So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it.

• Exodus 16:24

As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

• Ecclesiastes 10:1

Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the Lord.

• Exodus 29:18

Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the Lord, a food offering presented to the Lord.

• Exodus 29:25

This quiz is about the words “stink (5), smell (10), odor (1), and aroma (44).”  The number in parenthesis is the number of times the word is mentioned in the NIV.

The questions will come from verses containing at least one of those words.  Some may have a couple of them, like “smelling a pleasing aroma.”  And other than writing a quiz about the “eyes” a couple of weeks ago, I have no idea why this came up.  Any suggestions about body odor, in this hot sweltering summer heat, will be denied.

The Questions:

#	Question	Bible Reference	Answer
1	Thinking of smelling a pleasing aroma, that usually pertained to a burnt offering or incense, which is the first instance of seeing those words in the NIV? Answer with who offered the offering and why.
2	The Lord told Moses to tell Pharoah that fish will die and the river will stink.  What plague was Moses foretelling?
3	In the only reference to odor, what was so bad about someone being there for four days?
4	The Apostle Paul speaks to the Corinthians about being captive so that we can spread the aroma of what (who)?
5	Near the beginning of Deuteronomy, Moses prophesies that the people of Israel will worship false gods, who cannot do four things.  One is pertaining to the theme, but get as many as you can.
6	Isaiah proclaims a prophecy against what nation whose canals will stink and whose streams will dry up and whose reeds and rushes will wither?
7	Of Leviticus and Numbers, which has more references to an “aroma pleasing to the Lord”?
8	When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego emerged from the fiery furnace, what did the others smell on them?
9	Jeremiah compares one nation to old wine, in its dregs, taste not changing and aroma the same.  What nation?
10	In Joel’s prophecy of the horde of locusts, God has pity on His people and the northern horde will be split to drown in two locations, with the stench rising.  Where does the eastern half drown and where does the western half drown?

It seems quite interesting, maybe even confusing.  God created the heavens and the earth.  Everything was good.  Then mankind turned from God.  And God’s instructions were to provide a sacrifice, killing an animal from that which God had created and spilling the blood, then burning the sacrifice.

And the smoke going up and the fire becomes an aroma pleasing to God.  Yet, some animal had to die, and then the animal and the fuel for the fire was consumed to produce that aroma.

I know, the wages of sin is death and the animal was a substitute, but there is so much blood and death.

Then again, I have gone on my back porch and smelled the barbeque cooking, maybe a mile away, upwind in the valley, and it smells so good that I get hungry, although it was meant for someone else in the valley.

Bible References:

#	Question	Bible Reference	Answer
1	Thinking of smelling a pleasing aroma, that usually pertained to a burnt offering or incense, which is the first instance of seeing those words in the NIV? Answer with who offered the offering and why.	Genesis 8:21
2	The Lord told Moses to tell Pharoah that fish will die and the river will stink.  What plague was Moses foretelling?	Exodus 7:17-18
3	In the only reference to odor, what was so bad about someone being there for four days?	John 11:39
4	The Apostle Paul speaks to the Corinthians about being captive so that we can spread the aroma of what (who)?	2 Corinthians 2:14
5	Near the beginning of Deuteronomy, Moses prophesies that the people of Israel will worship false gods, who cannot do four things.  One is pertaining to the theme, but get as many as you can.	Deuteronomy 4:28
6	Isaiah proclaims a prophecy against what nation whose canals will stink and whose streams will dry up and whose reeds and rushes will wither?	Isaiah 19:6
7	Of Leviticus and Numbers, which has more references to an “aroma pleasing to the Lord”?	N/A
8	When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego emerged from the fiery furnace, what did the others smell on them?	Daniel 3:27
9	Jeremiah compares one nation to old wine, in its dregs, taste not changing and aroma the same.  What nation?	Jeremiah 48:11
10	In Joel’s prophecy of the horde of locusts, God has pity on His people and the northern horde will be split to drown in two locations, with the stench rising.  Where does the eastern half drown and where does the western half drown?	Joel 2:20

