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Exodus 13 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Leaving Egypt

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.

PreschoolRemember This Day

cloud and pillarfire and pillarbreadpeople

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

KindergartenGod Leads

CLOUD → picture 2FIRE → picture 3BREAD → picture 4PEOPLE → picture 1

Grade 1Following God

Cloud by day → picture 2Fire by night → picture 4Flat bread for seven days → picture 1Joseph's bones → picture 3

Order:

1. Moses said, Remember this day, in which you came out of Egypt2. When Pharaoh had let the people go, God didn’t lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines3. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him4. Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud

Grade 2A Cloud and a Fire

  1. What did Moses tell the people to remember? The day God brought them out of Egypt
  2. Why didn't God take them the short way? There might be war. (circle)
  3. Whose bones did Moses bring? Joseph's (circle)
  4. How did God lead them in the daytime? In a tall cloud (circle)
  5. How did God lead them at night? In a tall fire that gave light
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Grade 3Joseph's Bones

  1. What did God say about the firstborn? They were to be set apart (sanctified) to Him.
  2. What would parents tell their children about the bread? You shall tell your son, It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt.
  3. What does it mean to redeem the firstborn? To buy them back
  4. Why did God avoid the way of the Philistines? So the people wouldn't change their minds when they saw war and return to Egypt
  5. Why did Moses take Joseph's bones? Joseph had made Israel swear to carry them.
1: Moses said, Remember this day, in which you came out of Egypt2: When Pharaoh had let the people go, God didn’t lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines3: Moses took the bones of Joseph with him4: Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud

Grade 4God Knows the Best Way

  1. Why did God claim Israel's firstborn? He had spared their firstborn at Passover.
  2. Why did God choose a longer road? Israel wasn't ready for war.
  3. What did carrying Joseph's bones show? God keeps His promises, even hundreds of years later.
  4. What did the pillar of cloud and fire show? God was always with His people, day and night.

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

Grade 5Led by God's Presence

  1. Why did the firstborn belong to God? He had spared Israel's firstborn at Passover.
  2. Who followed this law in the New Testament? Mary and Joseph presenting baby Jesus (Luke 2:22-23)
  3. What does a sign on your hand and between your eyes mean? God's deliverance should shape their actions and thoughts.
  4. How did God's route show compassion? He avoided war that would make the people lose heart.
  5. How does the pillar connect to later Scripture? The cloud filled the tabernacle, and in Christ God dwelt among His people (John 1:14).

Word bank: 1. Bread; 2. people; 3. cloud

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

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