Numbers — Group study guide
Part 1 of 2 · chapters 1–17
17 chapters · 111 questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
How to use it
Read one chapter per meeting. Each participant can mark their answers and write down what they learned.
Contents
- Numbers 17 questions
- Numbers 24 questions
- Numbers 310 questions
- Numbers 46 questions
- Numbers 53 questions
- Numbers 65 questions
- Numbers 75 questions
- Numbers 85 questions
- Numbers 96 questions
- Numbers 106 questions
- Numbers 1113 questions
- Numbers 124 questions
- Numbers 137 questions
- Numbers 148 questions
- Numbers 156 questions
- Numbers 1612 questions
- Numbers 174 questions
Numbers 1 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 1 (KJV)
1. What instruction did the LORD give Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the second year after they came out of Egypt?
Numbers 1:2
- A. To send spies into Canaan
- B. To build the tabernacle
- C. To keep the passover
- D. To take the sum (census) of the people
2. Who would be with Moses when he took the census?
Numbers 1:4
- A. The Levites
- B. A man of every tribe, head of the house of his fathers
- C. The seventy elders
- D. Joshua and Caleb
3. Which tribe had the most men of war in the census?
Numbers 1:27
- A. Judah
- B. Ephraim
- C. Reuben
- D. Dan
4. And which tribe had the fewest men of war?
Numbers 1:35
- A. Benjamin
- B. Manasseh
- C. Simeon
- D. Gad
5. Which is the only tribe of Israel that was not numbered?
Numbers 1:49
- A. Benjamin
- B. Judah
- C. Dan
- D. Levi
6. Where were the Levites to pitch while they journeyed in the wilderness?
Numbers 1:50
- A. Round about the tabernacle
- B. Beside the tribe of Judah
- C. At the front of the host
- D. Outside the camp
7. Did the tribes of Israel have standards (banners) for their hosts?
Numbers 1:52
- Yes
- No
Notes
Numbers 2 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 2 (KJV)
1. Which tribe set forth before the other tribes?
Numbers 2:9
- A. Judah
- B. Ephraim
- C. Reuben
- D. Levi
2. Who pitched beside the tribe of Reuben?
Numbers 2:12
- A. Benjamin
- B. Simeon
- C. Issachar
- D. Naphtali
3. In the march of the tribes, where did the tabernacle go with the camp of the Levites?
Numbers 2:17
- A. Before them all
- B. Behind them all
- C. Apart, a day behind
- D. In the midst of the camps
4. On which side did the tribes of Dan, Asher and Naphtali pitch?
Numbers 2:25-29
- A. On the west
- B. On the south
- C. On the north
- D. On the east
Notes
Numbers 3 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 3 (KJV)
