Joshua 5 quiz

This quiz is based on Joshua chapter 5. All questions are compulsory and should be answered before submission. Select the correct answers from the options given.

1. Why did the hearts of the kings of the Canaanites and of the Amorites melt?

Their hearts melted because they heard that the God of the Israelites was great.

Their hearts melted because they heard that the Israelites were mighty men of war.

Their hearts melted because they heard Joshua was a mighty man.

Their hearts melted because they heard that God had dried the waters of River Jordan for the Israelites to cross.

2. God commanded Joshua to circumcise the Israelites. What did He command him to do before conducting the circumcision?

He commanded Joshua to sanctify the male borns.

He commanded Joshua to make sharp knives.

He commanded Joshua to count all the uncircumcised males.

He commanded Joshua to offer a sacrifice of atonement.

3. Where did Joshua circumcise the children of Israel?

At the hill of the foreskins.

On the banks of River Jordan.

In the forest of Gilgal.

In the tabernacle.

4. Why were some Israeli males not circumcised at the time they reached the Promised Land?

It was because Moses was dead at the time they were born.

It was because at the time they were born, there were no instruments available for their circumcision.

It was because they were born in the wilderness on the way to the Promised Land.

It was because the Lord had not given the command for their circumcision.

5. Which of these statements was true?

All those who were circumcised camped in the forest of Gilgal until they were completely healed.

The last of the men of war who came out of Egypt with Moses died on the bank of River Jordan just after crossing it.

The last of the men of war who came out of Egypt with Moses died the day before the crossing of River Jordan.

All the males that came with Moses out of Egypt were circumcised.

6. Why did all the men of war that came with Moses out of Egypt die in the wilderness?

They died because of their disobedience to God.

They died because of sickness.

They died because of insufficient food and water.

They died out of weariness and tiredness because of their long walk from Egypt.

7. Why was the place where Joshua and the Israelites camped called Gilgal?

It was called Gilgal because that was the first place suitable for the Israelites to settle after crossing River Jordan.

It was called Gilgal because it was there that God rolled away the reproach of Egypt from Israel.

It was called Gilgal because that was where they set up the first altar for sacrifice.

It was called Gilgal because that was their first place of congregation after crossing the Jordan.

8. At what point did the Israelite begin eating the produce of the Promised Land?

On the twenty-first day of the first month.

The day following the Passover.

Three days after the Passover.

On the seventh day of the first month.

9. On which day of the month did the Israelites keep the Passover after crossing River Jordan?

On the 7th day of the month.

On the 12th day of the month.

On the 20th day of the month.

On the 14th day of the month.

10. At what point did the manna stop falling?

The day after the Passover.

The following day after eating the food of the Promised Land.

The day of the Passover.

The day before the Passover.

11. Where was Joshua standing at the time he saw the captain of the host of the LORD?

He was sitting in front of his tent.

He was standing in front of the tabernacle.

He had come near Jericho.

He was standing beside the altar in Gilgal.

12. What did Joshua say to the captain of the host of the LORD?

He asked the captain of the host of the LORD for information.

He asked the captain of the host of the Lord for his blessings.

He asked the captain of the host of the LORD to pull down the walls of Jericho for Israel on the day they would attack.

He asked the captain of the host of the Lord for strength and courage to bear the task the Lord had given him.

13. What did the captain of the host of the Lord tell Joshua?

He told Joshua to move their camp from Gilgal to the plains of Jericho.

He told Joshua to match his army around Jericho the following day.

He told Joshua to bow down for he had met the holy one.

He told Joshua to remove his shoes for he was standing on holy ground.

14. How many years did Israel spend in the exodus to the Promised Land?

30

24

40

21

15. The LORD said unto Joshua, "... circumcise again the children of Israel the second time." What does it mean?

It means circumcision should be done twice in a person's life.

It means all males should be circumcised including those who had already been circumcised.

It means they should resume the observance of circumcision, which had been long discontinued because of the exodus.

It means circumcision was done twice in Joshua's time.

16. How many verses are in Joshua chapter 5?

20

15

26

16

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