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Exodus 35 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Willing Hearts

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.

PreschoolGiving with Joy

heartchesthandsheep

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

KindergartenGlad Givers

HEART → picture 3GIFTS → picture 1HANDS → picture 4WOOL → picture 2

Grade 1Willing Hearts

Gold and silver gifts → picture 2Women spun yarn → picture 3Bezalel's skill → picture 4A willing heart → picture 1

Order:

1. Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel2. They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up3. The children of Israel brought a free will offering to Yahweh4. Moses said, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri

Grade 2Everyone Brings a Gift

  1. Who could bring an offering? Whoever had a willing heart
  2. Name two gifts the people brought. Gold, silver, bronze, yarn, wood, oil or spices
  3. What did the women who could spin make? Yarn and cloth (circle)
  4. Who did God fill with His Spirit? Bezalel (circle)
  5. What else did God help Bezalel and Oholiab do? Teach others (circle)
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Grade 3Gifts from Stirred Hearts

  1. What did Moses remind the people about first? Keeping the Sabbath holy
  2. Who brought offerings? Everyone whose heart stirred them, men and women
  3. What did some skilled women spin? Yarn and goats' hair
  4. What did the leaders bring? Onyx stones, jewels, spices and oil
  5. What did God put in Bezalel's heart to do? Teach
1: Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel2: They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up3: The children of Israel brought a free will offering to Yahweh4: Moses said, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri

Grade 4Cheerful, Willing Givers

  1. How was this gift of gold different from the golden calf? It was given to worship the true God.
  2. Were the people forced to give? No, they gave with willing hearts.
  3. What does 2 Corinthians 9:7 say God loves? A cheerful giver
  4. What could people give besides gold? Skill and time

Word bank: 1. God; 2. give; 3. willing; 4. skill

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

Grade 5A Freewill Offering

  1. Why do chapters 35 to 40 repeat so much of chapters 25 to 31? To show Israel did exactly what God commanded
  2. Why does Moses begin with the Sabbath? Even work on God's house must pause for rest.
  3. What words are repeated to describe the givers? Heart, stirred and willing
  4. What was special about Bezalel and Oholiab besides their skill? They were gifted to teach others.
  5. According to Ephesians 4:12, why does Christ give gifts? To build up the body of Christ

Word bank: 1. God; 2. heart; 3. willing; 4. give; 5. teach

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

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