Issue Number:21

Date: 12/23/1933

p. 02, c. 01

What Do You Know About Your Bible? (Answers on page 5, column 3)


1. What was Aaron's Rod?
2. Who was Ananias?
3. To what does Babel allude?
4. What is meant by the Canticles?
5. Who was Cush?
6. Who was Dorcas?
7. What was the origin of the name Ebenezer?
8. Who was Enoch?
9. What was the duty of the Levite?
10. What modern use do we make of the word Pharisee?

Answers 1. The rod cat before Pharoh by Aaron, it became a serpent and later blossomed.
2. A follower of the Apostles, husband of Sapphira, who fell dead when he was rebuked by Peter for lying.
3. The city and lofty tower in the land of Shinor where the confusion of languages is supposed to have taken place. We refer to it today figuratively as a confusion of voices or a structure of impossible height.
4. The song of Solomon, a book of the Old Testament.
5. He is supposed to have been the eldest son of Ham. The "Land of Cush" called later "Ethiopia", was named for him.
6. A female Christian disciple at Joppa, who made many garments for the poor. She is the symbol of generosity and goodness.
7. Samuel gave the name to the stone set up by him to commemorate the victory of the Israelites. The Hebrew definition of it is "stone of help."
8. The father of Methuselah. It is said that he "Walked with God."
9. The Levite was supposed to aid the priests, of the tribe of Levi, in the care of the tabernacle, the sacred vessels and the Temple.
10. We use it to characterize any extremely formal, sanctimonious or hypocritical person. The Pharisee was originally a member of an ancient and exclusive Jewish sect who held a strong conviction of their superior sanctity.