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Exodus 10 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Locusts and Darkness

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.

PreschoolLight in the Darkness

locustlightmoonpraying and hands

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

KindergartenGod Gives Light

LOCUST → picture 3LIGHT → picture 1DARK → picture 4PRAY → picture 2

Grade 1Locusts and Darkness

Locusts ate the plants → picture 2Three days of darkness → picture 4Light in Israel's homes → picture 1Pharaoh still said no → picture 3

Order:

1. Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh2. Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt3. There was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days4. Pharaoh called to Moses

Grade 2Bugs and a Dark Sky

  1. What did God want parents to tell their children? What He did in Egypt
  2. What do locusts eat? Plants (circle)
  3. Where did God blow the locusts? Into the sea (circle)
  4. How long was it dark? Three days (circle)
  5. Who had light? God's people, in their homes
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Grade 3Darkness That Could Be Felt

  1. Why did God say He showed these signs? So Israel would tell their children and grandchildren and know He is Yahweh
  2. What did Pharaoh's servants say? Don't you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?
  3. What did the locusts eat? Every plant and fruit the hail had left
  4. What was special about the darkness? It could be felt, yet all Israel had light in their homes.
  5. What did Pharaoh want to keep? Israel's flocks and herds
1: Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh2: Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt3: There was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days4: Pharaoh called to Moses

Grade 4Telling the Next Generation

  1. What did God want parents to do with these stories? Tell their children and grandchildren
  2. What kept Pharaoh from giving up? His pride; he would not humble himself
  3. How long did the darkness last? Three days
  4. What did God give His people in the darkness? Light in their homes

Word bank: 1. God; 2. three; 3. dark

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

Grade 5How Long Will You Refuse?

  1. What is the purpose statement at the start of chapter 10? That Israel would tell their children and grandchildren what God did
  2. Where else is the exodus story retold? Passover, Psalms 78, 105, 106, and the prophets
  3. What was the root of Pharaoh's resistance? Pride; he refused to humble himself.
  4. Why did Moses refuse Pharaoh's offer to send only the men? God's command included everyone and their flocks, all of whom were to worship Him.
  5. Christians have read the light in Israel's homes as a picture of what later biblical theme? God's people as children of light (Ephesians 5:8)

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

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