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Deuteronomy 21 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Doing What Is Right

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.

PreschoolDo What Is Right

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

KindergartenDo Right

HAND → picture 3WATER → picture 1TREE → picture 4PEOPLE → picture 2

Grade 1Right in God's Eyes

The elders wash their hands. → picture 4They pray for God to forgive. → picture 3Be fair to the firstborn son. → picture 1Bury a body the same day. → picture 5Paul later wrote that Jesus took our curse (Galatians 3:13). → picture 2

Order:

1. Elders measure to the nearest city2. Ask God to forgive3. The firstborn gets a double share4. Bury him the same day

Grade 2Fair and Forgiven

  1. What did the leaders do? They washed their hands. (circle)
  2. What did they ask God? Forgive Your people. (circle)
  3. What must a father be? Fair (circle)
  4. When must the body be buried? The same day (circle)
  5. Who did Paul say took our curse? Jesus (circle)
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Grade 3Justice in the Land

  1. What did the elders of the nearest city do? Washed their hands and prayed for God to forgive
  2. What did God care about? That innocent blood not stain the land
  3. Who should get the double portion? The true firstborn son
  4. Why must the body be buried that day? One who is hanged is cursed by God.
  5. What did Paul write about Christ? Christ became a curse for us.
1: Elders measure to the nearest city2: Ask God to forgive3: The firstborn gets a double share4: Bury him the same day

Grade 4Innocent Blood and a Tree

  1. Why did the community act when a killer was unknown? A killing made the land unclean, and the whole town took responsibility for justice.
  2. How was a captive woman protected? She had a month to mourn and could not be sold as a slave.
  3. What could a man with two wives not do? Take the double portion from the firstborn son
  4. How does Paul use 21:23? Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us.

Word bank: 1. elders; 2. forgive; 3. firstborn; 4. God

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

Grade 5Cursed Is One Who Hangs on a Tree

  1. Why did the elders act on an unsolved killing? Bloodshed polluted the land, and communities bear responsibility for justice.
  2. How did the captive woman law limit abuse? She could become a wife only after a month of mourning and could never be sold or treated as a slave.
  3. Who brought the rebellious son to the elders? Both parents
  4. What did Jesus show about marriage? God's original design for marriage
  5. What did the tree of curse become? The place of our redemption
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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