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Deuteronomy 2 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Forty Years with God

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.

PreschoolYou Lacked Nothing

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

KindergartenGod Was with Them

HILL → picture 4TENT → picture 3SHOES → picture 2PEOPLE → picture 1

Grade 1Turn North

They walked around the mountain. → picture 3They lived in tents. → picture 5They walked a long way. → picture 2They paid for food and water. → picture 4King Sihon would not let them pass. → picture 1

Order:

1. Turn north from the mountain2. God was with them forty years3. Cross the valley of the Arnon4. God gave Sihon into their hand

Grade 2God Knew Every Step

  1. What did they walk around? A big mountain (circle)
  2. Who did Edom come from? Esau, Jacob's brother (circle)
  3. How did they get food and water? They paid money for it.
  4. How long was God with Israel? Forty years (circle)
  5. Which king would not let them pass? Sihon (circle)
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Grade 3Peace with the Neighbors

  1. What did God say after they circled Mount Seir? Turn north.
  2. Which peoples were not to be attacked? Edom, Moab, and Ammon
  3. How did Israel get food in Edom? They bought it with money.
  4. What did Israel lack for forty years? Nothing
  5. What did Sihon refuse? To let them pass
1: Turn north from the mountain2: God was with them forty years3: Cross the valley of the Arnon4: God gave Sihon into their hand
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Grade 4God Draws the Borders

  1. Who died during the wandering years? The fighting men of the older generation
  2. Why could Israel not take Edom, Moab, or Ammon? God had given those lands to others.
  3. What did Moses first send to Sihon? Words of peace
  4. What could Moses say about the forty years? God was with them, and they lacked nothing.

Word bank: 1. years; 2. Seir; 3. God; 4. water; 5. Sihon

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

Grade 5Forty Years, Lacking Nothing

  1. Whose death had to happen before Israel turned north? Every fighting man of that generation
  2. What lands had God given to other peoples? Edom to Esau's children, Moab and Ammon to Lot's
  3. How was Israel to get food from Edom? Buy it with money
  4. What did Moses offer Sihon first? Peace
  5. What is the heart of the chapter, in verse 7? God was with them, and they lacked nothing.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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