Old Testament Transactions

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1. The shekel, currently the monetary unit of Israel, was really a unit of weight in biblical times. True False

2. What would be the price of a good burial plot in Kiryat Arba (Hebron)? 100 k'sitah 100 shekels 400 shekels 20 gerah

3. All transactions in Scripture mention an amount of money. True False

4. What price was Esau willing to give for a bowl of "some of that red stuff"? His birthright One hundred shekels of solid silver His right arm Twenty shekels

5. There is only one transaction in the Bible involving the k'sitah as a monetary unit. One hundred k'sitah were the price. Who bought what for that price? Joseph bought a burrial plot in Sh'chem Jacob bought his family some land to settle around in Sh'chem. Joshua bought a burrial plot in the mountains of Ephraim. Eleazar the High Priest paid for some new garments

6. There are laws in the book of Deuteronomy regarding "Yibbum". What is this ritual? There is no such ritual ever mentioned in the Bible. The marriage of a man to his late wife's sister or closest relative, should they not have any children. The marriage of a woman to her late husbands brother or closest relative, should she not have children. The buying of a plot of a dead person's land for slaves

7. The second oldest profession in the world was the spy. And there was in the Bible at least one mention of a price paid for information about a particular enemy. The price for the information was 1,100 silver shekels. What was the information sold? Yoav (Joab) gave away the positions of the Israelite forces to the Amonites Hezekiah gave away the secrets of the Temple in Jerusalem to the Babylonians Rahab told the two spies how to topple the walls of Jericho Delilah sold the secrets of Samson's strength

8. How much is a slave worth according to the laws in Exodus? 5 silver shekels 20 silver shekels 30 silver shekels 2 zuzim

9. How much is a free 20-60-year-old man worth, according to the final chapters of Leviticus? 30 shekels 20 gerah 100 k'sitah 50 shekels

10. One 17-year-old boy was sold into slavery by his brothers. He lived to tell them that he did not hold a grudge. But how much did they sell him for? 20 silver shekels 2 zuzim 30 silver shekels 5 silver shekels