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1 According to Exodus 1 (New International Version), what happened when the Egyptian slave masters oppressed the Israelites?
Answer: The more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread

See Exodus 1:11-14. The Egyptians' plan in making the Israelites work harder was to prevent them increasing in numbers and becoming a threat (vv8-10). The plan backfired, because it had the opposite effect.

They may have complained or praised God, but this is not mentioned. It is unlikely that slave labourers would be able to work to rule.

(Question submitted by cal562301)
  From Quiz: Exodus!
2 What is the first plague in Exodus?
Answer: The plague of blood

Exodus 7:20-25
Moses and Aaron turned the water of the river of Egypt into blood in front of Pharaoh. The magicians also tried to turn water into blood but were unsuccessful. This plague lasted for seven days.
  From Quiz: Ten Plagues in Exodus
3 Hebrew midwife
Answer: Shiphrah

Exodus is the second book of the Old Testament and continues the story that began in Genesis where Jacob, his other twelve children and his grandchildren went to live in Egypt with Joseph after the drought and famine. They have long since died but their descendants have multiplied greatly.

A new king grew worried about their numbers in case they ever chose to join with their enemies in a time of war so called the Hebrew midwives Shiphrah and Puah and told them to kill any male children that were born and let the girls live.

They were God-fearing women and refused to do this and when questioned by the king they told him that Hebrew women were more vigorous than the Egyptians and had already given birth before they arrived. After this the king ordered his own people to throw the male babies into the river to drown.

Some scholars believe that the two midwives were actually Jochebed and Miriam but there is no actual mention of this is the scriptures.
  From Quiz: People Moses Met
4 Where did Joseph die?
Answer: Egypt

Exodus 1:5-6. It is also told in the Bible that Joseph was 110 years old when he died.
  From Quiz: The Book of Exodus
5 Who is the main character of Exodus?
Answer: Moses

Moses - who was led by the holy spirit - is the person who is traditionally credited with writing the first five books of the Bible.
1. Genesis
2. Exodus
3. Leviticus
4. Numbers
and
5. Deuteronomy
  From Quiz: The Second Volume of the Bible
6 The Israelite people entered this nation with favored status but later became its slaves. What nation does the book of Exodus say held the Israelites in captivity?
Answer: Egypt

"All those who were descendants of Jacob were seventy persons (for Joseph was in Egypt already). And Joseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation. But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them." (Exodus 1:5-7)

It had been over 400 years since the Israelites had first come to Egypt and they now numbered about two million people. Pharaoh was fearful of their growing strength and put taskmasters over them and made them slaves.
  From Quiz: BBB Bible Series: Exodus
7 Pharaoh and his magicians didn't heed the first two plagues against Egypt brought by God through Moses and Aaron. After the plagues of blood and frogs, what was the third plague inflicted upon Egypt according to the King James Version?
Answer: lice

Because temporary affliction and repentance don't bring long term change in the stubborn hearts of man, Pharaoh's heart was hardened after relief from all of the plagues, even the tenth which left pain and heartache on his entire kingdom. Exodus 8:13,16 hold the answer to the question: "And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields ... And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout the land of Egypt."
  From Quiz: Uncle Al's Bible Trivia - Exodus #4
8 How old was Moses when his mother put him in the Nile to be found by Pharaoh's daughter?
Answer: 3 months

Due to Pharaoh's edict to kill the male Hebrew babies, Moses' mother hid him as long as possible before putting him afloat in a basket, eventually to be found and raised by Pharaoh's daughter. The man God used to bring down the house of Pharaoh was to be raised and educated in his own house. Exodus 2:2 stated Moses' mother hid him for three months.
  From Quiz: Uncle Al's Bible Trivia - Exodus #2
9 After the first plague was put upon Egypt, how long did it last?
Answer: 7 days

Through Moses and Aaron, God turned the Nile and all other Egyptian rivers and streams into blood. The blood lasted seven days. (Exodus 7:25)
  From Quiz: Exodus: Plagues, Plagues and More Plagues!
10 In Exodus chapter 1, what gave Pharaoh concern about the tribes of Israel?
Answer: They were more and mightier than the Egyptians

As the book of Exodus started, there was a distinct difference in how Joseph's family was viewed. The Pharaoh in Exodus 1 knew or remembered not the great things Joseph did to save Egypt from the great famine. In verse 1:9, Pharaoh said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we." Apparently, up to this time, the Israelites were not in bondage.
  From Quiz: Uncle Al's Bible Trivia - Exodus #1
11 When Moses was born, in Egypt, the Pharaoh had demanded that all newborn sons of Hebrews were to be killed. When Moses was three months old and could no longer be hidden, Moses' mother saved Moses from this terrible fate by:
Answer: Putting him in a basket and floating him down a river