Thinking of one of the questions, I have one smell regarding fire that I have never enjoyed.  I taught some basic safety aspects of working around industrial furnaces, along with the operations and maintenance lessons.  One of the points is to avoid excess positive pressure inside the furnace.  If the pressure is too high, gases will escape, known as sting-out.  It does not just sting, but it can do a great deal of harm.  But I make a joke about the invisible (most of the time) menace.  You walk around the furnace to inspect things and then you smell this horrible smell.  And no matter which way you go the smell does not get any better.  You can’t get away from the smell because it is the smell of your mustache hairs that have become singed by sting-out.  The sad truth is that when that happens, the smell lingers, right under your nose, for days.  Whenever I would bring that up in class, some would laugh because they thought I was simply being funny.  Others would laugh because it had happened to them.  And for those few, they laughed because a friend had lost an eye or had bad facial scars from the invisible menace.  But better operation of the furnace and better maintenance could avoid most of the invisible sting-out.  And then when doors were opened, you were prepared.

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The Answers:

#	Question	Bible Reference	Answer
1	Thinking of smelling a pleasing aroma, that usually pertained to a burnt offering or incense, which is the first instance of seeing those words in the NIV? Answer with who offered the offering and why.	Genesis 8:21	Noah and his family emerged from the ark on dry land.  He built an altar and offered a sacrifice, thanking God.
2	The Lord told Moses to tell Pharoah that fish will die and the river will stink.  What plague was Moses foretelling?	Exodus 7:17-18	The first, turning the water into blood.
3	In the only reference to odor, what was so bad about someone being there for four days?	John 11:39	Lazarus, who had died, had been in the tomb four days and there must have been a bad odor.
4	The Apostle Paul speaks to the Corinthians about being captive so that we can spread the aroma of what (who)?	2 Corinthians 2:14	The aroma of the knowledge of Him everywhere.
5	Near the beginning of Deuteronomy, Moses prophesies that the people of Israel will worship false gods, who cannot do four things.  One is pertaining to the theme, but get as many as you can.	Deuteronomy 4:28	See, hear, eat, or smell.  Basically go with the senses.
6	Isaiah proclaims a prophecy against what nation whose canals will stink and whose streams will dry up and whose reeds and rushes will wither?	Isaiah 19:6	Egypt.  In the imagery of this verse, you can picture Moses, as a baby, floating among the reeds and rushes.
7	Of Leviticus and Numbers, which has more references to an “aroma pleasing to the Lord”?	N/A	Numbers 18, Leviticus 17 (if you also count the six times it is rephrased “a pleasing aroma” in Leviticus.
8	When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego emerged from the fiery furnace, what did the others smell on them?	Daniel 3:27	They had no smell of fire on them.  No singed hair. No harm at all.
9	Jeremiah compares one nation to old wine, in its dregs, taste not changing and aroma the same.  What nation?	Jeremiah 48:11	Moab
10	In Joel’s prophecy of the horde of locusts, God has pity on His people and the northern horde will be split to drown in two locations, with the stench rising.  Where does the eastern half drown and where does the western half drown?	Joel 2:20	Those in the east will drown in the Dead Sea, and those in the west will drown in the Mediterranean Sea.  It may sound obscure, but it makes sense.

Whether you did well on this quiz or, not so well, here is Sweet Aroma of Worship sung by The Sound of Jubilee.

Here is the Christ Church Choir, Sweet Aroma of Praise.

And here is Flower in the Rain, sung by the Jaci Velasquez.

And here is Living Sacrifice sung by Brandon Lake.

If you like these Saturday morning Bible quizzes, but you think you missed a few, you can use this LINK. I have set up a page off the home page for links to these Saturday morning posts. I will continue to modify the page as I add more.

Soli Deo Gloria.  Only to God be the Glory.