1. What was the name of the firstborn of Aaron, the high priest?
Numbers 3:2
- A. Nadab
- B. Eleazar
- C. Ithamar
- D. Abihu
2. Why did Nadab and Abihu die?
Numbers 3:4
- A. For murmuring against Moses
- B. For eating the fat
- C. For touching the ark
- D. For offering strange fire
3. Whom was the tribe of Levi chosen to help?
Numbers 3:6
- A. The elders
- B. Aaron
- C. Moses
- D. Joshua
4. In whose place was the tribe of Levi taken?
Numbers 3:12
- A. The princes of the tribes
- B. The judges
- C. All the firstborn
- D. The elders
5. Since when were the firstborn of Israel hallowed to the LORD?
Numbers 3:13
- A. Since the LORD smote all the firstborn in Egypt
- B. Since the tabernacle was set up
- C. Since the days of Abraham
- D. Since they crossed the Red sea
6. From what age were the sons of Levi numbered?
Numbers 3:15
- A. From a month old and upward
- B. From thirty years old and upward
- C. From a year old and upward
- D. From twenty years old and upward
7. Which of the sons of Levi pitched behind the tabernacle, westward?
Numbers 3:23
- A. The families of Merari
- B. The sons of Aaron
- C. The families of Kohath
- D. The families of Gershon
8. Who was chief over the chief of the Levites?
Numbers 3:32
- A. Eleazar
- B. Elizaphan
- C. Ithamar
- D. Korah
9. Who had charge of the boards of the tabernacle?
Numbers 3:36
- A. The sons of Aaron
- B. The sons of Merari
- C. The sons of Gershon
- D. The sons of Kohath
10. To whom did Moses give the redemption money?
Numbers 3:51
- A. The princes of the tribes
- B. Aaron and his sons
- C. The Kohathite Levites
- D. The poor
Notes
Numbers 4 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 4 (KJV)
1. For how many years could the sons of Kohath serve in the tabernacle?
Numbers 4:3
- A. Fifty years
- B. Ten years
- C. Thirty years
- D. Twenty years
2. Who took down the covering vail and covered the ark?
Numbers 4:5
- A. The sons of Merari
- B. Moses and Joshua
- C. Aaron and his sons
- D. The sons of Kohath
3. Could the sons of Kohath touch the holy things?
Numbers 4:15
- Yes
- No
4. Who had the oversight of the oil for the light?
Numbers 4:16
- A. Kohath
- B. Ithamar
- C. Eleazar
- D. Gershon
5. What would happen to the sons of Kohath if they saw when the holy things were covered?
Numbers 4:17-20
- A. They would be blessed
- B. They would be put out of the camp
- C. They would die
- D. They would be unclean seven days
6. Among Kohath, Gershon and Merari, which had the most men for the service?
Numbers 4:42-44
- A. Merari
- B. Kohath
- C. All three had the same number
- D. Gershon
Notes
Numbers 5 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 5 (KJV)
1. Could lepers dwell in the camp?
Numbers 5:2
- Yes
- No
2. When a man had a spirit of jealousy, the priest gave the woman certain water. What was it called?
Numbers 5:18
- A. The bitter water
- B. Running water
- C. The water of Meribah
- D. The water of purification
3. When the woman drank the water, if she was guilty, what would swell?
Numbers 5:27
- A. Her belly
- B. Her face
- C. Her feet
- D. Her hands
Notes
Numbers 6 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 6 (KJV)
1. What is the vow of a Nazarite?
Numbers 6:2
- A. A vow to fast forty days
- B. A vow to serve in the temple as a Levite
- C. A vow not to leave the camp
- D. A vow to separate oneself unto the LORD
2. Could the one who made this vow eat grapes?
Numbers 6:3
- Yes
- No
3. Who were not to shave their heads?
Numbers 6:5
- A. Lepers
- B. Levites
- C. Those under the vow of a Nazarite
- D. The elders
4. When the Nazarite's vow was fulfilled, did he offer a he lamb or an ewe lamb?
Numbers 6:14
- A. Both, a he lamb and an ewe lamb
- B. Neither; only fine flour
- C. Only an ewe lamb
- D. Only a he lamb
5. "The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: the LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: the LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." For whom was this blessing?
Numbers 6:23-26
- A. For the children of Israel
- B. For the Levites only
- C. For strangers
- D. For the king
Notes
Numbers 7 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 7 (KJV)
1. What did the princes of Israel do when Moses had fully set up the tabernacle?
Numbers 7:2-3
- A. Went to their tents
- B. Asked for a king
- C. Held a feast seven days
- D. Brought offerings before the LORD
2. Why did the sons of Kohath receive no wagons from the princes' offerings?
Numbers 7:9
- A. Because they were unclean
- B. Because the service of the sanctuary was to be borne upon their shoulders
- C. Because they were few
- D. Because they had no oxen
3. Who offered his offering on the fourth day?
Numbers 7:30
- A. Elishama
- B. Nahshon
- C. Elizur
- D. Nethaneel
4. For how many days did the princes offer their offerings to the LORD?
Numbers 7:78
- A. Twelve days
- B. Seven days
- C. Ten days
- D. Forty days
5. From where did God's voice come when Moses went into the tabernacle?
Numbers 7:89
- A. From the candlestick
- B. From the pillar of cloud
- C. From off the mercy seat
- D. From the altar of incense
Notes
Numbers 8 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 8 (KJV)
