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Exodus 32 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Golden Calf

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.

PreschoolOnly Love God

calftabletsmountainpraying and hands

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

KindergartenOne True God

CALF → picture 3TABLETS → picture 1HILL → picture 4PRAY → picture 2

Grade 1Moses Prays

A gold calf → picture 2Broken tablets → picture 4Moses prayed for the people → picture 1The calf was burned → picture 3

Order:

1. When the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron2. Made it a molded calf3. He threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain4. Moses returned to Yahweh

Grade 2A Gold Calf

  1. Why did the people ask Aaron to make a god? They got tired of waiting for Moses.
  2. What did Aaron use to make the calf? Gold earrings (circle)
  3. Who prayed for the people? Moses (circle)
  4. What happened to the tablets? Moses threw them down, and they broke.
  5. What did Moses ask God to do? Forgive their sin (circle)
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Grade 3Moses Stands in the Gap

  1. What did the people say about the calf? That it was the god who brought them out of Egypt
  2. What promises did Moses remind God of? His promises to Abraham, Isaac and Israel
  3. Where did Moses break the tablets? At the foot of the mountain
  4. What did Moses do to the calf? Burned it and ground it to powder
  5. What did Moses go up to do the next day? Ask God to forgive them and make atonement for their sin
1: When the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron2: Made it a molded calf3: He threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain4: Moses returned to Yahweh

Grade 4Idols and Intercession

  1. Which commandments did Israel break? The first and second
  2. What is an idol? Anything we love or trust more than God
  3. What is intercession? Praying for others
  4. How is Jesus greater than Moses as a mediator? Moses offered to be blotted out (32:32); the New Testament says Jesus actually took our place on the cross.

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

Grade 5A Great Sin and a Great Intercessor

  1. What was happening on the mountain while Israel made the calf? God was giving Moses the tablets and the plans for His dwelling.
  2. How did Israel's worship of the calf break God's command? They worshiped through an image, which God forbade (20:4-5).
  3. On what grounds did Moses intercede? God's reputation among the Egyptians and His covenant promises
  4. What did breaking the tablets signify? The covenant had been broken.
  5. What could Moses not do that Jesus did? Take the people's place and bear their sin

Word bank: 1. God; 2. calf; 3. only; 4. tablets; 5. forgive

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

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