Moses' mother was desperate to find a way to save Moses so she hid him till he was 3 months old and could hide him no longer. When he was 3 months old, she placed him in a basket and floated it down a river. The daughter of the Pharaoh heard a baby crying when she was bathing in the river and took him home and adopted him.
    Your options: [ Dropping him off at the Palace ] [ Placing him in the wilderness as was God's will ] [ Sailing with him out of Egypt ] [ Putting him in a basket and floating him down a river ]
  From Quiz: Moses and the Plagues
12 In response to the Lord's command, who responded: "You know that I am such a poor speaker; why should the king listen to me?"
Answer: Moses

Taken from Exodus 6.30 which was preceded by the 'Family Record of Moses and Aaron'. Moses and Aaron were the ones who were chosen by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. In response to Moses' weakness, God replied:

"I am going to make you like God to the king of Egypt, and your brother Aaron will speak to him as your prophet."

Following God's command to Moses and Aaron saw the devastation of the Ten Plagues of Egypt.
  From Quiz: All Plagued Out... Exodus
13 The midwives in Egypt
Answer: Who are Shiprah and Puah?

Exodus 1:15. These ladies for some reason couldn't keep up with those robust Hebrew women. At least this was their claim for the reason why the Hebrew children weren't killed at birth. In reality they feared God more than Pharoah so they refused to follow the orders of Pharoah.
    Your options: [ Who are Shiphrah and Miziram? ] [ Who are Mizraim and Kiriath? ] [ Who are Shiprah and Puah? ] [ Who are Elishua and Puah? ]
  From Quiz: Exodus Jeopardy
14 When famine struck, Jacob and his sons followed Joseph into Egypt. But where did they live prior to moving to Egypt?
Answer: Canaan

Jacob and his sons lived in Canaan before moving to Egypt. After Joseph's death, the Jews became slaves of Egypt for some 430 years.
  From Quiz: Exodus: Places
15 Where did Moses flee to when the murder he had committed was found out?
Answer: Midian

Moses witnessed an Egyptian beating a Hebrew. When he saw no-one was looking, he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand. However, his crime was discovered and Pharaoh ordered him to be killed. Moses fled to the land of Midian. The area known as Midian is today located in western Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan, southern Israel, and the Sinai peninsula.

Bible reference: Exodus 2:11-15
  From Quiz: A Journey Through Exodus
16 Numerically speaking, where does Exodus fall in the Old Testament?
Answer: second book

Genesis is the first book of the Old Testament, followed by Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The first five books of the Bible are sometimes referred to as the Pentateuch. The Jewish religion refers to them as the Torah.
  From Quiz: Revisiting The Book of Exodus
17 According to Exodus 6:20 (King James Version) what were the names of Moses' parents?
Answer: Amram and Jochebed

Jochebed was also Amram's aunt, as she was his father's sister. Aaron and Miriam were Moses' brother and sister. Moses also had a wife named Zipporah, a father-in-law named Jethro and a son named Gershom. It states in Exodus 4:25 that Zipporah circumcised her own son and then touched the foreskin on Moses' feet, saying they were now married by blood.

(Question submitted by Ilona_Ritter)
  From Quiz: Exodus!
18 Mother of Moses
Answer: Jochebed

Moses' ancestors came directly from the line of Abraham. His son, Isaac was the father of Jacob who had the twelve sons one of whom was Levi. Levi's son was Kohath and Kohath's was Amram who was the father of Moses. Kohath had a sister named Jochebed whom married her nephew Amram and is thus the mother of Moses.

Jochebed lived in Egypt at the time when the baby boys were being killed so after Moses, her youngest child, was born she hid him for three months and then made him a basket of bulrushes and put it into the Nile River.

The Pharaoh's daughter happened to be bathing in the river and she found and decided to adopt him. His sister, presumed to be Miriam, came forward and offered to find a Hebrew woman to nurse him. When she agreed, Miriam ran to get her mother who was appointed to take care of him. It is believed she looked after him until he was somewhere between the ages of 8-12 but it was enough time for him to develop loyalty to his people and learn of the Hebrew history and of their God.
  From Quiz: People Moses Met
19 Why did the Pharaoh enslave the Israelites?
Answer: all of these

Exodus 1:8-11. All of these are true. Pharaoh saw that Israel was multiplying. He felt fearful so he felt like he had to do something.
    Your options: [ all of these ] [ They were getting too numerous ] [ Pharaoh feared them ] [ Pharaoh predicted they'd join Egypt's enemies ]
  From Quiz: The Book of Exodus
20 Moses had a brother and sister. What was his brother's name?
Answer: Aaron