1. True or false? The Levites shaved all their flesh when atonement was made for them.
Numbers 8:7
- True
- False
2. When atonement was made for the Levites, did the whole assembly have to be present?
Numbers 8:9
- Yes
- No
3. What was kept from coming upon Israel when the Levites made atonement for the children of Israel?
Numbers 8:19
- A. Plague
- B. Famine
- C. Drought
- D. War
4. At what age did a Levite begin to serve in the sanctuary?
Numbers 8:24
- A. At forty years
- B. At twenty-five years
- C. At twenty years
- D. At thirty years
5. Until what age could a Levite carry out his service?
Numbers 8:25
- A. Until forty years
- B. Until sixty years
- C. Until his death
- D. Until fifty years
Notes
Numbers 9 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 9 (KJV)
1. At what time would Israel keep the passover?
Numbers 9:5
- A. In the seventh month, on the first day
- B. In the first month, on the fourteenth day
- C. In the second month, on the tenth day
- D. In the third month, on the fiftieth day
2. Why could some not keep the passover?
Numbers 9:6
- A. Because they were strangers
- B. Because they were defiled by the dead body of a man
- C. Because they were on a journey
- D. Because they had no lamb
3. Those who could not keep the passover in the first month, when could they keep it?
Numbers 9:10-11
- A. On the next sabbath
- B. The following year
- C. In the second month, on the fourteenth day
- D. In the seventh month
4. What happened to those who could keep the passover in the first month but did not?
Numbers 9:13
- A. They were cut off from among their people
- B. They kept it in the second month
- C. They offered a bullock
- D. They paid a fine
5. What did the people of Israel do when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle?
Numbers 9:17
- A. Stayed in their tents
- B. Journeyed
- C. Offered burnt offerings
- D. Fell on their faces
6. While the cloud abode upon the tabernacle, could Israel journey?
Numbers 9:22-23
- Yes
- No
Notes
Numbers 10 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 10 (KJV)
1. What were the two trumpets God told Moses to make used for?
Numbers 10:2
- A. To announce the death of a priest
- B. For the calling of the assembly
- C. To call the strangers
- D. To wake the people each morning
2. Who gathered to Moses when only one trumpet was blown?
Numbers 10:4
- A. The Levites
- B. The men of war
- C. The princes
- D. All the congregation
3. Which camp set forward first when an alarm was blown?
Numbers 10:5
- A. Those camped on the north
- B. Those camped on the east
- C. Those camped on the south
- D. Those camped on the west
4. Who blew the trumpets?
Numbers 10:8
- A. The elders
- B. The princes
- C. The sons of Aaron
- D. The sons of Korah
5. Why did Moses want Hobab to go with them?
Numbers 10:29-31
- A. Because he was priest of Midian
- B. Because he had much cattle
- C. Because he knew the places in the wilderness
- D. Because he was his father-in-law
6. When did Moses say, "Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered"?
Numbers 10:35
- A. At sunrise
- B. When the ark rested
- C. Before every battle
- D. When the ark set forward
Notes
Numbers 11 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 11 (KJV)
