Ten Commandments & the Law Quiz

Question 1

On which mountain did God give Moses the Ten Commandments?

Accepted Answer

Mount Sinai

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Mount Zion

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Mount Hermon

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Mount Carmel

Question 2

What is the first commandment?

Accepted Answer

You shall have no other gods before Me

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You shall not make idols

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You shall not murder

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Remember the Sabbath day

Question 3

What is the fourth commandment?

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Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy

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You shall not steal

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You shall not commit adultery

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Honour your father and mother

Question 4

What happened to the first set of stone tablets that Moses received?

Accepted Answer

He broke them in anger at Israel's idolatry

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He hid them in the ark

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They were stolen by enemies

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God took them back

Question 5

What is the fifth commandment?

Accepted Answer

Honour your father and mother

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You shall not murder

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You shall not steal

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You shall not covet

Question 6

What is the sixth commandment?

Accepted Answer

You shall not murder

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You shall not steal

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You shall not lie

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You shall not covet

Question 7

What object housed the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments?

Accepted Answer

The Ark of the Covenant

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The Temple altar

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The Tabernacle curtain

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A golden box kept by the high priest

Question 8

On how many stone tablets were the commandments written?

Accepted Answer

Two

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One

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Three

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Ten (one per commandment)

Question 9

Which commandment forbids lying in court?

Accepted Answer

You shall not give false testimony

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You shall not steal

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You shall not murder

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You shall have no other gods

Question 10

What is the tenth commandment about?

Accepted Answer

Not coveting

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Keeping the Sabbath

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Honouring parents

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Not committing adultery

Question 11

Jesus summarised all the commandments into how many great commandments?

Accepted Answer

Two

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One

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Three

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Ten

Question 12

What is the Year of Jubilee in Mosaic Law?

Accepted Answer

Every 50th year when debts were cancelled and slaves freed

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A year of great feasting every 10 years

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A year of fasting every 7 years

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The first year of a new king's reign

Question 13

What does Deuteronomy mean?

Accepted Answer

Second Law

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Words of God

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Law of Moses

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Words of Truth

Question 14

What is the 'Shema' and where does it appear in the Bible?

Accepted Answer

The central declaration: 'Hear O Israel, the LORD our God is one', from Deuteronomy 6:4

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A prayer from Psalms

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A law about clean and unclean food

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A commandment about the Sabbath

Question 15

Which Old Testament law required farmers to leave the edges of their fields unharvested for the poor?

Accepted Answer

The gleaning law

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The Sabbath law

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The Jubilee law

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The tithe law

Question 16

What was the purpose of the 'cities of refuge' in the Mosaic Law?

Accepted Answer

Places where accidental killers could flee from a family avenger

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Hiding places for soldiers during war

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Cities set apart for Levites only

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Places of worship outside Jerusalem

Question 17

What did the second commandment prohibit?

Accepted Answer

Making and worshipping idols

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Murder

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Using God's name in vain

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Working on the Sabbath

Question 18

What does the third commandment prohibit?

Accepted Answer

Taking the LORD's name in vain

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Idolatry

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Murder

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Stealing

Question 19

The Mosaic Law distinguished between clean and unclean animals. Which animal was unclean?

Accepted Answer

Pig

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Cattle

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Sheep

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Goat

Question 20

Paul wrote that the Law was our 'guardian' until Christ. What Greek word did he use?

Accepted Answer

Paidagogos

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Nomos

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Kyrios

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Diakonos