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Deuteronomy 15 · Preschool

Open Your Hand

Name Date

Color the open hand and the bread! God wants us to give to people in need.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.”

Deuteronomy 15:11 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: When someone needs help, we open our hand to share.

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Deuteronomy 15 · Kindergarten

Give with Joy

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

GIVE
HAND
HELP
GLAD
At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts.

Deuteronomy 15:1 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

HAND
BREAD
SHEEP
COIN

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw yourself giving to someone in need.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for giving to me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you share with someone?
  • What can you give with a happy heart?

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Deuteronomy 15 · Grade 1

An Open Hand

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

GIVE
LEND
FREE
HAND
At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts.

Deuteronomy 15:1 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Cancel debts every seven years.
Open your hand to the poor.
Do not harden your heart.
Set servants free.
Give from your flock.

An Open Hand

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Give him gifts from your flock

Open your hand wide

Release debts every seven years

Set your servant free

Draw yourself giving to someone in need.

Memory Verse

“At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts.”

Deuteronomy 15:1 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for giving to me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you help someone who has less?
  • How can you be kind to a helper?
  • How can you share a toy with a friend?

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Deuteronomy 15 · Grade 2

Help the Poor

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Read the Story

God told Israel, Every seven years, forget what people owe you. Let them start new.

If you see a poor person, do not close your hand. Open your hand to him. Give what he needs. Do not be sad when you give. God will bless you.

If a servant worked for you six years, let him go free in year seven. Do not send him away with nothing. Give him sheep, grain, and wine. Remember, you were slaves in Egypt, and God set you free.

Memory Verse

“For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.”

Deuteronomy 15:11 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. What happened every seven years?

  2. What should you do for a poor person?

  3. How should you feel when you give?

    Not sadForget what people owe youIn year seven

  4. When did a servant go free?

    In year sevenNot sadForget what people owe you

  5. Why should they remember Egypt?

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

LPTWCPOORERFNMFREENALLOFMCWDHHMOPPTUNSAWVCEVEVYENJTKNEYAJVDSIKRDRELEASEBHEPNONNIN
  • RELEASE
  • SEVEN
  • FLOCK
  • OPEN
  • HAND
  • POOR
  • FREE
  • LEND

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for giving to me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why did God want Israel to help the poor?
  • Why should we give gladly and not grumpy?

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Deuteronomy 15 · Grade 3

Generous Hearts

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Read the Story

At the end of every seven years, Israel must cancel debts owed by their brothers. God promised to bless them so much that there would be no poor among them if they obeyed.

If a poor brother was in need, they must not harden their heart or shut their hand. They must open their hand and lend him enough. They must not think, The seventh year is near, so I will not lend. They should give gladly, and God would bless all their work.

A Hebrew servant must go free in the seventh year. He must not leave empty. They must give him gifts from their flock, threshing floor, and wine press. They must remember that they were slaves in Egypt and God redeemed them.

Memory Verse

“For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.”

Deuteronomy 15:11 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What happened at the end of every seven years?

  2. What must they not do to a poor brother?

  3. What wrong thought must they avoid?

  4. How should a servant leave?

  5. Why should they be generous to servants?

An Open Hand

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for giving to me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does it mean to open your hand?
  • Why should we give gladly and not grumble?

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Deuteronomy 15 · Grade 4

The Year of Release

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Read and Think

Deuteronomy 15 describes the year of release. Every seventh year, debts owed by fellow Israelites were canceled. God's goal was a community with no poor among them, if they listened to His voice.

Moses knew people's hearts. Someone might refuse to lend because the seventh year was near and the loan would be canceled. God called that a wicked thought. Instead, Israel must open their hand wide and give without a grudging heart. Since the poor will never cease out of the land, generosity would always be needed.

Hebrew servants also went free in the seventh year. Their masters had to send them off with generous gifts, as God had blessed them. The reason was memory: you were a slave in Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you. Grace received becomes grace given.

Show What You Know

  1. What happened in the year of release?

  2. What did God call refusing to lend before the seventh year?

  3. Why would generosity always be needed?

  4. What does grace received become?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

lendGodopenreleasepoor
  1. Deuteronomy 15 describes the year of .
  2. Someone might refuse to because the seventh year was near and the loan would be canceled.
  3. called that a wicked thought.
  4. Instead, Israel must their hand wide and give without a grudging heart.
  5. Since the will never cease out of the land, generosity would always be needed.

Think About It

  1. Why does God care about the attitude of our hearts when we give?

  2. How does remembering what God has done for you make you more generous?

Memory Verse

“For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.”

Deuteronomy 15:11 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for giving to me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you treat people who owe you something with mercy?
  • Where is it hardest for you to be generous, and why?

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Deuteronomy 15 · Grade 5

Grace Received, Grace Given

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Read and Think

Deuteronomy 15 establishes the seventh year as a year of release. Debts among Israelites were canceled. God promised that there would be no poor among them if they obeyed, for He would richly bless the land. The law aimed to keep poverty from becoming permanent.

Moses anticipates a selfish calculation: the seventh year is near, so lending now means losing the loan. God calls this a base thought in the heart and warns that the poor man may cry to Yahweh against you. Instead, Israel must surely open the hand and lend sufficient for his need, giving without a grieving heart. Verse 11 is realistic and moral at once: the poor will never cease out of the land, therefore open your hand.

The law of release for Hebrew servants limited service to six years and required generous gifts on release, from flock, threshing floor, and wine press. The motive was redemption: remember that you were a slave in Egypt and Yahweh redeemed you. Jesus quoted verse 11 (Mark 14:7), and Paul taught that God loves a cheerful giver (2 Corinthians 9:7).

Show What You Know

  1. What did the law of release aim to do?

  2. What selfish calculation does Moses warn against?

  3. How is verse 11 both realistic and moral?

  4. What was the motive for releasing servants generously?

  5. What did Paul say about giving?

Crossword

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Across

  1. The ____ will never cease.
  2. Every seven years there is a ____.

Down

  1. ____ your hand wide.
  2. Let him go ____.
  3. ____ him enough for his need.

Think About It

  1. What keeps people from giving freely, and how does God's grace answer that?

  2. What would an open hand look like for you this week?

Memory Verse

“For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.”

Deuteronomy 15:11 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for giving to me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why does God warn against a hard heart toward the poor?
  • How can you give generously this month?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.