

   And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

3. Question 3Easy

   Observe the Sabbath day by...

   • ASleeping
   • BWorking hard
   • CFeasting
   • DKeeping it holy
   Answer: D. Keeping it holyDeuteronomy 5:12

   Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.

4. Question 4Easy

   After leaving Egypt, to which mountain did the Israelites arrive in the third month?

   • AZion
   • BSinai
   • COlives
   • DCarmel
   Answer: B. SinaiExodus 19:1

   In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

Medium questions

1. Question 5Medium

   Which tribe rallied to Moses when he asked, 'Who is on the Lord's side?'

   • ADan
   • BLevi
   • CJudah
   • DEphraim
   Answer: B. LeviExodus 32:26

   Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

2. Question 6Medium

   What did Moses ask God to do if He would not forgive the Israelites for worshipping the golden calf?

   • ABlot me out of your book
   • BSend me back to Egypt
   • CMake me a priest
   • DKill me instantly
   Answer: A. Blot me out of your bookExodus 32:32

   Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

3. Question 7Medium

   By what other name is Mount Sinai often called, especially in the book of Deuteronomy?

   • AMount Carmel
   • BMount Horeb
   • CMount Zion
   • DMount Nebo
   Answer: B. Mount HorebDeuteronomy 5:2

   The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

4. Question 8Medium

   Who interceded for Israel when God wanted to destroy them?

   • AMoses
   • BAaron
   • CJoshua
   • DMiriam
   Answer: A. MosesExodus 32:11

   And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

5. Question 9Medium

   Who cut the second set of stone tablets?

   • AAaron
   • BGod
   • CJoshua
   • DMoses
   Answer: D. MosesExodus 34:1

   And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

6. Question 10Medium

   According to the Ten Commandments, honor your father and mother so that...

   • AYou may defeat your enemies
   • BYou may live long and that it may go well with you
   • CYou may have many children
   • DYou may be rich
   Answer: B. You may live long and that it may go well with youDeuteronomy 5:16

   Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

7. Question 11Medium

   God promised Israel they would be a kingdom of what?

   • AWarriors
   • BPriests
   • CProphets
   • DKings
   Answer: B. PriestsExodus 19:6

   And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

8. Question 12Medium

   On what mountain did God descend in fire and smoke to give the Law to Moses?

   • AMount Zion
   • BMount Carmel
   • CMount Sinai
   • DMount Ararat
   Answer: C. Mount SinaiExodus 19:16-20

   And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon …

Hard questions

1. Question 13Hard

   What was different about Moses' face when he came down from Sinai the second time?

   • AIt was pale
   • BIt was covered in sores
   • CIt was aged
   • DIt shone (was radiant)
   Answer: D. It shone (was radiant)Exodus 34:29

   And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

2. Question 14Hard

   According to the Law in Exodus, what was forbidden to be offered along with yeast?

   • AThe blood of the sacrifice
   • BThe thank offering
   • CThe peace offering
   • DThe loaves of the firstfruits
   Answer: A. The blood of the sacrificeExodus 34:25

   Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.