Theocratic Ministry School Review

The following questions will be considered at the Theocratic Ministry School during the week beginning August 31, 2009. The school overseer will conduct a 20-minute review based on material covered in assignments for the weeks of July 6 through August 31, 2009.

1. Why was capital punishment prescribed for anyone ‘calling down evil’ on his parents? (Lev. 20:9) [w04 5/15 p. 24 par. 6]

2. Since all male Israelites were required to be present at the Festival of Unfermented Cakes, who harvested the firstfruits of the barley offering? (Lev. 23:5, 11) [w07 7/15 p. 26 par. 3]

3. What is foreshadowed by the Jubilee year? (Lev. 25:10, 11) [w04 7/15 pp. 26-27]

4. Did “the signs” mentioned at Numbers 2:2 have any religious significance to Israel? [w02 9/15 p. 21 par. 4]

5. What spirit do full-time Kingdom proclaimers display today that is similar to that shown by the Nazirites in ancient Israel? (Num. 6:3, 5, 6) [w04 8/1 pp. 24-25]

6. What principle of the law on Levite retirement can apply to Jehovah’s people today? (Num. 8:25, 26) [w04 8/1 p. 25 par. 1]

7. How did the Israelites come to express “selfish longing,” and what lesson is there in this for Christians today? (Num. 11:4) [w01 6/15 pp. 14-15; w95 3/1 p. 15 par. 10]

8. Why was only Miriam stricken with leprosy, and what important lesson can be learned from this? (Num. 12:9-11) [w04 8/1 p. 26 par. 2; it-2 p. 415 par. 1]

9. What did Joshua and Caleb mean when they referred to the inhabitants of Canaan as “bread”? (Num. 14:9) [w06 10/1 p. 16 par. 5; it-1 pp. 363-364]

10. What warning example does Numbers 21:5 provide? [w99 8/15 pp. 26-27]