“‘If anyone sins because they do not speak up when they hear a public charge to testify regarding something they have seen or learned about, they will be held responsible.

• Leviticus 5:1

If any meat of the fellowship offering is eaten on the third day, the one who offered it will not be accepted. It will not be reckoned to their credit, for it has become impure; the person who eats any of it will be held responsible.

• Leviticus 7:18

Say to the Israelites: ‘Anyone who curses their God will be held responsible;

• Leviticus 24:15

They were responsible for the care of the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used in ministering, the curtain, and everything related to their use.

• Numbers 3:31

But Moses did not give any to the Kohathites, because they were to carry on their shoulders the holy things, for which they were responsible.

• Numbers 7:9

I hope all these quizzes are responsible, but you put them out there and you trust that they will behave.  But this quiz is about verses containing the word “responsible” with 43 mentions in the NIV.  I could add responsibility and that would increase the total to 54.

The questions are in biblical order.  The last two questions are from the New Testament.

The Questions:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	Who said that her husband was responsible for her slave being pregnant and now despising her mistress?
2	Who did the warden of the prison see as being responsible, and although a prisoner himself was made responsible for everything that went on in the prison?
3	Of the ten other available sons of Israel, who said he would be personally responsible for Benjamin when they returned to Egypt?
4	Who was responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law?
5	Who is being instructed when told that if anyone leaves the house, their blood is on their own heads, and the people attacking Jericho will not be responsible?
6	In escaping Saul, David went to Nob where the priest gave him consecrated bread and the sword of Goliath.  When Saul was told this, he had Doeg, an Edomite kill 85 men of the priest’s family.  Who did David tell Abiathar was responsible for the deaths of Abiathar’s family?
7	Who discovered that the Levites were not being given their needed supplies and he placed Shemiah, the priest, over distribution of supplies to his fellow Levites?
8	When the ship was being tossed about in a storm, the sailors cast lots to see who was responsible for their troubles and the lot fell upon which prophet of the Lord?
9	Who did Jesus say would be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets from the beginning?
10	What does Paul say, since we are all responsible to God, regarding our situation when we come to faith, whether slave or free?

The Bible tells the history of the Chosen People like no history book ever written.  The USA had a tendency, at least in the past, of letting some of their warts show.  You know, things they did not do well or at least could have done a whole lot better.

But the Bible has the story of Lot’s daughters having sex with their drunken father and Tamar sleeping with her father-in-law, both of those stories for the express purpose of getting pregnant.  We have Noah getting drunk and getting naked.  But when the Levite (Judges 19) went to a Benjamite city and the people wanted to have gay sex with him, and then the Levite sacrifices his concubine (not his wife, who she should have been) and the mob rapes her until morning and she dies on the stoop of the building where the Levite stayed safe…  And then the Levite carves her into eleven pieces to let the other tribes know how depraved the Benjamites had become.

The end of the story is that one tribe worked out a plan so that the last young men of Benjamin would “kidnap” virgin brides of their tribe so that there would not be an ethnic cleansing.

In a way, the tribe, many generations later was still being the protection for the tribe of Benjamin, as it mentions in question 3.  They were still being responsible for their younger brother and his offspring.

In tying the two stories together, this could be a hint.

Bible References:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	Who said that her husband was responsible for her slave being pregnant and now despising her mistress?	Genesis 16:5
2	Who did the warden of the prison see as being responsible, and although a prisoner himself was made responsible for everything that went on in the prison?	Genesis 39:22
3	Of the ten other available sons of Israel, who said he would be personally responsible for Benjamin when they returned to Egypt?	Genesis 43:8-10
4	Who was responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law?	Numbers 1:53
5	Who is being instructed when told that if anyone leaves the house, their blood is on their own heads, and the people attacking Jericho will not be responsible?	Joshua 2:19
6	In escaping Saul, David went to Nob where the priest gave him consecrated bread and the sword of Goliath.  When Saul was told this, he had Doeg, an Edomite kill 85 men of the priest’s family.  Who did David tell Abiathar was responsible for the deaths of Abiathar’s family?	1 Samuel 22:22
7	Who discovered that the Levites were not being given their needed supplies and he placed Shemiah, the priest, over distribution of supplies to his fellow Levites?	The book by that name, 13:10-13
8	When the ship was being tossed about in a storm, the sailors cast lots to see who was responsible for their troubles and the lot fell upon which prophet of the Lord?	The name of the prophet is the name of the book, 1:7-8
9	Who did Jesus say would be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets from the beginning?	Luke 11:50-51
10	What does Paul say, since we are all responsible to God, regarding our situation when we come to faith, whether slave or free?	1 Corinthians 7:24

I heard one time that one spouse was upset with their in-laws.  This one spouse complained that these in-laws had raised a very responsible young adult.  In fact, this spouse was determined to beat that attribute out of their spouse.

Has the world gotten that upside down that we want to be late for appointments?  Do we want to skip paying the rent once a year or so?  Do we want to have to go out to dinner because the other spouse forgot to cook anything for supper or forgot to go to the grocery store?

There is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, but being responsible is something short of that.  You get the necessary things done and you do not obsess over them, because they are done.

But to think that irresponsible behavior and the general attitude of that type of slothfulness is now a virtue?  My house is a mess, but I recognize that and I am slowly getting it slightly less messy.  But I always value being responsible.

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The Answers:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	Who said that her husband was responsible for her slave being pregnant and now despising her mistress?	Genesis 16:5	Sarai (Sarah) after Hagar became pregnant – an idea that Sarai had suggested.
2	Who did the warden of the prison see as being responsible, and although a prisoner himself was made responsible for everything that went on in the prison?	Genesis 39:22	Joseph
3	Of the ten other available sons of Israel, who said he would be personally responsible for Benjamin when they returned to Egypt?	Genesis 43:8-10	Judah
4	Who was responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law?	Numbers 1:53	The Levites
5	Who is being instructed when told that if anyone leaves the house, their blood is on their own heads, and the people attacking Jericho will not be responsible?	Joshua 2:19	Rahab
6	In escaping Saul, David went to Nob where the priest gave him consecrated bread and the sword of Goliath.  When Saul was told this, he had Doeg, an Edomite kill 85 men of the priest’s family.  Who did David tell Abiathar was responsible for the deaths of Abiathar’s family?	1 Samuel 22:22	David himself, swearing to protect Abiathar
7	Who discovered that the Levites were not being given their needed supplies and he placed Shemiah, the priest, over distribution of supplies to his fellow Levites?	The book by that name, 13:10-13	Nehemiah
8	When the ship was being tossed about in a storm, the sailors cast lots to see who was responsible for their troubles and the lot fell upon which prophet of the Lord?	The name of the prophet is the name of the book, 1:7-8	Jonah
9	Who did Jesus say would be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets from the beginning?	Luke 11:50-51	That present generation that Jesus was talking to.
10	What does Paul say, since we are all responsible to God, regarding our situation when we come to faith, whether slave or free?	1 Corinthians 7:24	Paul says that if they gain freedom, they should (v. 21) but we must stay in the situation we were in upon accepting faith, for the freed are slaves to Christ and the slave is set free – spiritually.

Whether you did well on this quiz or, ummm, not so well, for the first video, here is Dolly Parton singing Responsibility.  Definitely a song for kids, but I know a bunch of kids that have not learned that lesson. …

And here is Teeners Symphony singing When God is in the Family.

And here is the Asidors singing Love Will be Our Home.

And here is the Notary Public School of Gurgaon dancing and singing We Are Responsible.

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.