Deuteronomy 21–25 Quiz: Questions and Answers
📗 Chapter 21 – Various Laws
1. What should be done if a murdered person is found and the killer is unknown?
Answer: The elders of the nearest town must offer a sacrifice and wash their hands over a heifer to remove guilt (Deut. 21:1–9).
2. What was required if an Israelite man wanted to marry a captive woman?
Answer: She must shave her head, trim her nails, and mourn for her parents for one month (Deut. 21:10–13).
3. What rights did the firstborn son have, even if he was from an unloved wife?
Answer: He received a double portion of the inheritance (Deut. 21:15–17).
4. What punishment was given to a rebellious son?
Answer: He was to be stoned to death by the men of his town (Deut. 21:18–21).
5. What must be done with a man’s body who is executed and hung on a tree?
Answer: He must be taken down and buried the same day (Deut. 21:22–23).
📗 Chapter 22 – Laws of Morality and Compassion
6. What should one do if they find their neighbor’s ox or donkey wandering?
Answer: Return it to its owner (Deut. 22:1–3).
7. What should be built on a new house’s roof?
Answer: A parapet (railing) to prevent falls (Deut. 22:8).
8. What is forbidden between different kinds of seeds, animals, or fabrics?
Answer: Mixing them (Deut. 22:9–11).
9. What punishment was given to a man who falsely accuses his wife of not being a virgin?
Answer: He must be fined 100 shekels and may not divorce her (Deut. 22:13–19).
10. What was the punishment for adultery or rape?
Answer: Death for both parties or fines and marriage if consensual between a man and a virgin (Deut. 22:22–29).
📗 Chapter 23 – Camp Purity and Exclusion
11. Who was excluded from the assembly of the Lord?
Answer: Certain foreigners, eunuchs, and illegitimate children (Deut. 23:1–3).
12. What was to be done with human waste in the camp?
Answer: It must be buried outside the camp (Deut. 23:12–14).
13. Could interest be charged on loans to fellow Israelites?
Answer: No (Deut. 23:19–20).
14. Could a worker eat grapes or grain from someone else’s field?
Answer: Yes, but only what they could eat by hand—not take away (Deut. 23:24–25).
📗 Chapter 24 – Marriage and Social Laws
15. What reason could a man give a certificate of divorce?
Answer: If he finds something indecent about her (Deut. 24:1).
16. Could a divorced woman remarry her first husband after being remarried?
Answer: No (Deut. 24:3–4).
17. What was the rule about taking a millstone as a pledge?
Answer: It was forbidden (Deut. 24:6).
18. What must be left in the field for the poor, widow, and orphan?
Answer: Any gleanings, olives, and grapes that were missed (Deut. 24:19–21).
📗 Chapter 25 – Justice and Fairness
19. How many lashes could a guilty man receive?
Answer: No more than 40 (Deut. 25:3).
20. What law was given about oxen during threshing?
Answer: Do not muzzle the ox (Deut. 25:4).
21. What was the “Levirate marriage” law?
Answer: A man must marry his deceased brother’s widow if they had no children (Deut. 25:5–10).
22. What was to be done with dishonest weights and measures?
Answer: They were forbidden—honest scales must be used (Deut. 25:13–16).