After the flood, God allowed all food to be eaten except
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(B)
flesh with its blood in it
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'Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples born of you shall be divided......'This was addressed by God to
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(C)
Rebekah
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The wife of Moses was
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(B)
Zipporah
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.......I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments'. This statement was made by God when
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(A)
He gave the ten commandments to Moses
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The three sons of Noah were Shem, Ham and
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(D)
Japheth
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Identify the INCORRECT option. The Israelites were instructed to eat the passover.
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(E)
remnants the following morning
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For rebellion against Moses and God, the Israelites were bitten by the fiery snakes. The cure for the snake bites was
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(E)
a look at the bronze serpent
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Joshua was appointed to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land because
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(C)
Moses rebellion in the wilderness of Zin
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The covenant was renewed on Mount Sinai because
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(D)
Aaron had made the golden calf
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Those inspired by God to lead the tribes of Israel in battle were the
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(A)
Jugdes
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Each of the spies sent out by Moses on God's command to report on the nature of the Promised Land was a
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(E)
leader in his own tribe
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God revealed to Samuel that He was going to punish Eli because he
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(A)
did not correct his son's sinful behaviour
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The sun stood still when
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(D)
Joshua defeated the Ammorites at Gibeon
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'I repent that I made Saul king'. What incident does this refer to?
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(E)
when Saul disobeyed God over an Amalek
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David's first reaction after he had been rebuked by God through the prophet Nathan for his sin against Uriah and with Uriah's wife was to
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(A)
beg for forgiveness
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'If he (Baal) is a god, let him contend for himself because his altar has been pulled down'. Who pulled down the altar?
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(C)
Gideon
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Hannah prayed to God at Shiloh for a son because
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(B)
Peninnah provoked her sorely
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God pronounced utter destruction on the Amalekites because
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(D)
they apposed Israel on their way from Egypt to the Promised Land
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As David was about to die, he charged Solomon to keep God's statutes, commandments,ordinances and testimonies, so that he, solomon might
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(A)
prosper and the Davidic dynasty be preserved for ever
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In the trade treaty between King Solomon and Hiram of Lebanon, Solomon was to supply wheat and oil while Hiram was to supply
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(D)
timber
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To whom was this addressed?'Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke upon us and we will serve you'.
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(D)
Rehoboam
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'I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts, for the people of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I even I only, am left, and they seek my life to take it away'. This was said by
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(E)
Elijah at a cave in Mount Horeb
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'Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings. Trust not in lying words saying; "The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord", This message was given by
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(C)
Jeremiah
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Which prophet gave this cry? 'Woe is me! for I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips'.
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(C)
Isaiah
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The prophet who proclaimed a new covenant of God with Israel and Judah was
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(B)
Jeremiah
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The synoptic gospels refer to the
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(C)
first three books of the New Testament
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And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children'. The person whose future work was being described here was
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(B)
John the Baptist
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He said therefore to the multitudes...'You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?. Who was the speaker?
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(A)
John the son of Zachariah
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You shall not tempt the Lord your God' was said by Jesus to
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(D)
the devil in the wilderness
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The people of Nazareth found it difficult to believe what Jesus preached to them because they
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(C)
knew him from childhood
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In the parable of the sower, the seeds on the good ground are meant to represent those who
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(A)
accept and live by God's word
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Who is being referred to here? 'But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no the country; and people came to him from every quarter'.
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(A)
The Gerasene demoniac
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'An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah.' According to St. Matthew, Jesus said this to the
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(E)
Pharisees and the Sadducees
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And Jesus said to them, 'Follow me and I will make you fishers of men'. This was addressed to
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(E)
Simon Peter and Andrew
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Hosanna means
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(E)
save now
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One of the reasons why Jesus denounced the Scribes and Pharisees was that they
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(B)
did not practise what they preached
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Simon the Canaanean was
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(B)
one of the twelve
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The reason why Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Salome went to where Jesus was buried on the third day after the burial was to
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(B)
anoint the body of Jesus
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To some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised other, Jesus told the parable of the
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(B)
pharisee and the tax-collectors
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The main reason why Peter and John were arrested by the officers of the Temple after they had cured the lame man at the gate called Beautiful was that they
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(B)
proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection
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Who is being referred to here? Let his habitation become desolate, and let there be no one to live in it' and 'His office let another take
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(A)
Judas Iscariot
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The conversion of Paul was made possible by
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(D)
the risen Jesus
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Which of the following was NOT one of the decisions of the Jerusalem Council communicated to Gentile Christians?
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(B)
Compliance with circumcision rites
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The proconsul when Paul arrived in Corinth was called
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(C)
Gallio
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Identify the speaker, 'Now,I know that the Lord has sent his angel to deliver me out of the hand of Herod and from everything that the Jewish people expected to happen to me'.