1. Why did the anger of the LORD burn at Taberah?
Numbers 11:1
- A. Because they did not keep the sabbath
- B. Because they made a golden calf
- C. Because the people complained in the ears of the LORD
- D. Because they married Moabite women
2. What was God's response to Israel's complaining?
Numbers 11:1
- A. He stopped the manna
- B. He sent serpents
- C. He opened the earth
- D. His fire burnt among them
3. Why did the people of Israel weep?
Numbers 11:4
- A. Because Aaron died
- B. Because they wanted flesh to eat
- C. Because they feared the giants
- D. Because there was no water
4. What did Israel mean when they said, "Our soul is dried away"?
Numbers 11:6
- A. That they were tired of the manna
- B. The death of their children
- C. The lack of water
- D. The desert heat
5. What did the manna taste like?
Numbers 11:8
- A. The taste of fresh oil
- B. The taste of barley bread
- C. The taste of milk
- D. The taste of wild honey
6. Was Moses displeased that the people wept?
Numbers 11:10
- Yes
- No
7. Did Moses come to wish for death because the burden of the people was too heavy for him?
Numbers 11:15
- Yes
- No
8. How many men did God tell Moses to gather to bear part of his burden?
Numbers 11:16
- A. Seventy
- B. Twelve
- C. A hundred and twenty
- D. Forty
9. What would come out at the nostrils of the people of Israel?
Numbers 11:20
- A. Flesh
- B. Water
- C. Dust
- D. Manna
10. Did Moses doubt that God could give Israel flesh?
Numbers 11:21-22
- Yes
- No
11. When Moses gathered the men, what did God take from Moses and give to them?
Numbers 11:25
- A. Of the spirit that was upon him
- B. His rod
- C. His authority as judge
- D. His mantle
12. Did the men Moses chose prophesy?
Numbers 11:25
- Yes
- No
13. To whom did Moses say, "Enviest thou for my sake?"
Numbers 11:28-29
- A. Eldad
- B. Aaron
- C. Joshua
- D. Caleb
Notes
Numbers 12 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 12 (KJV)
1. Why did Aaron and Miriam speak against Moses?
Numbers 12:1
- A. Because he gave them no food
- B. Because he appointed Joshua
- C. Because he had married an Ethiopian woman
- D. Because he broke the tables
2. How did God say He would make Himself known to prophets?
Numbers 12:6
- A. In a vision and in a dream
- B. By the Urim
- C. Face to face
- D. In the fire
3. What punishment did God give Miriam for speaking against Moses?
Numbers 12:10
- A. Banishment for life
- B. Blindness
- C. Leprosy
- D. Dumbness
4. How long did the people have to wait for Miriam to return to the camp?
Numbers 12:14-15
- A. Three days
- B. Forty days
- C. Seven days
- D. Thirty days
Notes
Numbers 13 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 13 (KJV)
1. How many spies did Moses send to search the land of Canaan?
Numbers 13:2
- A. Twelve
- B. Seven
- C. Two
- D. Seventy
2. What was the original name of Joshua, Moses' minister?
Numbers 13:16
- A. Nun
- B. Eleazar
- C. Oshea
- D. Caleb
3. What did Moses ask the spies to bring from the land?
Numbers 13:20
- A. Weapons of the giants
- B. Stones from Jordan
- C. Water from its springs
- D. Of the fruit of the land
4. What did the spies bear between two on a staff?
Numbers 13:23
- A. A cluster of grapes
- B. A jar of honey
- C. A giant's sword
- D. A lamb
5. How many days did the spies take to search the land?
Numbers 13:25
- A. Seven days
- B. Twelve days
- C. Forty days
- D. Seventy days
6. Who stilled the people before Moses?
Numbers 13:30
- A. Caleb
- B. Aaron
- C. Joshua
- D. Eleazar
7. In their own sight, what did the spies say they were like before the giants?
Numbers 13:33
- A. As children
- B. As sheep
- C. As ants
- D. As grasshoppers
Notes
Numbers 14 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 14 (KJV)
1. Who were the two spies who spoke well of the land?
Numbers 14:6
- A. Dathan and Abiram
- B. Moses and Aaron
- C. Joshua and Caleb
- D. Eleazar and Phinehas
2. What saved the two spies who spoke well from being stoned by the people?
Numbers 14:10
- A. The glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle
- B. They fled into the wilderness
- C. Moses stood before them
- D. The Levites defended them
3. What provokes God, according to Numbers 14?
Numbers 14:11
- A. That the people fear the giants
- B. That the people eat flesh
- C. That the people will not believe Him
- D. That the people do not bring tithes
4. How many times did God say Israel had tempted Him?
Numbers 14:22
- A. Three times
- B. Seven times
- C. Ten times
- D. Forty times
5. What did God say was different about Caleb?
Numbers 14:24
- A. Another spirit
- B. Another tribe
- C. Another wisdom
- D. Another strength
6. From what age did God punish the people of Israel for not believing Him?
Numbers 14:29
- A. From forty years old and upward
- B. From thirty years old and upward
- C. From twenty years old and upward
- D. From twelve years old and upward
7. How many years did God say Israel would wander in the wilderness?
Numbers 14:33
- A. Forty years
- B. Seventy years
- C. Seven years
- D. Twelve years
8. The spies who brought up an evil report of the land, how did they die?
Numbers 14:37
- A. By the sword
- B. Bitten by serpents
- C. Of hunger
- D. By the plague
Notes
Numbers 15 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 15 (KJV)
