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Exodus 3 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Burning Bush

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.

PreschoolHoly Ground

burning and bushsandalssheepmountain

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

KindergartenGod Calls Moses

BUSH → picture 3SANDALS → picture 1SHEEP → picture 4MOUNTAIN → picture 2

Grade 1The Bush on Fire

Moses watched sheep → picture 2A bush burned but did not burn up → picture 4Moses' sandals → picture 1Moses goes to help → picture 3

Order:

1. Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro2. Yahweh’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush3. God said, Take off your sandals4. God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM,

Grade 2A Bush That Didn't Burn Up

  1. What was Moses doing? Taking care of sheep (circle)
  2. What was amazing about the bush? It was on fire but did not burn up.
  3. Why did Moses take off his sandals? It was holy ground. (circle)
  4. Where did God want to send Moses? To Pharaoh, to bring God's people out of Egypt
  5. What name did God tell Moses? God said, I AM WHO I AM

Grade 3God Sends Moses

  1. Where did God appear to Moses? At Horeb, the mountain of God, in a burning bush
  2. Why did Moses hide his face? He was afraid to look at God.
  3. How did God describe the land He would give Israel? A good and large land, flowing with milk and honey
  4. What did God answer when Moses asked, Who am I? God said, Certainly I will be with you.
  5. What name did God reveal? God said, I AM WHO I AM
1: Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro2: Yahweh’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush3: God said, Take off your sandals4: God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM,

Grade 4The Great I AM

  1. Why did Moses take off his sandals? God's presence made the place holy.
  2. What three things did God say He had done for His people? Seen, heard, and come down to help
  3. What does the name I AM teach about God? He exists by Himself, never changes and depends on nothing.
  4. What name did Jesus use for Himself in John 8:58? The name I AM

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

Grade 5Moses Asks, God Answers

  1. What might the unconsumed bush picture? Israel, afflicted but not destroyed because God dwells with them
  2. How did God show compassion in His speech? He said He had seen, heard, known their sorrows and come down to deliver them.
  3. How did Jesus use this passage in Mark 12:26-27? To prove the resurrection: God is the God of the living.
  4. How did God answer Moses' Who am I? With His promise, Certainly I will be with you.
  5. What does the name I AM reveal about God? He is self-existent, eternal, unchanging and faithful.

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

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