Baby Moses Quiz
The Israelites were slaves in Egypt, and Pharaoh had given a cruel order. One family's brave, quiet faith kept a baby safe — and set the whole story of Exodus in motion. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!
- Where were the Israelites living when Moses was born?
- In Egypt, as slaves
- In a desert
- In Canaan
- What cruel order had Pharaoh given?
- To build a tower
- To throw Hebrew baby boys into the Nile
- To send everyone home
- What did Moses' mother do to save him?
- Gave him to Pharaoh
- Hid him, then placed him in a basket on the river
- Ran far away
- Where was the basket placed?
- Among the reeds by the Nile
- On a mountain
- In a barn
- Who found baby Moses?
- A shepherd
- A soldier
- Pharaoh's daughter
- Who watched the basket from a distance?
- Moses' sister, Miriam
- A guard
- No one
- Who ended up nursing baby Moses?
- A stranger
- His own mother
- Pharaoh's daughter
- The name 'Moses' is connected to what?
- Being drawn out of the water
- A bright star
- A tall mountain
- Where did Moses grow up?
- In a cave
- In Pharaoh's palace
- On a farm
- What people was Moses born into?
- The Egyptians
- The Philistines
- The Israelites (Hebrews)
Baby Moses Quiz Answers & Bible References
Every answer below, with the King James Bible verse it comes from — so you can look up each one for yourself.
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Where were the Israelites living when Moses was born?
In Egypt, as slaves
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Exodus 1:13-14 (KJV) -
What cruel order had Pharaoh given?
To throw Hebrew baby boys into the Nile
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
Exodus 1:22 (KJV) -
What did Moses' mother do to save him?
Hid him, then placed him in a basket on the river
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
Exodus 2:2-3 (KJV) -
Where was the basket placed?
Among the reeds by the Nile
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
Exodus 2:3 (KJV) -
Who found baby Moses?
Pharaoh's daughter
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
Exodus 2:5 (KJV) -
Who watched the basket from a distance?
Moses' sister, Miriam
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
Exodus 2:4 (KJV) -
Who ended up nursing baby Moses?
His own mother
And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother. And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
Exodus 2:8-9 (KJV) -
The name 'Moses' is connected to what?
Being drawn out of the water
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
Exodus 2:10 (KJV) -
Where did Moses grow up?
In Pharaoh's palace
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
Exodus 2:10 (KJV) -
What people was Moses born into?
The Israelites (Hebrews)
And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
Exodus 2:6 (KJV)