Numbers and Counting in the Bible - Hard Quiz Flashcards

#1

In Genesis, how many cubits long, wide, and high was the ark that Noah was commanded to build?

📖 Genesis 6:15

#2

How many stones did David select from the stream before confronting Goliath?

📖 1 Samuel 17:40

#3

According to Leviticus, how many years constituted a jubilee cycle in ancient Israel?

📖 Leviticus 25:10-11

#4

In the book of Revelation, how many seals are on the scroll that only the Lamb is worthy to open?

📖 Revelation 5:1

#5

How many times did the Israelites march around Jericho on the seventh day according to Joshua?

📖 Joshua 6:15

#6

According to 1 Chronicles 21, how many men capable of drawing a sword did the census reveal Israel had?

📖 1 Chronicles 21:5

#7

How many times did Jesus tell Peter he must forgive his brother who sins against him?

📖 Matthew 18:22

#8

In Daniel's prophecy about the seventy weeks, how many weeks were determined upon the holy city according to Daniel 9:24?

📖 Daniel 9:24

#2

Five stones

In 1 Samuel 17:40, David 'chose five smooth stones from the stream' to use with his sling against Goliath, though he only needed one to defeat the giant.

1 Samuel 17:40

#1

Length 300, width 50, height 30 cubits

Genesis 6:15 specifies these exact dimensions: 'Make an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high.' (These are the metric conversions; the Hebrew text gives 300, 50, and 30 cubits.)

Genesis 6:15

#4

Seven seals

Revelation 5:1 describes 'a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.' The seven seals represent God's complete plan of judgment and redemption, with each seal revealing different events when opened.

Revelation 5:1

#3

50 years

Leviticus 25:10-11 establishes that 'In this Year of Jubilee each of you is to return to your family property' and 'a jubilee for you: each of you is to return to your family property and to your own clan.' The jubilee occurred after seven sabbatical cycles of seven years each (7 × 7 = 49), with the 50th year being the jubilee.

Leviticus 25:10-11

#6

1,100,000 men

1 Chronicles 21:5 says there were 1,100,000 men in Israel who could draw the sword, and 470,000 in Judah.

1 Chronicles 21:5

#5

Seven times around the walls

Joshua 6:15 states that 'on the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner' with the seventh march being followed by the trumpet blast that caused the walls to collapse.

Joshua 6:15

#8

Seventy weeks

Daniel 9:24 states: 'Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness...' This is one of the most significant numerological prophecies in Scripture, often interpreted as referring to years.

Daniel 9:24

#7

Seventy times seven times

Matthew 18:22 records Jesus telling Peter not just seven times, but seventy times seven, meaning forgiveness should not be limited by a small number.

Matthew 18:22

#9

According to Acts 2, on the day of Pentecost, approximately how many people were baptized after Peter's speech?

📖 Acts 2:41

#10

How many years old was Methuselah when he died, making him the longest-lived person in the Bible?

📖 Genesis 5:27

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#10

969 years

Genesis 5:27 records: 'Altogether, Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.' He is the oldest person mentioned in Scripture, living through the antediluvian era before the Great Flood.

Genesis 5:27

#9

About 3,000 people

Acts 2:41 states: 'Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.' This marked the explosive growth of the early church following the Holy Spirit's coming at Pentecost.

Acts 2:41

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