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Deuteronomy 9 · Preschool

Moses Prays

Name Date

Color Moses praying! He asked God to forgive the people.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

I prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, don’t destroy your people and your inheritance that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Deuteronomy 9:26 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: We can pray for other people too. Who can you pray for?

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Deuteronomy 9 · Kindergarten

Pray for Others

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

PRAY
GOD
HELP
LOVE
Yahweh was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him. I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

Deuteronomy 9:20 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

PRAY
CALF
TABLETS
MOUNTAIN

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw yourself praying for someone.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing prayer. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who can you pray for today?
  • God forgives us. How does that make you feel?

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Deuteronomy 9 · Grade 1

Moses Prayed

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

PRAY
FORTY
DAYS
GOD
Yahweh was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him. I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

Deuteronomy 9:20 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

The people made a gold calf.
Moses broke the two stones.
Moses prayed for them.
Moses stayed on the mountain.
God goes ahead like a fire.

Moses Prays

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Moses breaks the tablets

Moses prays for them

The people make a calf

Moses on the mountain forty days

Draw yourself praying for someone.

Memory Verse

“Yahweh was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him. I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.”

Deuteronomy 9:20 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing prayer. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who broke the stone tablets?
  • How long did Moses pray?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Deuteronomy 9 · Grade 2

Moses Prayed for Them

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Read the Story

Moses said, God will go ahead of you into the land. But it is not because you are good. You did wrong many times.

At the mountain, the people made a calf out of gold. They prayed to it. Moses came down with two stones. He broke them. The people had broken God's rules.

Then Moses lay down before God for forty days and nights. He begged God not to destroy His people, because God had saved them. He asked God to remember Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And God listened to Moses.

Memory Verse

I prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, don’t destroy your people and your inheritance that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Deuteronomy 9:26 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. Did God give the land because the people were good?

    A calf out of goldNoThe two stones

  2. What did the people make?

  3. What did Moses break?

    NoForty days and nightsThe two stones

  4. How long did Moses pray?

    NoForty days and nightsA calf out of gold

  5. Did God listen to Moses?

    A calf out of goldForty days and nightsYes

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

JEVFORTYGPRAYEDDFBTPNIGHTSUACCALFRNYBKBGVLUCBLSTUBBORNEYGJDAYSSTTFGGDIURSSBROKEUE
  • STUBBORN
  • TABLETS
  • PRAYED
  • NIGHTS
  • FORTY
  • BROKE
  • CALF
  • DAYS

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing prayer. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you pray for someone who did wrong?
  • How does it feel to know God gives you second chances?

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Deuteronomy 9 · Grade 3

A Prayer for Mercy

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Read the Story

Moses said God would go before Israel like a consuming fire. But they must not say in their heart that God gave them the land because of their righteousness. It was because of the nations' wickedness and to keep His promise to their fathers.

Moses reminded them that they had been stubborn from Egypt on. At Horeb, while Moses was on the mountain for forty days, they made a golden calf. Moses threw down the two tablets and broke them before their eyes.

Moses lay before God forty days and nights, without bread or water, praying for them. He begged God not to destroy the people He had saved. He asked God to remember Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God listened. Moses burned the calf and ground it to dust.

Memory Verse

I prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, don’t destroy your people and your inheritance that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Deuteronomy 9:26 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. How would God go before Israel?

  2. Why did God give them the land?

  3. What did Israel make at Horeb?

  4. What did Moses do with the tablets?

  5. What did Moses ask God?

Moses Prays

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing prayer. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you thank God for gifts you did not earn?
  • How can you stay true to God when others turn away?

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Deuteronomy 9 · Grade 4

Not Your Righteousness

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Read and Think

Moses tells Israel three times that God is not giving them the land because of their righteousness. They were a stiff-necked people. God was driving out the nations for their wickedness and keeping His word to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

To prove the point, Moses retells their rebellion. At Horeb, while God was giving the law, they made a molten calf. Moses broke the tablets before their eyes. They also provoked God at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth Hattaavah, and refused to go up at Kadesh Barnea.

Moses fell down before God forty days and forty nights. He did not argue that the people were good. He appealed to God's own name, His mighty redemption, and His promise to the fathers. God heard. This is a picture of intercession, praying on behalf of others.

Show What You Know

  1. How many times does Moses say it was not their righteousness?

  2. What did Moses call the people?

  3. What did Moses appeal to in prayer?

  4. What is intercession?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

fortytabletscalfgoodGod
  1. Moses tells Israel three times that is not giving them the land because of their righteousness.
  2. At Horeb, while God was giving the law, they made a molten .
  3. Moses broke the before their eyes.
  4. Moses fell down before God days and forty nights.
  5. He did not argue that the people were .

Think About It

  1. Why is it important to know that God's gifts are not earned?

  2. Who can you pray for this week, the way Moses prayed for Israel?

Memory Verse

I prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, don’t destroy your people and your inheritance that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Deuteronomy 9:26 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing prayer. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How should God's kindness to you change the way you treat others?
  • How is Moses' prayer like what Jesus does for us?

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Deuteronomy 9 · Grade 5

The Intercessor

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Read and Think

Deuteronomy 9 dismantles pride. Three times Moses says, Not for your righteousness. God would go before Israel as a devouring fire, but the victory would be His. The nations were being judged for their wickedness, and God was keeping His oath to the patriarchs. Israel, Moses says, was a stiff-necked people.

The evidence is their record. From the day they left Egypt they had rebelled. At Horeb, in the very shadow of the mountain, they cast a golden calf. Moses broke the tablets before their eyes, burned the calf, ground it to dust, and threw the dust into the brook. At Taberah, Massah, Kibroth Hattaavah, and Kadesh Barnea they provoked God again.

Moses lay prostrate forty days and nights, neither eating bread nor drinking water. His prayer pleaded God's reputation, God's redemption, and God's promises, not Israel's merit. God listened. Moses here points ahead to Jesus, who always lives to intercede for His people (Hebrews 7:25).

Show What You Know

  1. What does Deuteronomy 9 dismantle?

  2. Why were the nations being judged?

  3. What did Moses do with the calf?

  4. What did Moses' prayer not appeal to?

  5. How does Moses point ahead to Jesus?

Crossword

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Across

  1. The people made a golden ____.
  2. Moses asked God not to look at their ____ness (9:27).
  3. Moses ____ for the people.

Down

  1. Moses broke the two ____.
  2. Moses was on the mountain ____ days.

Think About It

  1. Moses prayed based on who God is, not on how good the people were. How can that shape your prayers?

  2. Why is it freeing to know that God's blessings do not depend on our goodness?

Memory Verse

I prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, don’t destroy your people and your inheritance that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Deuteronomy 9:26 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing prayer. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does Israel's stubbornness teach about our own hearts?
  • How can you pray for others like Moses did?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.