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Deuteronomy 25 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Fair Weights and Kind Hearts

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.

PreschoolBe Kind to Animals

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

KindergartenKind and Fair

OX → picture 3GRAIN → picture 1SCALES → picture 4BAG → picture 2

Grade 1Honest and Kind

Judges must be fair. → picture 4Let the ox eat the grain. → picture 3A sandal was taken off. → picture 1Do not keep two kinds of weights. → picture 5Remember those who hurt the weak. → picture 2

Order:

1. Judges decide fairly2. Let the ox eat3. The sandal is pulled off4. Use perfect weights

Grade 2Fair and Honest

  1. What should the ox be allowed to do? Eat while it works (circle)
  2. How many kinds of weights should you keep? One true and fair kind
  3. What is using two kinds of weights? Cheating (circle)
  4. Who did Amalek attack? The tired people at the back
  5. Did Amalek fear God? No (circle)
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Grade 3Honest Measures

  1. What was the most stripes a judge could give? Forty
  2. Why did a brother marry the widow? So the dead man's name would not be lost
  3. What did the widow do if he refused? Took off his sandal before the elders
  4. What kind of weights did God want? Perfect and just weights
  5. Who did Amalek strike? The weak and weary at the back of the line
1: Judges decide fairly2: Let the ox eat3: The sandal is pulled off4: Use perfect weights
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Grade 4Fairness in Every Part of Life

  1. Why were stripes limited to forty? So a guilty brother would not be degraded
  2. How did Paul use the ox law? To say that workers deserve to be paid
  3. What did a brother marrying the widow do? Cared for the widow and kept the dead man's name alive
  4. Why did God judge Amalek? For attacking the weak

Word bank: 1. forty; 2. grain; 3. weights; 4. God; 5. Amalek

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

Grade 5Just Weights and the Weak

  1. How did the forty stripe limit protect dignity? Even a guilty person remained a brother.
  2. How does Paul apply the ox law? The worker deserves his wages.
  3. What did levirate marriage require? A brother to marry his childless brother's widow and raise up a name for the dead
  4. What does God demand in business? A perfect and just weight
  5. Why was Amalek judged? It preyed on the weak and did not fear God.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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