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Deuteronomy 24 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Care for the Poor and Needy

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.

PreschoolLeave Some for Others

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

KindergartenShare the Harvest

OLIVE TREE → picture 2GRAPES → picture 4WHEAT → picture 1PAY → picture 3

Grade 1Leave Some Behind

A new husband stays home a year. → picture 2Pay a worker the same day. → picture 4Give back a poor man's coat at night. → picture 5Leave the sheaf you forgot. → picture 1Leave grapes for the widow. → picture 3

Order:

1. A new husband stays home2. Pay wages the same day3. Leave the forgotten sheaf4. Leave grapes for the widow

Grade 2Kind to People in Need

  1. When should a worker be paid? The same day (circle)
  2. Why should you give back the poor man's coat? He needs it to sleep in.
  3. What should you do with a bundle you forgot? Leave it there. (circle)
  4. Who gets the grapes you leave? The widow, the child with no father, and the person far from home
  5. Who sees your kindness? God (circle)
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Grade 3Leaving Room for the Poor

  1. Why did a new husband stay home a year? To cheer his wife
  2. Why could no one take a millstone as a pledge? The family needed it to make bread.
  3. When must a poor man's cloak be returned? At sunset
  4. When must a hired worker be paid? Before the sun went down
  5. Who got what was left at harvest? The foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow
1: A new husband stays home2: Pay wages the same day3: Leave the forgotten sheaf4: Leave grapes for the widow
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Grade 4Justice for the Vulnerable

  1. Why was taking a millstone as a pledge forbidden? It would take away a family's daily bread.
  2. Why must workers be paid the same day? They set their heart on their wages.
  3. Who gleaned in Boaz's field under this law? Ruth
  4. What reason is given twice? Remember that you were a slave in Egypt.

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

Grade 5Remember You Were a Slave

  1. What did Jesus say about the divorce law? Moses allowed it because of hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not so.
  2. Why was taking a millstone forbidden? That takes a life in pledge.
  3. What did verse 16 establish? Personal responsibility for sin
  4. How did gleaning give the poor dignity? It gave them a way to work and eat.
  5. What principle ends the chapter? Those who have received mercy must show mercy.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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