Bible Feasts and Festivals Quiz

Question 1

How many annual feasts did God command Israel to observe in the Mosaic Law?

Accepted Answer

7

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3

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5

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12

Question 2

What event does Passover (Pesach) commemorate?

Accepted Answer

God sparing Israel's firstborn in Egypt and their liberation

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The giving of the Law at Sinai

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The crossing of the Red Sea

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The entry into the Promised Land

Question 3

The Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) is celebrated how many days after Passover?

Accepted Answer

50 days

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40 days

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49 days (7 weeks)

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70 days

Question 4

What is the Hebrew name for the Day of Atonement?

Accepted Answer

Yom Kippur

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Rosh Hashanah

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Sukkot

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Shavuot

Question 5

The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) involved Israel doing what for seven days?

Accepted Answer

Living in temporary shelters to remember the wilderness wandering

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Fasting and mourning their sins

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Offering daily burnt offerings at every gate

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Marching around Jerusalem seven times

Question 6

The New Testament event of Pentecost (Acts 2) occurred during which Jewish festival?

Accepted Answer

Feast of Weeks (Shavuot)

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Passover

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Feast of Tabernacles

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Feast of Trumpets

Question 7

What animal was central to the Passover sacrifice?

Accepted Answer

A year-old male lamb without defect

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A bull without blemish

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A firstborn goat

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Two turtledoves

Question 8

During the Feast of Unleavened Bread, what was strictly forbidden in Israelite homes?

Accepted Answer

Yeast (leaven)

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All grain products

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Wine and strong drink

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All animal products

Question 9

What was the 'scapegoat' ritual on the Day of Atonement?

Accepted Answer

The high priest confessed Israel's sins over a live goat which was then sent into the wilderness

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A goat was sacrificed for the sins of the priests

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A goat was released into the wild to represent God's freedom

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Two goats were sacrificed at the altar simultaneously

Question 10

The Feast of Firstfruits involved bringing an offering from the first portion of the harvest. What does 1 Corinthians 15 say about Jesus in relation to firstfruits?

Accepted Answer

Jesus is the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep (risen from the dead)

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Jesus is the eternal firstfruit of creation

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Jesus fulfilled the feast by healing ten lepers

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Jesus abolished the feast at the Last Supper

Question 11

The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) was marked by the blowing of what instrument?

Accepted Answer

The shofar (ram's horn)

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The harp

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The lyre

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Cymbals

Question 12

The Feast of Purim commemorates which Old Testament event?

Accepted Answer

Esther's saving of the Jewish people from Haman's plot

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The building of the Second Temple

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The return from Babylonian exile

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Israel's victory over the Philistines under Samuel

Question 13

Three times a year all Israelite males were required to appear before God at a central sanctuary. Which three feasts required this pilgrimage?

Accepted Answer

Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles

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Passover, Firstfruits, and Tabernacles

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Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles

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Unleavened Bread, Weeks, and Atonement

Question 14

The Feast of Hanukkah (Festival of Lights) is not in the Old Testament law, but is referenced in the New Testament. Where?

Accepted Answer

John 10:22, the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem

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Luke 2, at Jesus' birth

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Acts 20, when Paul visited Jerusalem

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Matthew 5, in the Sermon on the Mount

Question 15

What was the Year of Jubilee and how often did it occur?

Accepted Answer

A celebration every 50 years with land returned and slaves freed

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A celebration every 7 years where debts were cancelled

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A feast held every 100 years when the Ark was carried around Israel

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A yearly festival at the end of every harvest

Question 16

At the Last Supper, Jesus transformed the meaning of which Jewish festival into a new memorial?

Accepted Answer

Passover

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The Feast of Tabernacles

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The Feast of Weeks

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The Day of Atonement

Question 17

In Zechariah 14, which feast does the prophet say all nations will eventually come to Jerusalem to celebrate?

Accepted Answer

Feast of Tabernacles

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Passover

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Pentecost

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Day of Atonement

Question 18

What agricultural product did the Israelites wave as an offering during the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost)?

Accepted Answer

Two loaves of leavened bread made from the wheat harvest

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Barley sheaves

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Unleavened cakes

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A basket of first fruits from seven species

Question 19

Which New Testament writer explicitly calls Christ 'our Passover lamb'?

Accepted Answer

Paul

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John

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Peter

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The author of Hebrews

Question 20

The Sabbath is listed first among God's appointed times in Leviticus 23. How often did Israel observe it?

Accepted Answer

Weekly, on the seventh day

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Once a month at the new moon

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Once a year as a great assembly

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On every new moon and the seventh month