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Exodus 25 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Plans for God's House

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 Wants to Be Near

ark and covenantlampstandbreadtabernacle

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

KindergartenGod's House

ARK → picture 3LAMP → picture 2BREAD → picture 4TENT → picture 1

Grade 1Built by God's Pattern

Gifts from willing hearts → picture 2The ark of the covenant → picture 4Bread on the gold table → picture 1A lampstand with seven lamps → picture 3

Order:

1. God said, Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me2. God said, They shall make an ark of acacia wood3. God said, You shall make a table of acacia wood4. God said, You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold

Grade 2A Home for God's Presence

  1. Who could give gifts? Everyone who wanted to give
  2. Why did God want a holy place? So He could live among His people
  3. What was the special box called? The ark (circle)
  4. What was on top of the ark? Two gold angels with wings
  5. How many lamps were on the lampstand? Seven (circle)

Grade 3The Ark, the Table and the Lampstand

  1. Whose offering would God take? Everyone whose heart was willing
  2. Why did God want a sanctuary? So He could live among His people
  3. What would go inside the ark? The tablets of the law
  4. What was always on the gold table? The bread of the presence
  5. What were the lampstand's cups shaped like? Almond flowers
1: God said, Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me2: God said, They shall make an ark of acacia wood3: God said, You shall make a table of acacia wood4: God said, You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold

Grade 4God Among His People

  1. What kind of hearts did God want gifts from? Willing hearts
  2. Where did God say He would meet with Moses? Above the mercy seat, between the cherubim
  3. What did the bread and lampstand show? God provides, and God gives light.
  4. How did God's dwelling come true fully? In Jesus, who lived among us

Word bank: 1. God; 2. give; 3. ark; 4. bread; 5. light

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

Grade 5A Sanctuary for God

  1. What was the purpose of the sanctuary, according to 25:8? That God might dwell among His people
  2. Who gave the materials for the sanctuary? Everyone whose heart made him willing (25:2).
  3. What was placed inside the ark? The testimony, the tablets of the covenant
  4. What happened on the mercy seat once a year? Blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement.
  5. Why did Moses have to follow the pattern exactly? The tabernacle was a copy and shadow of heavenly things (Hebrews 8:5).

Word bank: 1. gold; 2. ark; 3. God; 4. bread; 5. light

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

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