Deuteronomy 29 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Covenant in Moab

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.

PreschoolShoes That Did Not Wear Out

sandalspeoplescroll

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

KindergartenGod Takes Care

SANDALS → picture 3COAT → picture 1PEOPLE → picture 4TENT → picture 2

Grade 1God's Promise to All

Your sandals did not wear out. → picture 4Your clothes did not grow old. → picture 3Everyone stood before God. → picture 1Little ones were there too. → picture 5Keep the words of this covenant. → picture 2

Order:

1. Sandals did not wear out2. All stand before God3. Enter the covenant4. The revealed things are ours

Grade 2Everyone Belongs

Who came to make a promise with God? All of Israel, even children and people who carried water
How long did God lead them in the desert? Forty years (circle)
What did not wear out? Their clothes and sandals (circle)
Who knows the secret things? Only God (circle)
Who are God's words for? Us and our children (circle)

Grade 3Standing Before God Together

Where did Moses gather Israel? In the land of Moab
Who else was the covenant for? Children not yet born
Why had they not eaten bread or drunk wine? So they would know that Yahweh was their God
What did Moses warn against? A root that bears poison and bitterness
What belongs to us and our children? The things revealed

1: Sandals did not wear out2: All stand before God3: Enter the covenant4: The revealed things are ours

Grade 4The Secret and the Revealed

Who stood before God? Every part of the community, from leaders to little ones
What did not wear out for forty years? Their clothes and sandals
What did they need God to do? Open their hearts
What should we do with what God has revealed? Know it and do it

Word bank: 1. covenant; 2. water; 3. sandals; 4. God

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

Grade 5A Covenant for Generations

What covenant did this renewal add to? The covenant made at Horeb
Who did the covenant extend to? Later generations
What did Israel need that only God could give? An inner change, a heart to know
What does the hidden idolater think? That he will have peace while walking in stubbornness
Why are revealed things given to us? That we may do all the words of this law

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