Deuteronomy 31 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Be Strong and Courageous

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.

PreschoolGod Goes Before You

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

KindergartenBe Brave

MOSES → picture 4ARK → picture 3BOOK → picture 1SONG → picture 2

Grade 1God Is With You

Moses was 120 years old. → picture 5Joshua will lead the people. → picture 1Moses wrote the law. → picture 4Moses wrote a song. → picture 2Keep the book beside the ark. → picture 3

Order:

1. Moses is 120 years old2. Moses encourages Joshua3. Moses writes the law4. The book is put beside the ark

Grade 2Do Not Be Afraid

Who would lead the people over the river? Joshua (circle)
What did Moses tell Joshua to be? Strong and brave (circle)
Will God leave His people? No, He will never leave them.
How often should they read the law to all the people? Every seven years (circle)
What else did Moses write? A song (circle)

Grade 3God Will Not Fail You

How old was Moses? 120 years old
What did Moses tell the people about God? God will not fail you nor forsake you.
When must the law be read to everyone? Every seven years, at the Feast of Booths
Why did God tell Moses to write a song? As a witness
Where did the Levites put the book of the law? Beside the ark

1: Moses is 120 years old2: Moses encourages Joshua3: Moses writes the law4: The book is put beside the ark

Grade 4Passing the Torch

Who was the real leader of Israel? Yahweh
Where is the promise He will not fail you repeated? Hebrews 13:5
Why was the law read every seven years? Each new generation must hear God's word.
Why was the song written? As a witness, so they could not say they had not been warned

Word bank: 1. Joshua; 2. God; 3. forsake; 4. strong; 5. seven

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

Grade 5Strong and Courageous

What did the charge to be strong rest on? God's presence, not Israel's strength
Who would hear the law every seventh year? All Israel, men, women, little ones, and foreigners
What New Testament verse calls for public reading of Scripture? 1 Timothy 4:13
Why did God command the song? So it would testify against them as a witness
What would outlast its human messenger? God's word

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