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Exodus 20 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Ten Commandments

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's Good Rules

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

KindergartenTen Good Words

RULES → picture 3FAMILY → picture 1LOVE → picture 4HILL → picture 2

Grade 1God's Commandments

Ten Commandments → picture 2Honoring parents → picture 4Sabbath rest → picture 1God comes first → picture 3

Order:

1. God spoke all these words2. God said, You shall have no other gods before me3. God said, Honor your father and your mother4. All the people perceived the thunderings

Grade 2Ten Good Rules

  1. Where did God speak from? The mountain (circle)
  2. What do we call God's ten rules? The Ten Commandments (circle)
  3. What are the first rules about? Loving God (circle)
  4. Who should you honor? Your father and mother (circle)
  5. Why did God give these rules? Because He loves His people
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Grade 3God Speaks the Commandments

  1. What did God remind the people before giving the commandments? That He brought them out of Egypt
  2. How many days could they work? Six
  3. What does covet mean? Wanting what belongs to someone else
  4. Why did the people stand far away? They were afraid of the lightning, trumpet and smoke.
  5. Why did Moses say God had come? To test them, so they would fear Him and not sin
1: God spoke all these words2: God said, You shall have no other gods before me3: God said, Honor your father and your mother4: All the people perceived the thunderings

Grade 4Love God and Love Others

  1. What good news comes at the start of the commandments? God had rescued them from Egypt.
  2. What are the first four commandments about? Loving God
  3. How did Jesus sum up the law? To love God with all your heart, and to love your neighbor as yourself
  4. What does the law show us? Our sin and our need for a Savior

Word bank: 1. God; 2. love; 3. obey

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

Grade 5The Ten Words

  1. What does the preface to the commandments teach? Obedience is a response to God's grace and rescue.
  2. What is the Sabbath command based on? God's rest after six days of creation (20:11)
  3. Why is the tenth commandment different? It concerns the heart, since coveting happens inside us.
  4. What was God's purpose in coming with fear, according to 20:20? That His fear would keep them from sinning
  5. What does Paul call the law in Romans 7:12? Holy, righteous and good

Word bank: 1. Ten; 2. God; 3. good

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

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