The Tabernacle & 7 Sacred Feasts Quiz
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The Tabernacle & 7 Sacred Feasts Quiz: Scripture Study & Explanations
The Wilderness Tabernacle and the seven biblical feasts established in Leviticus and Exodus provide a magnificent divine blueprint prefiguring Jesus Christ and His redemption. Every sacred furnishing—from the Ark of the Covenant, Menorah, and Table of Shewbread to the Bronze Altar—shadows heavenly realities, while feasts like Passover, Firstfruits, and the Day of Atonement reveal God's prophetic calendar for human history.
Quiz Study Sheet: Questions, Answers & Scripture Explanations
Q1.In Exodus 25:8-9, what supreme purpose did God declare for constructing the Tabernacle according to the pattern shown to Moses on the mountain?
Scriptural Explanation: Exodus 25:8-9 - 'And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst. Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.'
Q2.In Exodus 25:10-22, what two golden figures with outstretched wings overshadowed the Mercy Seat on top of the Ark of the Covenant?
Scriptural Explanation: Exodus 25:18-20 - 'And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat... The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings.'
Q3.According to Hebrews 9:4, which three sacred items were preserved inside or before the Ark of the Covenant?
Scriptural Explanation: Hebrews 9:4 - 'Having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron's staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.'
Q4.In Exodus 25:23-30, how many loaves of Showbread (Bread of the Presence) were set continuously upon the golden table in the Holy Place?
Scriptural Explanation: Leviticus 24:5-6 & Exodus 25:30 - Twelve loaves were baked and arranged in two rows of six each on the pure table before the Lord, renewed every Sabbath.
Q5.In Exodus 25:31-40, from what quantity and material was the golden Menorah (seven-branched lampstand) beaten out?
Scriptural Explanation: Exodus 25:31 & 39 - 'You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work... Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these utensils.'
Q6.In Exodus 30:1-10, where was the Golden Altar of Incense positioned within the Tabernacle?
Scriptural Explanation: Exodus 30:6 - 'And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you.'
Q7.In Exodus 27:1-8, what was the primary purpose of the Bronze Altar (Altar of Burnt Offering) located in the outer courtyard?
Scriptural Explanation: Exodus 27:1-8 & Leviticus 1-7: The Bronze Altar stood in the courtyard where all animal sacrifices (burnt, sin, guilt, peace offerings) were slaughtered and burned, pointing to Christ's sacrifice on the cross.
Q8.In Exodus 30:17-21, why were Aaron and his sons strictly commanded to wash their hands and feet at the Bronze Laver before ministering at the altar or entering the tent?
Scriptural Explanation: Exodus 30:20-21 - 'When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister... they shall wash with water, so that they may not die. They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die.'
Q9.In Exodus 28:15-30, what two sacred items used for discerning God's will were placed inside the Breastplate of Judgment worn by the High Priest?
Scriptural Explanation: Exodus 28:30 - 'And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the Lord.'
Q10.In Exodus 28:33-35, what was attached alternating along the bottom hem of the High Priest's blue robe of the ephod?
Scriptural Explanation: Exodus 28:34 - 'A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe. And it shall be on Aaron when he ministers, and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the Holy Place.'
Q11.In Leviticus 16, on which single day of the year was the High Priest permitted to enter beyond the veil into the Holy of Holies?
Scriptural Explanation: Leviticus 16:2 & 29-34 - The High Priest entered the Most Holy Place only on Yom Kippur (10th of Tishrei) with sacrificial blood for his own sins and the sins of the people (Heb 9:7).
Q12.In Leviticus 16:20-22, what was done to the second goat (the Scapegoat / Azazel) on the Day of Atonement?
Scriptural Explanation: Leviticus 16:21-22 - 'And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the people of Israel... The goat shall bear all their iniquities on itself to a remote area.' Pointing to Christ bearing our sins away.
Q13.In Leviticus 23:5 and Exodus 12, on what date was the Passover (Pesach) sacrifice slaughtered at twilight?
Scriptural Explanation: Leviticus 23:5 - 'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the Lord's Passover.' Christ our Passover lamb was sacrificed for us (1 Cor 5:7).
Q14.In Leviticus 23:6-8, how many days did the Feast of Unleavened Bread immediately follow Passover?
Scriptural Explanation: Leviticus 23:6 - 'And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.'
Q15.In Leviticus 23:9-14, what did the priest wave before the Lord on the day after the Sabbath during the Feast of Firstfruits?
Scriptural Explanation: Leviticus 23:10-11 - 'When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord.' Fulfilled in Christ's resurrection on the first day of the week as the 'firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep' (1 Cor 15:20).
Q16.In Leviticus 23:15-22, how many days after the waving of the sheaf of Firstfruits was the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost / Shavuot) celebrated?
Scriptural Explanation: Leviticus 23:15-16 - 'You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath... You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of new grain to the Lord.' Pentecost means 'fiftieth'.
Q17.In Leviticus 23:23-25, what holy convocation was observed on the first day of the seventh month with blasts of trumpets (shofar)?
Scriptural Explanation: Leviticus 23:24 - 'Say to the people of Israel, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation.'
Q18.In Leviticus 23:33-43, what distinctive command were the Israelites given to remember their deliverance during the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)?
Scriptural Explanation: Leviticus 23:42-43 - 'You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the people of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt.'
Q19.In Numbers 9:15-23, what visible sign guided Israel when to set out or remain camped around the Tabernacle?
Scriptural Explanation: Numbers 9:17 - 'And whenever the cloud lifted from over the tent, after that the people of Israel set out, and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the people of Israel camped.'
Q20.At the moment of Jesus' death on the cross in Matthew 27:51, what dramatic event happened to the veil of the Temple separating the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place?
Scriptural Explanation: Matthew 27:51 & Hebrews 10:19-20 - 'And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.' Through Christ's flesh, believers now have bold access into the Holy of Holies by His blood.
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