Q 01/05

Who coined the word 'scapegoat' in his 1530 English Pentateuch, rendering Leviticus 16's goat 'for Azazel'?

A) John Wycliffe

B) Miles Coverdale

C) William Tyndale

D) Thomas Cranmer

Answer · why

C) William Tyndale

William Tyndale rendered the Latin caper emissarius as '(e)scape goat' in his 1530 Bible, a translation then illegal and one he later paid for with hi...

Q 02/05

Leviticus 14 extends its skin-disease rules to what, which a priest may order scraped, re-stoned, or finally torn down?

A) Tents

B) Wells

C) Ovens

D) Houses

Answer · why

D) Houses

Houses could carry the 'plague' in Leviticus 14: infected stones were pulled out and the walls replastered, and a second outbreak meant demolition.

Q 03/05

Which mammal does Leviticus 11 group with the camel and the hare as cud-chewers that lack a split hoof?

A) The jackal

B) The hyrax

C) The porcupine

D) The mongoose

Answer · why

B) The hyrax

The hyrax (the 'coney' of older Bibles) is not a ruminant at all; its constant jaw movement may have looked like cud-chewing to ancient observers.

Q 04/05

What must a person with a confirmed skin disease cry out under Leviticus 13, living in torn clothes outside the camp?

A) 'Keep away'

B) 'Have mercy'

C) 'Unclean, unclean'

D) 'Leper, leper'

Answer · why

C) 'Unclean, unclean'

'Unclean, unclean' was the required cry, along with a bared head and a covered upper lip, so that others could keep their distance.

Q 05/05

Leviticus 17 bans eating what, and tells hunters who kill game to cover it with earth?

A) The heart

B) The blood

C) The bones

D) The hide

Answer · why

B) The blood

The blood is forbidden because Leviticus treats it as the animal's life, so even game killed in the hunt had to be drained and the ground covered over...