Daniel 5 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Writing on the Wall

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolGod Sees Everything

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenThe Wall

HAND → picture 3LAMP → picture 1CUP → picture 4WRITING → picture 2

Grade 1Words on a Wall

The king drank from God's cups. → picture 4A hand wrote on the wall. → picture 3The king was scared. → picture 1Daniel read the writing. → picture 5God weighed the king. → picture 2

Order:

1. The king saw the part of the hand that wrote.2. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.3. God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways.4. TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

Grade 2A Hand Writes

Where did the gold cups come from? God's temple (circle)
What wrote on the wall? The fingers of a hand
Who read the writing? Daniel (circle)
Who was given the kingdom? Darius the Mede (circle)

Grade 3Weighed in the Balances

How many lords came to the feast? A thousand
What did they drink from? The golden vessels from the temple in Jerusalem
What did Daniel say about the king's gifts? Let your gifts be to yourself.
What did TEKEL mean? You are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

1: The king saw the part of the hand that wrote.2: Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.3: God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways.4: TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

Grade 4Found Wanting

What did the king do with the vessels from the temple? He and his lords drank wine from them and praised false gods.
Who remembered Daniel? The queen
What did Daniel say about the king's heart? You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this.
Who received the kingdom? Darius the Mede

Word bank: 1. king; 2. vessels; 3. gold; 4. writing; 5. Daniel

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Weighed and Found Wanting

Why was using the temple vessels so serious? Holy things set apart for God were used to praise idols.
Where did the hand write? Near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall
What story did Daniel tell first? How Nebuchadnezzar was humbled until he knew that the Most High God rules
What does TEKEL mean? You are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
Who received the kingdom? Darius the Mede

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.