Women of the Bible Wives of Major Prophets

Being Isaiah's wife you didn't get to pick your child's name.

What was the name of Isaiah's son? Isa. 7:3 _________________________________

(The name means "the remnant shall return.")

What was Isaiah's wife? Isa. 8:3 _____________________________________________

What did the prophetess bear? Isa. 8:3 ______________________________________

What name did the Lord choose for the child? Isa.8:3 _________________________

(The name means "hasten to seize the prey, and to take away the spoil.")

What would happen before the child could speak? Isa. 8:4 ____________________

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Jeremiah wasn t allowed to have a wife?

What was Jeremiah not to take? Jer. 16:1-2 ___________________________________

What was Jeremiah not to have? Jer. 16:2 _____________________________________

Why was Jeremiah not to marry and have children? Jer. 16:3-4 __________________

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Being Ezekiel's wife, your husband wasn t allowed to mourn you and was mute.

What was Ezekiel? Eze. 1:3 ___________________________________________________

What had God done to Ezekiel's in Eze. 3:26 _________________________________

What would happen to Ezekiel's mouth when God spoke to Ezekiel? 3:27

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How would you like to live with a mute spouse? _______________________________

Whose word came to Ezekiel? Eze. 24:15 ______________________________________

What was God going to take away from Ezekiel? Eze. 24:16 ______________________

What was Ezekiel not to do when his the desire of his eyes died? Eze. 24:16 ____________________________________________________________________________

What was Ezekiel not to do for the dead? Eze. 24:17 ____________________________

What was Ezekiel to bind on his head? Eze. 24:17 ______________________________

What was Ezekiel to put on his feet? Eze. 24:17 ________________________________

What was Ezekiel not to eat? Eze. 24:17 _______________________________________

When did Ezekiel speak to the people? Eze. 24:18 ______________________________

What happened in the evening? Eze. 24:18 ____________________________________

What did Ezekiel do the next morning? Eze. 24:18 _________________________

What did the people ask Ezekiel about his behavior? Eze. 24:19 ____________

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Who did Ezekiel say spoke to him? Eze. 24:20 _____________________________

What did God say was going to happen to their loved ones? Eze. 24:21

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What would the people do as Ezekiel had done? Eze. 24:22 _________________

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What would be on the people's heads? Eze. 24:23 __________________________

What would be on their feet? Eze. 24:23 ___________________________________

What would the people not do? Eze. 24:23 _________________________________

What would the people pine away for? Eze. 24:23 ___________________________

Who would the people mourn for? Eze. 24:23 _______________________________

Who was Ezekiel a sign to? Eze. 24:24 ______________________________________

Who would do what Ezekiel had done? Eze. 24:24 ___________________________

What would the people know when this comes? Eze. 24:24 __________________

What would God take from the people? Eze. 24:25 __________________________

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Who would tell Ezekiel about what happens? Eze. 24:26 _____________________

What would happen to Ezekiel on that day? Eze. 24:27 _______________________

What was Ezekiel to the people? Eze. 24:27 _________________________________

What would the people know as a result? Eze. 24:27 _________________________

Who could a priest not marry? Eze. 44:21-22 _________________________________

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Who could a priest marry? Eze. 44:22 _______________________________________

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What dead bodies could a priest go near? Eze. 44:25 _________________________

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Rules in Leviticus 21 for priests concerning marriage.

What kind of woman could the priest not marry? Lev. 21:7 ____________________

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Why not? Lev. 21:7 ________________________________________________________

What happens to the daughter of any priest who plays the whore? Lev. 21:9

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What was the high priest not to do? Lev. 21:10 _______________________________

Could the high priest go near any dead body even his father or mother? Lev. 21:11

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Why couldn't the priest go out of the sanctuary? Lev. 21:12 _____________________

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What kind of woman was the high priest to marry? Lev. 21:13 ___________________

Who was the high priest not to marry? Lev. 21:14 ______________________________

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Besides being a virgin, what other qualification was there for his wife? Lev. 21:14

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In the New Testament there are rules for pastors and deacons and their wives.

How many wives can a bishop or overseer have? I Tim. 3:2 ___________

What must the deacon's wives to be? I Tim. 3:11 ____________________

What are deacon's wives not to be? I Tim. 3:11 _____________________

What two characteristics should a deacon's wife have. I Tim 3:11

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How many wives can a deacon have? I Tim. 3:12 _____________________

 

By Susie Cook