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Exodus 5 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Bricks Without Straw

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.

PreschoolMoses Talks to the King

bricksgraincrownpeople

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

KindergartenHard Work

BRICKS → picture 3STRAW → picture 4KING → picture 1PEOPLE → picture 2

Grade 1Pharaoh Says No

Pharaoh said no → picture 3More bricks → picture 2Looking for straw → picture 4Moses prayed → picture 1

Order:

1. Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh2. Pharaoh said, You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick3. The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble4. Moses returned to Yahweh

Grade 2Pharaoh Says No

  1. What did Moses and Aaron tell Pharaoh? That God said to let His people go
  2. What did Pharaoh say? He did not know God and would not let Israel go.
  3. What did Pharaoh stop giving the slaves? Straw (circle)
  4. How did the people feel about Moses and Aaron? They were upset with them.
  5. What did Moses do when he was sad? He talked to God. (circle)

Grade 3Who Is Yahweh?

  1. Why did God want Israel to go to the wilderness? To hold a feast (worship) to Him
  2. What question did Pharaoh ask about God? Pharaoh said, Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice?
  3. What did Pharaoh say about the bricks? The people must gather their own straw but make the same number.
  4. Who was beaten when the work wasn't done? The Israelite officers
  5. What did Moses ask God? Why God had brought trouble on this people and why He had sent Moses
1: Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh2: Pharaoh said, You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick3: The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble4: Moses returned to Yahweh

Grade 4When Obeying Gets Hard

  1. What did Pharaoh proudly say? That he didn't know Yahweh and would not let Israel go
  2. What happened after Moses obeyed? Things got worse; the work grew harder.
  3. Does hardship mean God stopped caring? No
  4. Where did Moses bring his confusion? Directly to God in prayer

Word bank: 1. Moses; 2. Pharaoh; 3. people; 4. God

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

Grade 5Things Get Worse

  1. What was the goal of the exodus besides freedom from slavery? Freedom to worship God
  2. How do the plagues answer Pharaoh's question? They show Egypt and Israel that God is Yahweh.
  3. Why did Pharaoh increase the workload? To crush their hope and keep them too exhausted to listen to God
  4. What kind of prayer did Moses pray? A lament, an honest cry to God
  5. How did God respond to Moses' lament? He didn't rebuke him but answered with promises in chapter 6.

Word bank: 1. Pharaoh; 2. straw; 3. people; 4. Moses

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

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