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Deuteronomy 17 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Rules for Judges and Kings

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.

PreschoolA King Who Reads God's Word

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

KindergartenRead God's Word

KING → picture 3SCROLL → picture 1LAMB → picture 4SCALES → picture 2

Grade 1The King's Book

Give God your best animal. → picture 4Two or three people must agree. → picture 3Take hard cases to the judge. → picture 1God will choose the king. → picture 5The king writes a copy of the law. → picture 2

Order:

1. Hard cases go to the priests2. God chooses the king3. The king writes a copy of the law4. He reads it all his days

Grade 2A King Who Reads

  1. What should they give God? Their best (circle)
  2. How many people must tell what they saw? Two or three (circle)
  3. Who helps with hard cases? The priests and the judge
  4. Who will choose the king? God (circle)
  5. What should the king read every day? God's law (circle)
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Grade 3The King and the Book

  1. What kind of offerings did God want? Offerings with no defect
  2. How many witnesses were needed? Two or three
  3. Where did hard cases go? To the priests and the judge at God's place
  4. What must the king not multiply? Horses, wives, silver, or gold
  5. Why must the king read the law all his life? So he would fear God and not think he was above his brothers
1: Hard cases go to the priests2: God chooses the king3: The king writes a copy of the law4: He reads it all his days
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Grade 4A King Under God's Law

  1. Why did the witness rule matter? It protected people from false accusation.
  2. Who decided hard cases? The Levitical priests and the judge
  3. What three things must the king not trust in? Horses, many wives, or wealth
  4. Which king later broke these rules? Solomon

Word bank: 1. God; 2. king; 3. copy

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

Grade 5No One Above the Law

  1. What principle did Jesus and Paul cite? Two or three witnesses are needed.
  2. How was the king different from kings in other nations? He was under God's law, not the law himself.
  3. Why must the king read the law all his life? So his heart would not be lifted above his brothers
  4. Why was the warning needed? Solomon later failed in all three areas.
  5. Who is the true King who kept God's law? Jesus
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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