The Book of Numbers - The BAS Library



When Jesus was twelve and missing in Jerusalem, how long did his parents search before they found him?

3 days (Luke 2:46)

How old was Moses when his mother hid him in the bulrushes?

3 months (Exodus 2:2)

How old was Joseph when he entered Pharaoh’s service?

30 years (Genesis 41:46)

David was a young shepherd when he was anointed by Samuel. How old was he when he became king?

30 years (2 Samuel 5:4)

How long did David reign?

40 years (2 Samuel 5:4)

How long did Moses stay on Mt. Sinai?

40 days and 40 nights (Exodus 24:18)

How old was Abraham when Isaac was born?

100 years (Genesis 21:5)

Jesus met a Samaritan woman at a well. After their conversation how long did he stay with the Samaritans?

2 days (John 4:40)

When the infant Jesus was taken to the Temple, a prophetess named Anna thanked God she had seen him. How old was she?

84 years (Luke 2:37)

Methuselah lived to be how old?

969 years (Genesis 5:27)

According to the Psalmist, how long is a human’s alotted time on earth?

70 years, or 80 If the individual is strong (Psalms 90:10)

Because of a widespread famine, Joseph’s father Jacob settled his family in Egypt. How long did Jacob live there?

17 years (Genesis 47:28)

Daniel asked Babylonian court officials to be allowed to eat a diet of vegetables and water. They worried he would look worse than those who ate meat and drank wine. How long was the test he proposed?

10 days (Daniel 1:12)

How many years did the Israelites dwell in Egypt?

430 years (Exodus 12:40)

On his way to Rome for trial, Paul was shipwrecked on the island of Malta for how long?

3 months (Acts 28:11)

MLA Citation

“The Book of Numbers,” Bible Review 8.1 (1992): 11.