Leviticus 22 is a chapter about worship that is precise and serious. It teaches that holiness is not a feeling, it is obedience, especially when dealing with what belongs to God.
This quiz is designed to push close reading: who may eat holy things, when uncleanness ends, what counts as acceptable, and what God forbids to protect His name.
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Leviticus 22 Quiz Questions and Answers
Question 1: What are Aaron and his sons commanded to “separate themselves from” in Leviticus 22:2?
- A. The holy things which Israel halloweth unto the LORD
- B. The daily burnt offering which Moses ordained in Sinai
- C. The tabernacle door where the congregation doth assemble
- D. The silver of redemption which is numbered for the priesthood
- E. The feast days which the elders proclaim in their cities
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Answer: A — Priests must not treat Israel’s hallowed holy things as common.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:2 — “That they separate themselves from the holy things… which they hallow unto me…”
Question 2: What exact consequence is stated for approaching the holy things while unclean?
- A. That soul shall be cut off from among his people
- B. That soul shall be cut off from my presence, saith the LORD
- C. That soul shall bear his iniquity, and be unclean seven days
- D. That soul shall restore the holy thing, and add the fifth part
- E. That soul shall bring a trespass offering, and be forgiven
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Answer: B — The verse emphasizes being cut off “from my presence,” showing the seriousness.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:3 — “That soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.”
Question 3: Which priestly family is addressed throughout the opening warning?
- A. Gershon
- B. Aaron
- C. Korah
- D. Ithamar
- E. Phinehas
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Answer: B — The commands are directed to Aaron and his sons.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:2 — “Speak unto Aaron and to his sons…”
Question 4: Which list best matches the “uncleanness” sources in Leviticus 22:4?
- A. Leprosy, running issue, touching any creeping thing, or seed going from him
- B. Touching a dead body, entering a tent, touching a grave, or eating blood
- C. Eating fat, wearing mixed cloth, shaving corners, or touching a carcass
- D. Swearing rashly, breaking vows, neglecting tithes, or despising counsel
- E. Offering strange fire, drinking wine, removing garments, or eating leaven
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Answer: A — The verse names leprosy, running issue, unclean touch, creeping things, and seed emission.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:4 — “Whoso… is a leper, or hath a running issue… or a man whose seed goeth from him…”
Question 5: What two-step requirement is stated before eating holy things again after uncleanness?
- A. Wash his flesh in water, and when the sun is down he shall be clean
- B. Offer a sin offering at the altar, and after seven days be restored
- C. Confess his trespass aloud, and add the fifth part unto the priest
- D. Bring two turtle doves, and after the priest make atonement eat
- E. Sit at the sanctuary gate, and after the trumpet sound he may eat
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Answer: A — The chapter links washing and evening (“sun is down”) to being clean again.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:6–7 — “He shall not eat… unless he wash… and when the sun is down, he shall be clean…”
Question 6: Which food situation specifically defiles the priest if he eats it?
- A. That which is left until the morning after the sacrifice
- B. That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts
- C. That which is offered by the stranger in his vow
- D. That which is eaten without salt in the holy place
- E. That which is baked with leaven on a solemn day
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Answer: B — Priests must not eat animals that died naturally or were torn.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:8 — “That which dieth of itself, or is torn… he shall not eat…”
Question 7: Who is explicitly excluded from eating “the holy thing” in Leviticus 22:10?
- A. A stranger and an hired servant that sojourn with the priest
- B. A purchased servant and one born within the priest’s house
- C. A daughter returned childless unto her father’s house
- D. A clean priest when the sun is down after washing
- E. A priest’s household when it eateth the bread of God
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Answer: A — The verse names “stranger” and “hired servant” as not permitted.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:10 — “There shall no stranger eat… a sojourner… or an hired servant… shall not eat…”
Question 8: Which two categories are allowed to eat because they belong to the priest’s house?
- A. The Levite in the city, and the elder in the gate
- B. The stranger passing through, and the hired servant at wages
- C. The soul bought with money, and he that is born in his house
- D. The widow of Israel, and the foreigner under covenant
- E. The Nazarite of vows, and the man unclean till even
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Answer: C — Purchased servants and those born in the priest’s house may eat.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:11 — “If the priest buy any soul with his money… and he that is born in his house…”
Question 9: What change makes a priest’s daughter lose the right to eat of holy offerings?
- A. When she marries a priest of another household in Israel
- B. When she is married unto a stranger outside priestly house
- C. When she returns childless unto her father’s house again
- D. When she eats unwittingly and adds a fifth part thereto
- E. When she touches an unclean thing and is unclean until even
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Answer: B — Marriage “unto a stranger” removes her access to priestly holy portions.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:12 — “If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat…”
Question 10: Under what exact condition may that daughter return to eat her father’s holy bread?
- A. If she be widowed, returned, and bringeth a freewill offering
- B. If she be divorced, and remaineth within the camp seven days
- C. If she be widowed or divorced, have no child, and return home
- D. If she be childless, and redeemeth herself with silver and gold
- E. If she be restored, and a priest declareth her clean at even
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Answer: C — The verse requires widow/divorce, no child, and return as in youth.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:13 — “If she be a widow, or divorced, and have no child… and is returned…”
Question 11: What precise restitution is required for eating a holy thing unwittingly?
