தமிழ் ஆன்மீகப் பணியகம், யேர்மனி

Monthly Bible Quiz Competitions
Quiz Number - 94
Bible Section : Joshua 18,19,20
Closing Date : 2021-10-31

(Some questions have more than one correct answer, all correct answers must be selected)

1. Where did the whole congregation of the Israelites assemble?

2. How many tribes had not been apportioned?

3. What did Joshua said to Israelites?

	How long will you be slack about going in and taking possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you?
	Provide three men from each tribe, and I will send them out that they may begin to go throughout the land, writing a description of it with a view to their inheritances. Then come back to me
	They shall divide it into seven portions, Judah continuing in its territory on the south, and the house of Joseph in their territory on the north
	You shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God
	The Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their heritage; and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them

4. What were the territories allotted to the tribe of Benjamin?

	On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan; then the boundary goes up to the slope of Jericho on the north, then up through the hill country westward; and it ends at the wilderness of Beth-aven
	From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the slope of Luz (that is, Bethel), then the boundary goes down to Ataroth-addar, on the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-horon
	Then the boundary goes in another direction, turning on the western side southward from the mountain that lies to the south, opposite Beth-horon
	And it ends at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a town belonging to the tribe of Judah. This forms the western side
	The southern side begins at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim; and the boundary goes from there to Ephron, to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah

5. What were the twelve towns allotted to the tribe of Benjamin?

	Jericho, Beth-hoglah
	Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah
	Zemaraim, Bethel
	Avvim, Parah, Ophrah
	Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba

6. What were the territories allotted to the tribe of Simeon?

	It had for its inheritance Beer-sheba, Sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem, Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah, Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen—thirteen towns with their villages
	Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four towns with their villages
	Together with all the villages all around these towns as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negeb
	This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon according to its families
	The inheritance of the tribe of Simeon formed part of the territory of Judah; because the portion of the tribe of Judah was too large for them, the tribe of Simeon obtained an inheritance within their inheritance

7. What were the territories allotted to the tribe of Zebulun?

	The boundary of its inheritance reached as far as Sarid
	Then its boundary goes up westward, and on to Maralah, and touches Dabbesheth, then the wadi that is east of Jokneam
	From Sarid it goes in the other direction eastward toward the sunrise to the boundary of Chisloth-tabor; from there it goes to Daberath, then up to Japhia
	From there it passes along on the east toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin, and going on to Rimmon it bends toward Neah;
	Then on the north the boundary makes a turn to Hannathon, and it ends at the valley of Iphtah-el

8. What were the towns allotted to the tribe of Issachar?

9. What were the territories allotted to the tribe of Asher?

	Its boundary included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph, Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal; on the west it touches Carmel and Shihor-libnath
	Then it turns eastward, goes to Beth-dagon, and touches Zebulun and the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel
	Then it continues in the north to Cabul, Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, as far as Great Sidon
	Then the boundary turns to Ramah, reaching to the fortified city of Tyre;
	Then the boundary turns to Hosah, and it ends at the sea; Mahalab, Achzib, Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob—twenty-two towns with their villages

10. What were the territories allotted to the tribe of Naphtali?

	Its boundary ran from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum; and it ended at the Jordan
	Then the boundary turns westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goes from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun at the south, and Asher on the west, and Judah on the east at the Jordan
	The fortified towns are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth
	Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor, Iron
	Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh—nineteen towns with their villages

11. What were the territories allotted to the tribe of Dan?

	Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh
	Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah
	Elon, Timnah, Ekron
	Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath
	Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon, Me-jarkon and Rakkon

12. Fill in the blanks:

“They took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, -----------, after their ancestor Dan.”

13. What had the LORD spoke to Joshua?

	Say to the Israelites, ‘Appoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses, 3 so that anyone who kills a person without intent or by mistake may flee there
	They shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood
	The slayer shall flee to one of these cities and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and explain the case to the elders of that city
	Then the fugitive shall be taken into the city, and given a place, and shall remain with them
	And if the avenger of blood is in pursuit, they shall not give up the slayer, because the neighbor was killed by mistake, there having been no enmity between them before

14. Mention the cities of Rufuge?

	Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba in the hill country of Judah
	And beyond the Jordan east of Jericho
	They appointed Bezer in the wilderness on the tableland
	From the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead
	From the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh

15. “Appoint the cities of refuge” - Who said this?