The Miracles of Moses -- #1 Trivia Quiz

Answer: A serpent

Moses's rod turned into a serpent when he cast it on the ground, as per Exodus 4:1-5. According to the passage, Moses had been instructed by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt, but he was extremely doubtful of his ability to lead. As a result, Moses questioned God, saying he was fearful the Israelites would
not believe him or listen to his voice.

God then instructed Moses to cast the rod in his hand on the ground and when he did so it became a serpent. When Moses took the serpent by the tail, it became a rod again.

The passage goes on to tell of God instructing Moses to use the rod to prove to the Israelites "the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."

Answer: True

True. Exodus 4:6-7 tells of Moses being afflicted with leprosy and being miraculously cleansed of the dread disease. The miracle is told on the heels of Scripture telling of God commanding Moses to cast his staff on the ground and it became a serpent.

The two miracles were signs from God that Moses did not have any reason to doubt his ability to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into Canaan, known as the Promised Land.

Answer: Blood

The water of the Nile, as well as all the other water in Egypt, was turned into blood. It was the first of ten plagues unleashed on Egypt by God to convince the Pharaoh to give permission for the Israelites to leave the country and depart to Canaan, known as the Promised Land.

Scripture tells of Moses and Aaron lifting up a rod and striking the river and all the water turned to blood. According to Exodus 4:19, the Nile River wasn't the only place where water became blood. Streams, rivers, ponds and water "both in buckets of wood and pitchers of stone" were turned into blood.

Answer: Miriam

Miriam was struck with leprosy and then miraculously cleansed after Moses poured out his heart to God. According to Numbers 12, Miriam had been grumbling about Moses taking an unnamed Ethiopian woman as his wife, Miriam was struck with leprosy as divine retribution. (The NIV describes Moses' wife as a Cushite, rather than Ethiopian.)

After Moses issued his plea to God, Scripture states Miriam was cleansed and she re-joined the Israelite camp seven days later as she had been originally exiled from the camp due to her disease.

Answer: A tree

Scripture states Moses cast a tree into the bitter waters of Marah to make it sweet. (The NIV states he threw a piece of wood into the water.) The miracle was performed while Moses was leading the Israelites on a forty-year-long journey from Egypt to Canaan, known as the Promised Land.

Exodus 15:23-25 explains things this way in the NKJV: "Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter... And the people complained against Moses, saying, 'What shall we drink?' So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet."

Answer: Frogs

Egypt was engulfed in frogs as part of ten punishing plagues unleashed by God on the country. The plague of frogs was the second plague, and took place just after the water of the Nile River had been turned into blood. Details about the plague of frogs are found in Exodus 8:1-15.

According to the passage, God instructed Moses to tell his brother Aaron to stretch his hand and his rod over the streams and rivers of Egypt and presto, the country became infested with frogs. The frogs were so plentiful they were found in the houses of the Egyptians, including their bedrooms, ovens and kneading bowls.

Answer: Locusts

Locusts is the correct answer. According to Scripture, massive clouds of locusts were created when Moses stretched out his hand over the land of Egypt. In fact, the locusts were so plentiful, they darkened the sky. It was the eighth plague unleashed by God on Egypt.

The insects had an insatiable appetite. Exodus 10:15 states the locusts ate "every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees" with the end result being there was nothing green on the trees or on the plants across Egypt.

Answer: Dust

Scripture states dust was miraculously turned into lice as part of the ten plagues unleashed by God on Egypt. The plague of lice took place on the heels of the Nile River turned into blood and massive hordes of frogs engulfing the country. Details of the miracle can be found in Exodus 8:16-19.

According to the passages God instructed Moses to tell his brother Aaron to strike the dust of the land with his rod and when he did so the dust was turned into lice.

Answer: True

True. Moses appeared on Mount Transfiguration with Elijah. The two Old Testament prophets were on the mountain with Jesus and witnessing the spectacle were Peter, James and John.

Details about the transfiguration can be found in Matthew 17:1-8, Mark 9:2-13, Luke 9:28-36 and 2 Peter 1:17-18.

Answer: Quail

In addition to manna, the Israelites were miraculously given quail to eat as they were led on a forty-year-long journey from Egypt to the Promised Land by Moses. Details about the Israelites being given quail to eat can be found in Numbers 11:31-35.