- A. Restore the holy thing, and add the tenth part thereto
- B. Restore the holy thing, and add the fifth part thereto
- C. Restore the holy thing, and add two shekels thereto
- D. Restore the holy thing, and add the half part thereto
- E. Restore the holy thing, and add nothing thereto at all
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Answer: B — The law requires restitution plus a fifth part.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:14 — “Then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it…”
Question 12: What is the stated danger if holy things are profaned by careless eating?
- A. Lest they bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat
- B. Lest they be cast into a city of refuge, and remain
- C. Lest they be shut without the camp, and mourn
- D. Lest they pay restitution unto the elders, and depart
- E. Lest they be removed from the tribe, and wander
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Answer: A — The chapter warns of bearing “iniquity of trespass” for profaning holy things.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:16 — “Lest they bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat the holy things…”
Question 13: From whom may a man bring a burnt offering “for all his vows”?
- A. From the princes only, and not from the common people
- B. From the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel
- C. From the Levites only, for they attend the tabernacle
- D. From the priests only, for they handle holy things
- E. From the elders only, for they judge the congregation
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Answer: B — The text includes both Israelites and “strangers in Israel” in that statement.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:18 — “Whatsoever he be… of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel…”
Question 14: What is the “at your own will” requirement for acceptance in Leviticus 22:19?
- A. A male without blemish, of the beeves, sheep, or goats
- B. A female without spot, of the doves, pigeons, or hens
- C. A young bull with horns, of the herd, for a vow offering
- D. A lamb with wool, of the flock, offered at the new moon
- E. A ram with oil, of the sacrifice, offered by the stranger
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Answer: A — The verse specifies male offerings without blemish from those categories.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:19 — “Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves…”
Question 15: What summary rule is stated about any offering “wherein is a blemish”?
- A. It shall be accepted, if the priest bless it with incense
- B. It shall not be acceptable for you, saith the LORD
- C. It shall be accepted, if it be offered in ignorance
- D. It shall be accepted, if it be a freewill offering only
- E. It shall be accepted, if it be offered on a solemn day
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Answer: B — Any blemished offering is declared unacceptable in that wording.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:20 — “Whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.”
Question 16: Which set contains only defects listed in Leviticus 22:22?
- A. Blind, broken, maimed, or having a wen, scurvy, or scab
- B. Lame, deaf, dumb, or having bruises upon the flesh
- C. Unclean, leprous, running issue, or touched a dead thing
- D. Lean, weak, spotted, or lacking teeth and strength
- E. Stolen, late-born, overfed, or offered by a stranger
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Answer: A — That verse lists exactly those defects as disqualifying.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:22 — “Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scab…”
Question 17: What “limb” condition in Leviticus 22:23 may be offered as a freewill offering but not for a vow?
- A. A beast having a limb too long, or a limb too short
- B. A beast having a limb bruised, or a limb swollen
- C. A beast having a limb broken, or a limb maimed
- D. A beast having a limb scabbed, or a limb scurvied
- E. A beast having a limb stolen, or a limb torn away
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Answer: A — The verse permits “superfluous or lacking” for freewill, but not for vows.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:23 — “A bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking… for a freewill offering… not… for a vow.”
Question 18: Which condition is named in Leviticus 22:24 as not to be offered?
- A. That which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut
- B. That which is young, or tender, or small, or weak
- C. That which is lean, or pale, or spotted, or lame
- D. That which is old, or worn, or tired, or slow
- E. That which is borrowed, or pledged, or stolen, or lost
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Answer: A — The verse lists those exact conditions as forbidden for offering.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:24 — “Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut…”
Question 19: What does Leviticus 22:25 say about receiving such offerings “at the hand of a stranger”?
- A. Ye may accept them, if they be offered in a freewill manner
- B. Ye may accept them, if the priest judge them acceptable
- C. Ye shall not offer them, because corruption is in them
- D. Ye shall accept them, if they be for peace offerings only
- E. Ye shall accept them, if they be without any visible spot
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Answer: C — The verse rejects them even from strangers because “corruption is in them.”
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:25 — “Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer… because their corruption is in them…”
Question 20: Which paired rule is stated about timing and mercy in Leviticus 22:27–28?
- A. Seven days under the dam; not kill it and her young in one day
- B. Eight days under the dam; not eat it and her young in one day
- C. Seven days under the dam; not reap it and her fruit in one day
- D. Eight days under the dam; not offer it and her young in one day
- E. Seven days under the dam; not offer it and her young in one day
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Answer: E — After seven days under the dam, from the eighth day it may be offered; also, do not kill both in one day.
KJV Reference: Leviticus 22:27–28 — “It shall be seven days under the dam… from the eighth day… and… ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.”
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Leviticus 22 reminds us that God is honored by careful obedience, not casual worship. He sees how we handle what is holy, our words, our giving, and our service. Let your worship be clean, sincere, and reverent, because the LORD deserves what is set apart.
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