Leviticus Chapter 25

48 questions to study

Question Types

Multiple Choice (20) True False (20) Multi Answer (6) Matching (2)

Matching (2)

Match the two columns: Left: A. Jubilee (Leviticus 25:8-10) | B. buy from own people(Leviticus 25:15) | C. what to eat in Sabbath year (Leviticus 25:20-21) | D. house in walled city (Leviticus 25:29-30) | E. house in village without walls (B, Leviticus 25:31) Right: 1. number of years since the Jubilee | 2. can be redeemed, are to be returned in the Jubilee | 3. not to be returned in the Jubilee | 4. following seven Sabbath years | 5. three years’ worth of crops from sixth year

A Jubilee (Leviticus 25:8-10)
B buy from own people(Leviticus 25:15)
C what to eat in Sabbath year (Leviticus 25:20-21)
D house in walled city (Leviticus 25:29-30)
E house in village without walls (B, Leviticus 25:31)
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A-4,B-1,C-5,D-3,E-2
Medium Discuss

Match the two columns: Left: A. Sabbath year for the land (Leviticus 25:4) | B. Year of Jubilee (Leviticus 25:10) | C. pastureland of Levites (Leviticus 25:34) | D. houses in towns of Levites (Leviticus 25:33) | E. Buy as property (Leviticus 25:45) Right: 1. temporary residents | 2. redeemable | 3. seventh year | 4. permanent possession | 5. fiftieth year

A Sabbath year for the land (Leviticus 25:4)
B Year of Jubilee (Leviticus 25:10)
C pastureland of Levites (Leviticus 25:34)
D houses in towns of Levites (Leviticus 25:33)
E Buy as property (Leviticus 25:45)
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A-3,B-5,C-4,D-2,E-1

Multi Answer (6)

What commands did God give the Israelites regarding the seventh year, the year the land was to have a sabbath rest? (Leviticus 25:3-5)

A Six years sow fields, prune vineyards, gather crops
B Do not sow fields or prune vineyards in sixth year
C Do not reap what grows of itself (the land) in the seventh year

What commands did God give the Israelites regarding the year of Jubilee in Israel? (Leviticus 25:10-11)

A It is a year of liberty throughout the land for all inhabitants
B Each should return to their family property and they own clan
C When they sow and reap the harvest, it will produce seven times the crop harvested in other years

How can a poor person redeem their land that they had to sell? (Leviticus 25:25-28)

A Their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold
B They can purchase it back when they have the funds for a price higher than that set by seller
C It will be returned in the Jubilee
Medium Discuss

What was to happen among the Israelites in the year of Jubilee? (Leviticus 25:10-11)

A Proclaim liberty throughout the land to all inhabitants
B Each one to return to their own family property and clan
C They should not sow or reap what grows of land nor harvest untended vines
Medium Discuss

If someone becomes poor in Israel and they must sell their property, how could they redeem it? (Leviticus 25:25-28)

A Their oldest relative can lend them some of the money to buy it back
B If later they prosper and acquire sufficient funds to redeem it, they can come back and take back the land by paying the owner for the years since they sold it
C No matter what, they can always redeem it in the year of Jubilee
Medium Discuss

How were the Israelites supposed to help the poor among them? (Leviticus 25:35-37)

A As they would help a foreigner or stranger
B A poor person could offer household goods in return for food from their fellow Israelites
C They were not allowed to lend them money with interest

Multiple Choice (20)

What were the Israelites to do with what the land yielded in the Sabbath year? (Leviticus 25:6-7)

A Not gather it because it was a year of rest
B It was to be used for food only for livestock because it was a year of rest
C It was to be food for Israelites, workers, and livestock

What principle should be used in Israel when buying or selling land? (Leviticus 25:14)

A Charge a fair price according to consensus among the elders
B Do not take advantage of each other
C Land is sold permanently and must have a covenant made

What would the Israelites be able to eat in the eighth year if they did not plant in the seventh year? (Leviticus 25:21-22)

A The crop from the sixth year
B The seventh year's crop which was twice the normal harvest
C The crops from the pagan nations around which they would take as plunder

When a fellow Israelite becomes poor, you must help them to continue to live among you by ______. (Leviticus 25:35-37)

A lending with low interest
B paying a small amount for some of your crops
C lending with no interest

If any fellow Israelites become poor and sells themselves to you, they are to be treated as ______. (Leviticus 25:39-40)

A slaves
B hired workers
C your brothers

Why shouldn't Israelites be sold as slaves? (Leviticus 25:42)

A They are holy
B They would be considered "unclean" as slaves
C They are servants of God

How could a poor Israelite redeem themselves after they sold themselves to a foreigner? (Leviticus 25:47-51)

A They were not allowed to sell themselves to a foreigner, only to a fellow Israelite
B They may have a blood relative redeem them
C A foreigner was to let them go free when the Israelite had enough money to sustain themselves

If a poor Israelite sells themselves, but then wants to be redeemed, what should the price be for redemption? (Leviticus 25:47,50-52)

A If many years remain until Jubilee, a larger share of the price should be paid
B If many years remain until Jubilee, a smaller share of the price should be paid
C If few years remain until Jubilee, a larger share of the price should be paid

If someone is not able to be redeemed after they sold themselves through a relative or with money, what is their only option for redemption? (Leviticus 25:54)

A Appeal to the elders in Israel to hear their case
B Only God Himself will redeem them
C They are to be released in the Year of Jubilee

Slaves that come from nations surrounding Israel could be ______. (Leviticus 25:44-46)

A bequeathed to children as inherited property
B redeemed during the year of Jubilee
C sold back to their nation for a higher price
Medium Discuss

