Pentateuch Chapter 27

The command to love God in Deuteronomy 6:4–9 serves as a basis for any true ___________ of the rules and regulations of the torah collection of Deuteronomy 12–26.

obedience

While “the command” provides an exposition of the first word, in a broad sense what are the rules and regulations of the torah collection designed to provide?

a) a list of various ways to apply the first word

b) an exposition of the other words

c) an evaluation of the forty years spent in the wilderness

d) a test to demonstrate the reader’s comprehension of the first word

How does the instruction for a central place of worship relate to monotheism?

a) because Yahweh is one, his people were to be one

b) because Yahweh is one, the place of worship had to be portable

c) because Yahweh is one, the people could worship in any manner

they saw fit

d) because Yahweh is one, his shining glory could only be seen at one place at a time

Jeroboam set up worship centers at which two cities?

a) Dan and Bethel

b) Dan and Beersheba

c) Bethlehem and Hebron

d) Hebron and Jerusalem

In what ways does the Torah support the view that God intended Israel to have a human king of God’s choosing?

a) Moses’s appointment of judges anticipated the need for monarchy

b) the crown worn by the high priest gave implicit approval of monarchy

c) Torah gives no support of a human king over Israel since only God is to be their king

d) the blessing of Judah and Balaam’s oracles looked for a coming king

The downfall of what Israelite king is told in such a way that it echoes the instructions concerning kings found in Deuteronomy?

a) Rehoboam

b) Solomon

c) Jeroboam

d) Uzziah

What reason does Moses give in Deuteronomy for the command to destroy the Canaanites?

a) Israel’s God racially discriminated against Canaanites

b) to offer an example to other nations that did not obey

c) Canaanites were incapable of conversion

d) to prevent Israel from rebelling against God’s word

The prohibition to exclude the Moabites from the assembly of Yahweh is based on (choose one) the racial inferiority of the Moabites or the Moabites’ refusal of hospitality to Israel’s needs in the wilderness.

the Moabites’ refusal of hospitality to Israel’s needs in the wilderness

What is the significance of the “third generation” concerning assimilation into the assembly of Yahweh in Deuteronomy 23?

a) Israelites were to permit gentiles to enter when they turn three years old

b) the third generation was traditionally devoted to Yahweh for service in the temple

c) one’s devotion to God’s ways was demonstrated in the faith of one’s grandchildren

d) to be willing to sacrifice the second generation

When interpreting laws in Torah the best commentary on the Bible is the_______.

Bible

Understanding the laws requires an attitude akin to the psalmist that instructions are like treasures that need to be discovered and__________.

cherished