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Ezekiel 23 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Two Sisters Who Turned Away

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.

PreschoolTwo Sisters

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

KindergartenStay Close to God

TWO → picture 4GOD → picture 3TRUST → picture 1NEAR → picture 2

Grade 1A Story of Two Sisters

God told a story of two sisters. → picture 5One sister stood for Samaria. → picture 1The other stood for Jerusalem. → picture 4They both turned away from God. → picture 2They had a cup of sorrow. → picture 3

Order:

1. Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother2. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah3. Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah?4. Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my Sabbaths

Grade 2Two Sisters

  1. Who did God tell a story about? Two sisters (circle)
  2. Who was one sister? Samaria (circle)
  3. Who was the other sister? The big city (circle)
  4. What did the sisters do? Turned away from God (circle)
  5. What does God want us to do? Stay close to Him (circle)
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Grade 3Oholah and Oholibah

  1. What were the two sisters' names? Oholah and Oholibah
  2. Who did Oholah stand for? Samaria
  3. What did the sisters bow to? The idols of strong lands
  4. What did God say Jerusalem had done to him? Forgotten him and cast him behind her back
1: Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother2: As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah3: Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah?4: Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my Sabbaths
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Grade 4They Defiled My Sanctuary

  1. Who did the two sisters stand for? Samaria and Jerusalem
  2. Why should Jerusalem have learned from Samaria? She saw Samaria fall after trusting Assyria and its idols
  3. What had the sisters done to God's sanctuary and Sabbaths? They defiled his sanctuary and profaned his Sabbaths
  4. What would Jerusalem receive because she walked in her sister's way? Her sister's cup of sorrow and desolation

Word bank: 1. God; 2. daughters; 3. sister; 4. sanctuary

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

Grade 5Her Sister's Cup

  1. Which city did Oholibah stand for, and what stood there? Jerusalem, where God's temple stood
  2. How does the chapter view Israel's alliances with foreign powers? As unfaithfulness to God, bringing other nations' gods into his house
  3. Why was Jerusalem's sin worse than Samaria's? She had God's temple and saw her sister fall, but still did not turn back
  4. Which New Testament verse warns those who think they stand? 1 Corinthians 10:12
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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