Book of Leviticus Quiz: The Holiness Code and Feasts

1. What is the command in Leviticus 19:18 that Jesus later called the second greatest commandment?

1. 'Act justly in your dealings — use honest scales and accurate weights'
2. 'Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people'
3. 'Love your neighbour as yourself'
4. 'You shall fear the LORD your God and serve him only'

2. Leviticus 19 contains many practical laws of the holiness code. Which of these is one of them?

1. 'When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings — leave them for the poor and the foreigner'
2. Do not marry a woman from among the Canaanite nations
3. Do not plant two different kinds of tree in your vineyard
4. Sacrifice your firstborn animal within eight days of its birth

3. Leviticus 19:32 commands respect for the elderly. What does it say?

1. 'Do not mock those who are old — the wisdom of years is a gift from God to be honoured'
2. 'Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD'
3. 'The elders of Israel shall sit in the gate of the city — no one shall speak before them without permission'
4. 'You shall support the elderly financially — do not allow any aged person to beg or go without'

4. How were Israelites commanded to treat foreigners living among them, according to Leviticus 19:33-34?

1. 'The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt'
2. Foreigners were to be given hospitality for three days — after that they must move on or seek permanent settlement elsewhere
3. Foreigners were to be kept separate from the Israelite community and could not own land or enter the tabernacle courts
4. Foreigners were welcome to live among Israel but must observe all the laws of Israel exactly as the native-born

5. What were the seven feasts/appointed times of the LORD listed in Leviticus 23?

1. Creation Day, Passover, First Fruits, Pentecost, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Hanukkah
2. New Year, Passover, Liberation, Covenant, Harvest, Atonement, Ingathering
3. Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, Pentecost (Shavuot), Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah), Day of Atonement, Tabernacles (Sukkot)
4. Sabbath, New Moon, Passover, Dedication, Trumpets, Fasting, Harvest

6. What was the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) meant to commemorate?

1. The building of the tabernacle — commemorating the first time God dwelt in the midst of his people
2. The crossing of the Jordan River — celebrated when Israel entered the Promised Land under Joshua
3. The forty years of wilderness wandering — Israelites lived in booths for seven days to remember their ancestors' temporary shelters
4. The giving of the law at Sinai — when Israel dwelt at the foot of the mountain for forty days

7. What was the Sabbath year (the seventh year), and what happened to debts and the land?

1. Every seventh year a special census was taken and the tabernacle furniture was inspected and reconsecrated
2. Every seventh year all debts were forgiven and all slaves were freed — the land was worked double in the sixth year to prepare
3. Every seventh year Israel was not required to pay tribute to foreign kings — a year of political and economic freedom
4. Every seventh year the land was to rest from cultivation — no planting or harvesting; whatever grew of itself was for the poor and wild animals

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

1. Every fiftieth year — after seven Sabbath years; land reverted to original family owners, Hebrew slaves were freed, and it began with the blowing of the ram's horn on the Day of Atonement
2. Every hundredth year — a once-in-a-lifetime event when the high priest declared universal freedom throughout the land
3. Every seventh Sabbath year — after the seventh Sabbath year cycle, making it the forty-ninth year
4. Every twenty-five years — land returned to original families, slaves were freed, all debts cancelled

9. What theological principle underlay the Jubilee land laws — why could land not be sold permanently in Israel?

1. 'The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers'
2. Economic equality required that no family accumulate too much land or fall into permanent poverty
3. Land is the inheritance of the tribe — permanent sales would violate the tribal allocation set by Moses and Joshua
4. Land is worth less over time due to agricultural depletion — a fifty-year reset ensured economic balance

10. What did the blessings section of Leviticus 26 promise for obedience?

1. 'I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people' — rain in season, abundant harvests, peace, victory over enemies
2. Long life and many descendants — Israel would become as numerous as the stars of the sky
3. The priesthood would never lose its glory — the tabernacle fire would burn without human maintenance
4. Wealth and military dominance — Israel would become the greatest nation among the Gentiles

