Crossword Puzzle

Clues Across

1. During this time period, the land was not cultivated, and fellow Hebrews were not pressed for payment of debts [2 words] (See Leviticus 25:4.)

7. Mount Carmel was the site of a showdown between Jehovah and this god (1 Kings 18:21-40)

8. Corrupt, immoral professors of Christianity were likened to waterless ones (Jude 12)

9. Part of the foretold enemy forces that would assault unfaithful Jerusalem and Judah (Ezekiel 23:23)

10. The Israelites insisted on one so that they could be like the other nations (1 Samuel 8:5)

14. The type of rope that Samson tricked Delilah into thinking would subdue him (Judges 16:11)

16. Jeremiah made two copies of this when he purchased a field (Jeremiah 32:14)

18. Sarah, Rebekah, Samson’s mother, Hannah, and Elizabeth all had this problem before Jehovah intervened (Luke 1:7)

19. Father’s brother (2 Kings 24:17)

20. One of the men appointed by Jehovah to divide the Promised Land (Numbers 34:21)

21. To have an outward aspect (Matthew 23:27)

22. Can be forgiven by Jehovah (Psalm 25:11)

23. Wrapped around on itself (Luke 4:20)

25. Solomon had him killed for murdering “two men more righteous and better than he was” (1 Kings 2:31, 32)

26. The shape of a rainbow

28. Jesus used it to drive the “sheep and cattle out of the temple” (John 2:15)

33. A stage of life (Genesis 15:15)

34. One of Haman’s ten sons (Esther 9:9)

35. The first and most frequently mentioned metal in the Bible (Genesis 2:11)

36. A mountain range (Song of Solomon 4:8)

Clues Down

1. God reveals it only to those whom he chooses [2 words] (Ephesians 1:9)

2. Name of the marriage custom that ensured a continuing family line (Genesis 38:8)

3. A son of Caleb the son of Hezron (1 Chronicles 2:18)

4. Jesus said that his was “kindly” (Matthew 11:30)

5. Tribe of unusually tall men (Numbers 13:33)

6. The office at which Levi was sitting when called by Jesus to be his follower (Luke 5:27)

7. Levite musician who accompanied the ark of the covenant when it was moved to Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 15:18)

11. It was said that this Jairite “became a priest of David” (2 Samuel 20:26)

12. The most celebrated park in history [3 words] (Ezekiel 36:35)

13. Money or assistance given (Philippians 1:5)

15. Escaped

17. Open dislike and disrespect (Ezekiel 28:24)

18. Porter (1 Samuel 17:7)

24. One of the last words Jesus uttered before dying (Mark 15:34)

27. When starving, the prodigal son wished he could eat these pods that the pigs were eating (Luke 15:16)

29. What Jesus did to escape being stoned (John 8:59)

30. Jehovah does not add it to his blessing (Proverbs 10:22)

31. The name Leah gave her third son with the hope that his birth would mean a new bond of affection between her and Jacob (Genesis 29:34)

32. Though voluntarily made, fulfillment was compulsory (Numbers 30:2)

Crossword Solutions Page 27

 Solutions Across

1. SABBATH YEAR

7. BAAL

8. CLOUDS

9. KOA

10. KING

14. NEW

16. DEED

18. BARREN

19. UNCLE

20. ELIDAD

21. APPEAR

22. ERROR

23. ROLLED

25. JOAB

26. ARC

28. WHIP

33. AGE

34. ARIDAI

35. GOLD

36. ANTI-LEBANON

Solutions Down

1. SACRED SECRET

2. BROTHER-IN-LAW

3. ARDON

4. YOKE

5. ANAK

6. TAX

7. BEN

11. IRA

12. GARDEN OF EDEN

13. CONTRIBUTION

15. ELUDED

17. SCORN

18. BEARER

24. ELI

27. CAROB

29. HID

30. PAIN

31. LEVI

32. VOW