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Exodus 16 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Manna from Heaven

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.

PreschoolBread from Heaven

mannaquailsunbasket

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

KindergartenDaily Bread

MANNA → picture 3BIRDS → picture 2MORNING → picture 4BASKET → picture 1

Grade 1God Feeds His People

Birds in the evening → picture 2Manna in the morning → picture 1Enough for each day → picture 4A jar kept to remember → picture 3

Order:

1. The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness2. In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp3. Moses said to them, It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat4. The house of Israel called its name Manna

Grade 2What Is It?

  1. Why did the people grumble? They were hungry. (circle)
  2. What birds came in the evening? Quail (circle)
  3. What did the people say when they saw the manna? What is it? (circle)
  4. What did manna taste like? Wafers with honey (circle)
  5. How long did God feed them with manna? Forty years (circle)
BASKETSBBHHBDBJOWJSMMRHIMKHRYOAEERYFDEWRNAEDOEWSKNNDLOKFITFIAPDIRDDYHNWCEBIRDSKGE

Grade 3Bread from the Sky

  1. What did the people wish when they murmured? That they had died in Egypt by the meat pots
  2. Why did God give a day's portion each day? To test them, whether they would walk in His law
  3. Who were the murmurings really against? Yahweh
  4. What happened to manna kept overnight on ordinary days? It bred worms and stank.
  5. What was different about the Sabbath? The extra manna didn't spoil, and none fell on the seventh day.
1: The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness2: In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp3: Moses said to them, It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat4: The house of Israel called its name Manna

Grade 4Bread From Heaven

  1. Who were Israel's complaints really against? God
  2. Why did God give manna one day at a time? So they would trust and depend on Him daily
  3. What happened when people stored extra? It spoiled.
  4. What did Jesus call Himself in John 6:35? The bread of life

Word bank: 1. God; 2. manna; 3. morning; 4. rest; 5. bread

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

Grade 5Daily Dependence

  1. How had Israel's memory of Egypt become distorted? They thought slavery with food was better than freedom.
  2. How does Paul use the manna in 2 Corinthians 8:15? To encourage generosity: everyone had enough.
  3. What happened when people hoarded manna? It bred worms.
  4. What lesson does Deuteronomy 8:3 draw from the manna? Man does not live by bread alone but by every word from God's mouth.
  5. What does Jesus claim in John 6? He is the true bread from heaven who gives eternal life.

Word bank: 1. food; 2. God; 3. manna; 4. rest; 5. bread

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

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