11. What was the most severe curse threatened in Leviticus 26 for persistent rebellion?

1. Death by plague — God would send an incurable disease that would wipe out an entire generation
2. Exile from the land among the nations, where their surviving enemies would rule over them and the land would enjoy its sabbath rests
3. Permanent slavery in Egypt — God would reverse the Exodus and they would return to bondage
4. The withdrawal of God's presence — the tabernacle fire would go out and the cloud would depart forever

12. Despite the curses, what hope does God offer at the end of Leviticus 26?

1. God promises to raise up a prophet like Moses who will lead the people back to the land
2. God will never completely destroy Israel because of his promise to David — a remnant will always survive
3. If they confess their sin and humble their hearts in exile, God will remember his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and restore them
4. The exile will last seventy years then end automatically — God has set a fixed time for restoration

13. What does Leviticus 18 address in its prohibitions, and what reason does God give for these laws?

1. Forbidden foods — the reason is that eating unclean animals was the practice of the nations around Israel
2. Idol worship — the reason is that idols are powerless and giving them worship defiles the land
3. Mixing of different kinds — wool and linen, different seeds, different animals — to preserve the created order
4. Unlawful sexual relationships including incest, adultery and other prohibited unions — 'do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations I am going to drive out before you became defiled'

14. What law in Leviticus 19:35-36 governs commerce and trade?

1. 'Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity. Use honest scales and honest weights'
2. Do not charge interest to a fellow Israelite — lend freely without expecting repayment
3. Do not sell food that has gone bad — all goods sold must be fresh and fit for consumption
4. First fruits of any produce belong to the LORD — do not sell them before presenting them at the tabernacle

15. What does the 'kinsman-redeemer' (go'el) concept in Leviticus 25 mean, and in what context is it introduced?

1. The go'el was a close relative who had the right and responsibility to buy back a fellow Israelite who had sold himself into slavery due to poverty
2. The go'el was a warrior who would avenge the death of a family member — introduced in the context of justice for murder
3. The go'el was the eldest son of a family who inherited the right to redeem any property sold by younger brothers
4. The go'el was the high priest acting as the nation's representative before God — he redeemed Israel's sins through sacrifice

16. What prohibition in Leviticus 19:26-28 covered several pagan practices?

1. 'Do not eat meat with the blood still in it. Do not practise divination or seek omens. Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves'
2. Do not consult fortune tellers, mediums or spiritists — these practices belong to the nations not to Israel
3. Do not participate in any religious practice not commanded by God — all pagan festivals are forbidden
4. Do not plant groves of trees as places of worship — this was the Canaanite practice that Israel must avoid

17. What was the punishment prescribed in Leviticus 24 for the man who blasphemed the Name during a fight in the camp?

1. He was barred from the tabernacle for one year and required to offer a costly guilt offering
2. He was exiled from the camp for seven days, then readmitted after confessing before the priests
3. He was handed over to a foreign nation as a slave — the most severe non-capital punishment available
4. The whole assembly was to stone him — the blasphemer, whether foreigner or native-born, was to be put to death

18. What is the principle stated in Leviticus 24:17-22 that governs penalties for injury?

1. 'Anyone who takes a human life is to be put to death. Anyone who takes the life of an animal must make restitution... fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth'
2. Compensation is always financial — no physical punishment is ever permitted except for murder
3. Mercy always overrides strict justice — the injured party must forgive unless the harm was permanent and deliberate
4. The punishment must be proportional to the offender's wealth — the poor are not punished the same as the rich

19. Leviticus 25 commands care for the poor. What does it say about lending to a fellow Israelite in need?

1. 'If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them... Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God'
2. Give freely to the poor — loans create obligation and are therefore forbidden between Israelites
3. Lend up to half the value of their land as security — no more, lest they cannot repay and fall into slavery
4. The poor may borrow from the community fund kept by the priests — individuals are not obligated to lend privately

20. What is the overall theme that Leviticus is known for, and how does it connect to the New Testament?

1. Community care — Leviticus is primarily about social justice and economic equality in Israel
2. Holiness and atonement — the sacrifices point forward to Christ's once-for-all sacrifice, the priesthood points to his high priesthood, and the holiness code to sanctification by the Spirit
3. Law and punishment — Leviticus is primarily a legal code showing humanity's inability to keep God's standards
4. Temple worship — Leviticus explains the sacrificial system that the temple was later built to house permanently