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Ezekiel 40 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: A Vision of a New Temple

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.

PreschoolLook and Listen

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

KindergartenMeasure the Temple

LOOK → picture 2LISTEN → picture 4MEASURE → picture 1TEMPLE → picture 3

Grade 1A New Temple

Ezekiel saw a high mountain. → picture 2A man shone like bronze. → picture 4He had a measuring reed. → picture 5He measured every gate. → picture 1The altar was before the house. → picture 3

Order:

1. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel2. Palm trees were on each post3. They went up to it by seven steps4. The altar was before the house

Grade 2The Measuring Man

  1. What did Ezekiel see? A high mountain (circle)
  2. What was on the mountain? Something like a city (circle)
  3. What did the man shine like? Bronze (circle)
  4. What did the man have? A measuring stick (circle)
  5. What did he show Ezekiel? God's temple (circle)
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Grade 3Set Your Heart on It

  1. When did Ezekiel have this vision? Fourteen years after Jerusalem fell
  2. What did the man hold? A measuring reed
  3. What did he tell Ezekiel to do? Look, listen, and set his heart on all he would see
  4. What stood before the temple? The altar
1: Declare all that you see to the house of Israel2: Palm trees were on each post3: They went up to it by seven steps4: The altar was before the house
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Grade 4The Man with the Measuring Reed

  1. How long after Jerusalem's fall did this vision come? Fourteen years
  2. What did the man look like? His appearance was like bronze
  3. Why was Ezekiel to pay close attention? So he could tell the house of Israel
  4. What stood before the house? The altar

Word bank: 1. God; 2. south; 3. gate; 4. house; 5. measured

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

Grade 5A Blueprint of Hope

  1. How does chapters 40-48 relate to chapters 8-11? Ezekiel saw God's glory leave the old temple and would now see a new temple where it returns
  2. About how long was the measuring reed? About ten and a half feet
  3. What are three ways interpreters read this vision? A literal future temple, a symbol of perfect worship, or a hope fulfilled in the New Testament
  4. Which New Testament verse describes a golden reed measuring the holy city? Revelation 21:15
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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