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QUESTIONS FOR IDLE MOMENTS

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA · Feb 14, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 7.

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QUESTIONS FOR IDLE MOMENTS.

By Editor

"To understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their riddles." Prov. 1:6, A. R. V., margin.
[From month to month we shall present before our young readers various questions, enigmas, etc., on Biblical and historical subjects. The answers of any one month will be given the next month. We invite answers from our young readers.]

Bible Enigma.

I am composed of 25 letters. My 8, 7, 10, 14 is the name of a noted patriarch. " 18, 19, 15, 9 is the father of all humans. " 4, 5, 22, 23 is a son of the first man. " 2, 3, 17, 19, 24, 25, 8, 12, 6, 4 is what Israel passed through. " 6, 3, 17, 7, 21, 9 is a noted Bible pool. " 25, 23, 7, 19, 12, 4 is an island in the Mediterranean mentioned by Luke. " 8, 7 is the Bible name of a city of Egypt. " 11, 1, 19, 12, 6, 23 is a place on the border of the Promised Land. " 16, 15, 19 is a tribe in Israel. " 20, 3, 4, 14, 16, 21, 22, 12 is a gate in Jerusalem, spoken of by Nehemiah. My whole is a proverb which every boy ought to remember.

Bible Questions.

(Give Bible references.)
  1. How did the Bible come to us?
  2. Who was it that said when a son was born, "I have gotten a man from the Lord"?
  3. Who is the first worker in brass and iron mentioned?
  4. Where do we find the first Bible poem?
  5. Who said, "My punishment is greater than I can bear"?
  6. Who said, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write"?
  7. How old was the oldest man of whom we have record?
  8. Who is said to have died before his father?
  9. In whose days was the earth divided, and how did his father commemorate the event?
  10. What is the most remarkable case of friendship mentioned in the Bible?