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Ezekiel 47 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The River from the 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.

PreschoolThe River of Life

Water jartreefishfruit

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

KindergartenRiver and Trees

RIVER → picture 4TREE → picture 3FISH → picture 1FRUIT → picture 2

Grade 1Water of Life

Water came from God's house. → picture 5The river got very deep. → picture 1Trees grew on both sides. → picture 4Many fish lived there. → picture 2The leaves were for healing. → picture 3

Grade 2A Growing River

  1. Where did the water come from? God's house (circle)
  2. How deep was the water at first? Up to his ankles (circle)
  3. What did it become? A big river (circle)
  4. What grew by the river? Many trees (circle)
  5. What did the water do? It made everything live (circle)
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Grade 3Fruit Every Month

  1. Where did the water flow from? The temple
  2. What happened to the salty sea? It became fresh
  3. How often did the trees have fruit? Every month
  4. What were the leaves for? Healing
1: The waters came down from underneath, from the right side of the temple, on the south of the altar2: Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other3: It will happen that every living creature which swarms, in every place where the rivers come, will live4: Its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for healing
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Grade 4Everything Will Live

  1. Where did the water come from? Under the threshold of the temple
  2. How did the water change as Ezekiel walked? It grew deeper until it was a river too deep to cross
  3. What would happen to the Dead Sea? Its waters would be healed
  4. Who besides the tribes would receive land? Foreigners living among them

Word bank: 1. temple; 2. east; 3. measured; 4. river; 5. waters

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

Grade 5Leaves for Healing

  1. What was unusual about how the river grew? It grew deeper without any tributaries, its source being God's presence
  2. Why is the Dead Sea significant in this vision? It is so salty almost nothing lives there, yet its waters would be healed
  3. How were foreigners treated in the land division? They received an inheritance as if native-born
  4. Which New Testament passage echoes this river? Revelation 22:1-2
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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