Aaron is the older brother of Moses. He helped Moses by being his speaker while they were telling Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. When Moses went on top of Mount Sinai to get the Ten Commandments, it was Aaron who was responsible for making an idol out of gold worn by the women.
  From Quiz: The Second Volume of the Bible
21 After you have a chat with Adam, the two run off again. Just as you sit down with your glass of iced tea, here comes Eve again. "Adam is being bad! I just saw him make a golden calf and bow down to it." How has Adam broken a Commandment this time?
Answer: By worshiping idols

Worshiping idols can be interpreted as happening when anything that is not God takes a higher place than God in someone's life. It could be models, cars, money, movie stars, sports, etc (Exodus 20:4). In this case, Adam has made an idol of a calf and is literally worshiping it.
  From Quiz: It's Simply Human Nature
22 Who did God choose to be the one who would deliver the Israelites from slavery?
Answer: Moses

Here's what it says in Exodus 1:12,22:
"But the more they (Egyptians) afflicted them (Israelites), the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel. So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, 'Every son (of the Israelites) who is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.'"

It was during this time that Moses was born, but his life was spared because his mother put him in a basket shortly after he was born and set it in the reeds along the bank of a river. Pharaoh's daughter found him and decided to keep him and raised him as her son. When Moses grew up he went back to his own people. One day he saw an Egyptian mistreating one of the Hebrew people and he killed the Egyptian and fled for his life into the land Midian. He married Zipporah, the daughter of a priest and had a family. He had lived there for forty years when God called him to return to Egypt and secure the release of the Israelites in Exodus 3:10.
  From Quiz: BBB Bible Series: Exodus
23 Israel's first battle after leaving Egypt was with the Amalekites. Where was the battle fought?
Answer: Rephidim

Exodus 17:8 says, "Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim."
This incident occurred shortly after Israel's murmuring over the lack of water where Moses struck the rock with his staff to provide for the nation.
  From Quiz: Uncle Al's Bible Trivia - Exodus #4
24 When the Lord swarmed Egypt with frogs, when did Pharaoh say he would let the people go?
Answer: The next day

Pharaoh told Moses he would let his people go the next day. God listened and the frogs died. Pharaoh did not honor his word and did not let the people of Israel go. (Exodus 8:10-15)
  From Quiz: Exodus: Plagues, Plagues and More Plagues!
25 When Moses grew up he was out shepherding a flock of sheep when God appeared to him. How did God appear to him?
Answer: As a burning bush

Moses had fled Egypt after killing an Egyptian and was staying with a Midianite family. When he was out shepherding the sheep one day, God appeared to him in the shape of a burning bush and told him to go to the Pharaoh and ask him to free the Jews.
  From Quiz: Moses and the Plagues
26 Who said: "Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you"?
Answer: God

Exodus 20.1-17 discuss The Ten Commandments set forth by God. This quote is the fifth of The Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments in order according to the Good News Bible are as follows:

1. Worship no God but me.
2. Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on earth or in the water under the earth.
3. Do not use my name for evil purposes.
4. Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy.
5. Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.
6. Do not commit murder.
7. Do not commit adultery.
8. Do not steal.
9. Do not accuse anyone falsely.
10. Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns.
  From Quiz: All Plagued Out... Exodus
27 Who was Moses' biological brother?
Answer: Aaron

"Exodus 7:1: And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. "

I put "biological brother" because tradition teaches that he was taken in by Ramses' family and considered Ramses to be his brother as well.
  From Quiz: "Let My People Go"
28 Moses' father-in-Law
Answer: Who was Reuel?

Exodus 2:18. Reuel was also known as Jethro. He was the priest of Midian and a very wise man when it came to leadership issues. He had many daughters.
    Your options: [ Who was Laban? ] [ Who was Joram? ] [ Who was Reuel? ] [ Who was Jedidiah? ]
  From Quiz: Exodus Jeopardy
29 Where were the bitter waters made sweet?
Answer: Marah

Exodus 15:22-25. At God's direction, Moses cast a tree into the water, which made it sweet. "Mara(h)" means bitter, and this is also the name Naomi adopts for herself in the book of Ruth when her two sons die (Ruth 1:20).
  From Quiz: Exodus: Places
30 The pharaoh, humbled by what had happened previously, agreed to let the Israelites go free, but he ends up changing his mind. What is the second plague that comes to Egypt?
Answer: Frogs

Yup. Egypt got a visit from some green, slimy amphibious creatures. Exodus 8:6.
  From Quiz: Ten Plagues of Egypt
31 Who was Miriam the Prophetess related to?
Answer: Aaron

Miriam was the older sister of Aaron and Moses. Her name is of Hebrew origin and means "bitter" or "rebellious".

