Title: Chapter 02: Fill-in-the-blank/Short Answer Questions: Sojourn in the Wilderness
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: Why is the book of Numbers called “Numbers”?
- because of the two numberings of the people that occur in the book (because of the two numberings of the people that occur in the book)

Q: In what three places does the narrative action of the book of Numbers occur? A) Sinai, the wilderness, the Transjordan

Q: What are the two primary themes of the book of Numbers?
- the right ordering of life as the covenant people of YHWH and the wilderness rebellions (the right ordering of life as the covenant people of YHWH and the wilderness rebellions)

Q: What does the name “Deuteronomy” mean and why does it have this name?
- it means “second law” and recounts in a new format the law revealed at Sinai (it means “second law” and recounts in a new format the law revealed at Sinai)

Q: List three of the features of Josiah’s 7th century reforms.
- centralization of worship, abolition of astral worship, removal of sacred prostitutes, prohibition of child sacrifice, removal of necromancers, reinstitution of the Passover in the temple (centralization of worship, abolition of astral worship, removal of sacred prostitutes, prohibition of child sacrifice, removal of necromancers, reinstitution of the Passover in the temple)