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6gr Rel Chapter 17
6gr Religion Chapter 17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The pattern of ______ and _______ runs throughout the Book of Judges. | failing and beginning again |
| The book of Judges is the _____ book in the Bible. | 7 |
| The Canaanites worshiped a pagan god called _____. | Baal |
| Now the tribes were ______ throughout the land. | scattered |
| They had many changes: 1) had to learn how to _____. 2) no longer had the ______ in their midst. 3) started to ______ like the Canaanites did. 4) _________ threatened to take their land. | they had to plow the soil and plant crops, Ark of the Covenant, worship Baal, invading tribes. |
| Define Judges. | People, usually military leaders, sent by God to save the Israelites from their enemies. |
| The judges were gifted with a power called _____ | charism |
| Define Charism. | a special gift given by God to a person for the good of others. |
| ____ judges are named in the Book of Judges. | 12 |
| The period of judges was a ________ for God's people. | time of growth |
| When the people would retell their stories, they would _____ or _____ some of the facts. | forget or exaggerate |
| However, those who heard the stories understood their _____ and found _____ and _____. | message, strength and hope |
| Deborah was a _____ and a _____ of Israel. | judge and a prophet |
| She told army commander _____ that God would deliver enemy _____ "into your hands" | Barak, Sisera |
| Deborah took great _____ and _____ the Lord. | risk and trusted |
| Gideon was called by God to _________. | defend the Israelites from the Midianites. |
| He asked God to perform a _____ to prove that God would give him power. | miracle |
| God made Gideon show his trust by telling him to ____ his army from 23,000 men to ____ men. | reduce, 300 |
| The ______ were longtime enemies of the Israelites. | Philistines |
| According to the Bible, Samson took on the Philistines, 1) When Samson lost a bet about a riddle, he ____. 2) When his bride was given to another man, Samson caught ___ foxes and used then to ___. 3) When the men came to capture him, Samson _____. | killed 30 Philistines, 300, set the Philistines field on fire, killed them all with a jawbone of a donkey. |
| From his birth, Samson was under a vow not to drink ____, eat ____ meat, or cut _____ (He was a ______). | alcohol, unclean, his hair, Nazarite. |
| As long as the vow was kept, the Spirit of God gave him _____. | great strength. |
| His wife, _____, was bribed and ______ while Samson slept, leaving him ______. | Delilah, cut off his hair, powerless. |
| The Philistines seized him, ____ him and put him in prison. | blinded |
| Later, when his hair grew back, he pushed the pillars of a building where many Philistines had gathered and ______. | the building collapsed, killing everyone including Samson. |
| Despite Samson's failures, he is considered a great judge because he realized that ______. | his strength came from God. |
| Ruth's story is one of _____ and _____. Ruth, not a ____, married an Israelite man. | loyalty, commitment, Hebrew |
| When he died, she followed her mother-in-law, ____, (also a widow) back to her homeland. | Naomi |
| A wealthy landowner, ________ fell in love with Ruth and ____ her. God blessed them with a ____ who became the grandfather of _____. | Boaz, married, son, King David |
| Even someone who was not Hebrew could ____. | become a part of God's plan of salvation. |
| Ruth's story teaches us that ____ is the vocation of all human beings. | love |
| Because of our commandment to honor the truth, we must ____ the media and ____ about the messages we receive. | question, think carefully |