1. When Israel came into the promised land and ate of its bread, what were they to do?
Numbers 15:18-20
- A. Keep the jubile
- B. Offer up a cake as an heave offering to the LORD
- C. Build an altar in every city
- D. Fast seven days
2. Of what did God say Israel would give the first fruits?
Numbers 15:21
- A. Of the oil
- B. Of the cattle
- C. Of the wool
- D. Of the dough
3. What did a soul that sinned through ignorance offer for a sin offering?
Numbers 15:27
- A. Two turtledoves
- B. A bullock
- C. A she goat of the first year
- D. A ram
4. Whom did the soul that did ought presumptuously reproach?
Numbers 15:30
- A. The priest
- B. The LORD
- C. His neighbour
- D. His family
5. What was done with the man found gathering sticks on the sabbath day?
Numbers 15:36
- A. He was stoned to death
- B. He paid a fine
- C. He was put out of the camp
- D. He was forgiven
6. The fringes on Israel's garments with the ribband of blue, what were they for?
Numbers 15:39
- A. To remember the coming out of Egypt
- B. To tell the tribes apart
- C. To adorn the priests
- D. To remember the commandments of the LORD
Notes
Numbers 16 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 16 (KJV)
1. What did Korah do with his company?
Numbers 16:2
- A. They rose up against Moses
- B. They made a golden calf
- C. They went to spy out the land
- D. They went back to Egypt
2. What did Moses do after hearing what Korah said?
Numbers 16:4
- A. Smote the rock
- B. Called the Levites to war
- C. Rent his clothes
- D. Fell upon his face
3. What did Moses indicate that Korah was seeking?
Numbers 16:10
- A. The priesthood
- B. The land of Gilead
- C. The kingdom
- D. The riches of Egypt
4. What did Dathan and Abiram answer when Moses sent for them?
Numbers 16:12
- A. We will come tomorrow
- B. We will send our sons
- C. We will do as thou commandest
- D. We will not come up
5. How did Moses react to their answer?
Numbers 16:15
- A. He wept bitterly
- B. He said nothing
- C. He was very wroth
- D. He left the camp
6. Whom did Korah gather against Moses and Aaron?
Numbers 16:19
- A. The seventy elders
- B. The sons of Merari
- C. The Midianites
- D. All the congregation
7. What new thing did God do concerning Korah?
Numbers 16:30-32
- A. Sent an angel with a sword
- B. The earth opened and swallowed them up alive
- C. Rained fire and hail
- D. Turned them into pillars of salt
8. How did the 250 men who offered incense with Korah die?
Numbers 16:35
- A. Stoned by the people
- B. By plague
- C. Swallowed by the earth
- D. Consumed by fire
9. On the morrow after Korah's death, what did the people do?
Numbers 16:41
- A. Offered burnt offerings
- B. Left the camp
- C. Held a feast
- D. Murmured against Moses and Aaron
10. Why did the LORD want Moses and Aaron to get away from the congregation?
Numbers 16:45
- A. So He could consume them in a moment
- B. To speak to them in secret
- C. So they would go up the mount
- D. So they would not be defiled
11. Why did Moses tell Aaron to put fire from off the altar in the censer?
Numbers 16:46
- A. Because it was the hour of sacrifice
- B. To light the tabernacle
- C. Because the fire had gone out
- D. Because the plague was begun
12. How many died in the plague?
Numbers 16:49
- A. Three thousand
- B. Twenty-four thousand
- C. Fourteen thousand and seven hundred
- D. Two hundred and fifty
Notes
Numbers 17 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Numbers 17 (KJV)
1. How many rods did the princes of Israel bring to Moses?
Numbers 17:2
- A. Seventy
- B. Ten
- C. Seven
- D. Twelve
2. Upon whose rod was Aaron's name written?
Numbers 17:3
- A. Upon the rod of Reuben
- B. Upon the rod of Levi
- C. Upon the rod of Ephraim
- D. Upon the rod of Judah
3. Of the twelve rods of the princes of Israel, which was the only one that budded?
Numbers 17:8
- A. Judah's
- B. Aaron's
- C. Ephraim's
- D. Joseph's
4. Aaron's rod was kept for a token against whom?
Numbers 17:10
- A. The rebels
- B. Kings
- C. Strangers
- D. The Levites