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Exodus 23 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Justice, Rest and God's Angel

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 Goes Ahead

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

KindergartenDo What Is Right

ANGEL → picture 3WALK → picture 1DONKEY → picture 4REST → picture 2

Grade 1God Guards the Way

Helping an enemy's donkey → picture 2The land rests → picture 4Three feasts a year → picture 3An angel to guard them → picture 1

Order:

1. God said, You shall not spread a false report2. God said, You shall not follow a crowd to do evil3. God said, Six days you shall do your work4. God said, Behold, I send an angel before you

Grade 2Be True and Fair

  1. What did God say not to say about others? False things (circle)
  2. Should you do wrong if a crowd does it? No (circle)
  3. What should you do with your enemy's lost donkey? Take it back to him
  4. How many times a year was there a feast for God? Three (circle)
  5. Who would God send ahead of them? An angel (circle)
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Grade 3Help Even Your Enemy

  1. What should you not follow a crowd to do? Evil
  2. What does a bribe do? It makes people blind to what is right.
  3. What should you do if your enemy's donkey is under a heavy load? Help him with it
  4. Why did the land rest in the seventh year? So the poor and the animals could eat
  5. Why would God drive out the enemies little by little? He would do it slowly as Israel grew (so the land would not become wild).
1: God said, You shall not spread a false report2: God said, You shall not follow a crowd to do evil3: God said, Six days you shall do your work4: God said, Behold, I send an angel before you

Grade 4Justice Without Favorites

  1. Name two things that hurt fairness. Lies, gossip or bribes
  2. What did God tell Israel to do for an enemy? Help his lost or fallen animal
  3. What did Jesus teach about enemies? To love our enemies
  4. Name one way God gave rest. Rest for people, animals and the land

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

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

Grade 5Living as God's People

  1. Name two marks of a fair court in Exodus 23. No false reports, no following the majority to do evil, no bribes or no favoritism
  2. How does the enemy's animal law go beyond legal duty? It requires active kindness even to an enemy.
  3. Who benefited from the sabbatical year? The poor and the wild animals
  4. What did God mean by my name is in him? The angel carried God's own authority.
  5. Why would God drive out the nations little by little? So the land would not become desolate while Israel grew

Word bank: 1. God; 2. rest; 3. angel

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

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