Challenging Leviticus 1 Quiz Questions and Answers

Answer 1: C – The priest casts the crop with its feathers beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes. Option E is a deliberate trap, since the north side is mentioned in the same chapter for the flock offering (verse 11), not for the disposal of the fowl’s crop. Option A echoes language used in other priestly procedures but is not stated here.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:16 – “And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes.”

Answer 2: E – The sons of Aaron the priest are given this specific duty. Aaron alone (option C) is not singled out for this task; it is his sons collectively. The offerer (option B) does perform actions on the carcass, but putting fire on the altar and ordering the wood is the priests’ work, not the offerer’s.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:7 – “And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire.”

Answer 3: D – The herd burnt offering is to be presented at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. Option B is a trap: the north side applies to the flock offering in verse 11, not the herd offering here. The holy place and the ark were accessible only to the priests, not to the general Israelite offerer.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:3 – “He shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.”

Answer 4: A – The flock offering is to be killed on the north side of the altar, before the LORD. Option B uses the same “before the LORD” language but names the wrong direction. Option C is a trap: the east part of the altar is mentioned in verse 16, but that is where the crop and feathers of the fowl are cast, not where the flock animal is slaughtered.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:11 – “And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD.”

Answer 5: B – The text states the offering shall be accepted for the offerer to make atonement for him. The laying of the hand is an act of identification: the animal stands in the offerer’s place. No transfer of priestly ownership, signal, consecration, or general setting-apart is the purpose the text names; atonement is the explicit stated effect.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:4 – “And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.”

Answer 6: E – The inwards and legs are to be washed in water before the priest burns all upon the altar. Salting (option A) is required for grain offerings in Leviticus 2:13, not specified for the burnt offering in this chapter. Setting apart until morning (option C) applies to certain other offerings but is not stated here.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:9 – “But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all upon the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.”

Answer 7: A – The LORD speaks to Moses out of the tabernacle of the congregation. Option C is a well-placed trap: the voice from between the two cherubims is how God spoke in Numbers 7:89 and is often conflated with Leviticus 1:1. The Sinai setting (option B) belongs to Exodus; the pillar of fire (option E) to the wilderness narratives of Exodus and Numbers.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:1 – “And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation.”

Answer 8: D – The blood of the fowl is wrung out at the side of the altar. Option E is the procedure for the herd and flock offerings, not for the fowl. Sprinkling blood seven times before the veil (option B) is the Day of Atonement procedure detailed in Leviticus 16, applied there to the blood of a bullock and a goat, not to a bird.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:15 – “And the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar.”

Answer 9: C – The LORD’s instruction names two categories: the herd and the flock. Fowls are addressed separately in verse 14 as a third category and are not named in this opening statement. Options A and B rearrange real Levitical animals into incorrect pairings. Options D and E mix categories that verse 2 does not join.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:2 – “Ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.”

Answer 10: E – The carcass is flayed and cut into pieces. These two actions are named for this stage. The washing (option A) belongs to a later step (verse 9), applied to the inwards and legs, not to the whole carcass at this point. Option B describes a procedure found in peace offerings, not the burnt offering sequence here.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:6 – “And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.”

Answer 11: A – Turtledoves or young pigeons are the two types specified. Sparrows appear in other biblical contexts but are never listed as Levitical burnt offerings. Option E is a trap: “without blemish” is the requirement for herd and flock animals (verses 3 and 10) but is not explicitly restated for fowls in this chapter.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:14 – “And if the burnt sacrifice be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.”

Answer 12: D – The fowl is cleaved with its wings but not divided asunder. Option A describes the opposite of the law; the bird is not to be split from head downward. The wings are not removed; they remain attached when the bird is placed upon the altar fire.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:17 – “And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire.”

Answer 13: B – The text names the head and the fat. The right shoulder (option A) is associated with peace offerings. The rump and kidneys (option C) appear in Leviticus 3. The hide was already removed by flaying in verse 6 and is not burned on the altar here.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:8 – “And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar.”

Answer 14: E – The priests, Aaron’s sons, bring the blood and sprinkle it round about the altar. The offerer (option A) kills the bullock in verse 5, but handling and applying the blood is the priests’ responsibility. Aaron alone (option C) is not singled out; it is assigned to his sons collectively.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:5 – “And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.”

Answer 15: A – The flock animal must be a male without blemish, the same standard as the herd offering in verse 3. Option B borrows firstborn language from Exodus; firstborn status is not the requirement stated here. Option E reverses the gender requirement, a trap for those who recall the rule without the detail.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:10 – “And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring a male without blemish.”

Answer 16: D – The phrase “a sweet savour unto the LORD” closes the herd offering (verse 9), the flock offering (verse 13), and the fowl offering (verse 17). The exact word “sweet” distinguishes it from all alternatives. Every option contains “the LORD,” so the student must know the precise modifier.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:9 – “It is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.” See also Leviticus 1:13 and 1:17.

Answer 17: C – The first action upon the fowl is the priest wringing off its head and burning it on the altar. Option A (plucking the crop) is the subsequent step from verse 16. Option B (sprinkling blood round about) is the method for the herd and flock offerings; the fowl’s blood is wrung out at the side, not sprinkled.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:15 – “And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar.”

Answer 18: B – The priest plucks away the crop with its feathers. The head (option D) has already been wrung off and burned on the altar in verse 15. The wings (option A) are not removed; verse 17 requires the fowl to be cleaved with its wings.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:16 – “And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes.”

Answer 19: A – The sons of Aaron lay the wood in order upon the fire. Option B is a precise trap from verse 8, which is the next step. The wood is prepared first; only then are the offering parts laid upon it. Option C describes what Leviticus 2:13 requires for grain offerings.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:7 – “And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire.”

Answer 20: E – The blood is sprinkled round about upon the altar. Option D (applying blood to the four altar horns) is the sin offering procedure from Leviticus 4:7 and 4:18. Option A (poured at the base) also belongs to sin offering instructions, not to the burnt offering of Leviticus 1.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:5 – “And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.”

Answer 21: D – Moses is to speak unto the children of Israel. Option A is the natural guess since many Leviticus instructions target Aaron and his sons; but verse 2 addresses the offering laws to all Israel. The distinction between what is spoken to the priests and what is spoken to the people is an important structural feature of the book.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:2 – “Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD.”

Answer 22: B – The offering is to be brought of the offerer’s own voluntary will. The phrase underscores that acceptable worship is not coerced. Options A, C, D, and E blend plausible Pentateuchal language with the kind of detail that careless readers expect to find, but none of them appear in this verse or relate to the disposition here described.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 1:3 – “He shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.”