Bible reference: Exodus 15:20
  From Quiz: A Journey Through Exodus
32 What sea was parted to allow the Israelites to escape Egypt?
Answer: The Red Sea

After suffering ten plagues inflicted by God, Pharoah agreed to let the Israelites go free, then instructed his soldiers to give chase, thereby reneging on his promise. Exodus Chapter 14, verses 21-31 describes how God parted the Red Sea to allow the Israelites to cross it, then returned it to its original state, causing Pharoah's army to drown.
  From Quiz: Revisiting The Book of Exodus
33 What happened in the sixth plague?
Answer: People and animals had boils

Exodus 9:8-12
Moses and Aaron took a handful of ashes from the furnace and sprinkled it towards heaven, causing the boils to come on people and animals. They did this in front of Pharaoh. The magicians could not do anything because of the boils.
  From Quiz: Ten Plagues in Exodus
34 Priest of Midian
Answer: Jethro

The Israelites had been forced into a life of harsh slavery since the appointment of the new king and were living as an oppressed people. When Moses was an adult he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew and killed the man. When this was found out he escaped to Midian.

Moses was sitting by a well when a group of seven sisters came to water their flock and collect water. He got up to assist them when some shepherds tried to drive them away. The girls were the daughters of Jethro, the Priest of Midian, and when he heard what Moses had done, he invited him back for a meal. Moses stayed with him and married one of his daughters.

Jethro also looked after Moses' family when he left to follow God's orders and appears again later to visit him in the wilderness. He is amazed at the number of people who come to Moses asking him to sort their disputes out and warns Moses that he will wear himself out. He advised him to appoint judges to take care of minor disputes and leave only the important cases for him to deal with so that he would be free to represent them to God and to teach them Gods' laws.

In Exodus 2:18, Jethro is also referred to as Reuel and, in the Book of Judges 4:11, as Hobab (KJV)
  From Quiz: People Moses Met
35 What two cities did the Israelite slaves build for the Pharaoh?
Answer: Pithom and Raamses

Exodus 1:11. After all that and then some, Pharaoh saw that the Israelites were still too numerous.
  From Quiz: The Book of Exodus
36 Adam and Eve are having marital problems. It turns out that for the last few months Adam has been having an affair with his secretary. How is he breaking a Commandment?
Answer: Adultery

Adultery is forbidden in Exodus 20:14. Elsewhere in the Bible, it says that you do not even have to go through with the sexual act to be committing adultery. Jesus says in Matthew 5:28, "But I say to you, That whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart."
  From Quiz: It's Simply Human Nature
37 What was the chosen person supposed to say or do to cause Pharaoh to release the Israelites?
Answer: Ask Pharaoh to please let them go

"...you (Moses) and the elders of Israel,(go) to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him, 'The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us; and now, please, let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.'" (Exodus 3:18)

Moses had quite a task ahead of him: he first had to convince the Israelites that God had called him and they were to go with him to speak to Pharaoh. God had enabled Moses to do a miraculous sign by casting his rod on the ground, where it would then become a snake. This was pretty convincing to the Israelites but Pharaoh was not impressed with them or their God. He sent them away and, thinking the Israelites had too much time on their hands, he increased their labor, which made them not just a little angry with Moses.
  From Quiz: BBB Bible Series: Exodus
38 After God gave Moses the ten commandments, he gave the people many other rules and laws as well. In respect to kidnapping, what was the penalty for one found guilty of such?
Answer: Death

Fortunately for Joseph's brothers, this rule was not yet in place in their time. The Bible recorded in Exodus 21:16, "And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall be surely put to death."
  From Quiz: Uncle Al's Bible Trivia - Exodus #4
39 God again gave meticulous instruction in respect to the priestly garments. What two embellishments were to decorate the hem of the robe worn by the High Priest?
Answer: pomegranates and bells

In Exodus 28:33-34, the Bible recorded, "And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about."
The bells were an indication to those who stood outside that the high priest was alive inside the Holy place, as only he could enter and live.
The detail put into simple things is a source of amazement to those who study the word of God . How much more he must care for us in our daily lives! One can only imagine following every detail and prayer of millions and millions of people who come to him daily. I believe passages like this show that no thing is too small to bring to him!
  From Quiz: Uncle Al's Bible Trivia - Exodus #3
40 Moses was heavily burdened by the enormous task of mediating the disputes between the children of Israel. Who advised Moses to delegate authority on lesser matters to handpicked men of integrity?
Answer: Jethro

In Exodus 18:14-22, Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, observed the impossible task of mitigating every disagreement the people had with each other. He wisely gave Moses advice to divide duty this amongst trustworthy men so that he would only have to deliberate on the most serious of matters.
  From Quiz: Uncle Al's Bible Trivia - Exodus #2
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