When the Lord told the Israelites that the seventh year was to be a Sabbath year for the land, what were they supposed to do in the six years leading up to the seventh year? (Leviticus 25:3)

A Sow fields, prune vineyards, gather crops
B Sow fields, do not prune vineyards, store all the leftover crops until the seventh year
C Sow the fields and prune the vineyards every other year, the poor should gather the crops
Medium Discuss

What were the Israelites told to do in the seventh year or the Sabbath year for the land? (Leviticus 25:4-5)

A Leave the crops for the poor and needy in the land
B Gather the crops and harvest the grapes to be eaten in the eighth year
C Not to sow the fields or prune the vineyards; not to reap what grows of itself or harvest the grapes
Medium Discuss

What was an important principle the Israelites had to remember when buying or selling land among themselves? (Leviticus 25:14)

A It was only ok to ask a higher price of the rich, but never to ask beyond what a poor person could pay
B Not to take advantage of each other
C When selling to their fellow Israelites, they were not allowed to ask for pay
Medium Discuss

When the Israelites were instructed how to buy and sell land, the rule was: when the years are many, _____________, and when the years are few, _________________, because what is really being sold to you is the number of crops. (Leviticus 25:16)

A You are to increase the price, you are to decrease the price
B You are to decrease the price, you are to increase the price
C You are to increase the price, you are to charge a price based on the weight of the crops produced
Medium Discuss

Why was land in Israel never to be sold permanently? (Leviticus 25:23)

A So that all would have a chance to own land and plant crops in different fertile areas
B The land belonged to God and they were foreigners and strangers in the land
C God knew some would not stay in Canaan permanently but would follow idolatrous nations
Medium Discuss

Why did God forbid Israelites to work as slaves for other Israelites when they became poor? (Leviticus 25:42)

A Because the Israelites were a holy people
B God did not want other nations to mock the Israelites for taking their brothers as slaves
C Because the Israelites were God's servants whom He brought out of Egypt
Medium Discuss

Where could the Israelites buy slaves from? (Leviticus 25:44)

A Nations around them
B Poor Israelites who sold themselves as slaves in the market
C They were allowed to buy slaves as long as they weren't part of their clan
Medium Discuss

If a foreigner in Israel was rich, and an Israelite was poor and sold themselves to the foreigner – how could the Israelites redeem themselves? (Leviticus 25:47-49)

A An Israelite was not allowed to work for a foreigner
B A blood relative could redeem them, or they could redeem themselves if they had the money
C By working for ten years, at which point they were allowed to go free
Medium Discuss

What was the rate of pay for release when an Israelite worker wanted to redeem themselves? (Leviticus 25: 50)

A The rate of pay for a hired worker and based on the number of years since they sold themselves up until Jubilee
B Each owner could ask their own rate of pay as long as it was reasonable
C The rate of pay for redemption had to be lower than the rate of pay for a foreign slave
Medium Discuss

What happened to poor Israelites who could not redeem themselves in any way? (Leviticus 25:54)

A As long as they were not treated ruthlessly, they could remain a hired worker for their owner
B Levites were allowed to sell some land to redeem Israelites when no one else could redeem them
C They and their children would be released in the year of Jubilee

True False (20)

After the Israelites would enter the land God gave them, the sixth year was to be a year of Sabbath for the land. (Leviticus 25:2-4)

The year of Jubilee would be announced with a trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month on the Day of Atonement. (Leviticus 25:9-10)

It was important to increase the price of land when there were many years until the next Jubilee, because what they were really selling was the number of crops. (Leviticus 25:14,16)

Land in Israel was to be sold permanently because the land belonged to the Israelites. (Leviticus 25:23)

The Levites do not have the right to redeem their houses because they do not possess the Levitical towns. (Leviticus 25:32)

The pastureland belonging to the Levitical towns must not be sold; it is permanent possession. (Leviticus 25:34)

In the year of Jubilee, a poor Israelite who sold themselves to work are to be released along with their children back to their clan and property. (Leviticus 25:39-41)

Slaves in Israel could be from the nations around them and from the temporary residents living among them. (Leviticus 25:44-45)

God forbid the Israelites to have slaves from other nations that would become slaves for life in their households. (Leviticus 25:44-46)

Poor Israelites who sold themselves were to be treated as workers hired from year to year, and not to be ruled over ruthlessly. (Leviticus 25:47,53)

Medium Discuss

The Lord told the Israelites that when they enter the land He is going to give them, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the Lord. (Leviticus 25:2)

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The Lord told the Israelites that what the land yields during the Sabbath year will be food for them, their servants, their hired workers, temporary residents, and their animals. (Leviticus 25:6-7)

Medium Discuss

The year of Jubilee was to be announced with trumpets on the Day of Atonement. (Leviticus 25:9)

Medium Discuss

The Israelites were to buy and sell land based on the number of years from the time they had inherited the land and based on the number of years left for harvesting crops. (Leviticus 25:15)

Medium Discuss

When the Israelites asked what they would eat in the seventh year (Sabbath year) if they were not allowed to plant crops, and God told them the sixth year will produce enough crops to last for three years. (Leviticus 25:20-22)

Medium Discuss

In Israel, houses in walled cities were not able to be redeemed past two years of its sale, but houses in villages without walls or in open country could be redeemed or returned in the year of Jubilee. (Leviticus 25:29-31)

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Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the Levitical towns, which they possess. (Leviticus 25:32)

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Fellow Israelites that became poor could sell themselves and work as slaves for other Israelites. (Leviticus 25:39)

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Children of Israelites could inherit slaves from other nations that their parents owned. (Leviticus 25:46)

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The Lord repeatedly told the Israelites not to rule over their fellow Israelites ruthlessly. (Leviticus 25:46,43)

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