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Ezekiel 8 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: What Ezekiel Saw in 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.

PreschoolGod's Glory

Templedoorpersonpeople

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

KindergartenGod Sees

GOD → picture 2DOOR → picture 4WALL → picture 1SEE → picture 3

Grade 1A Vision of the Temple

The Spirit lifted Ezekiel up. → picture 2He saw the glory of God. → picture 4He saw a hole in the wall. → picture 5He dug and saw a door. → picture 1Some men bowed to the sun. → picture 3

Grade 2God Sees Everything

  1. Who sat with Ezekiel in his house? The leaders (circle)
  2. Where did the Spirit take Ezekiel? God's house in Jerusalem (circle)
  3. What did Ezekiel see there? God's glory (circle)
  4. What did some people bow to? Idols and the sun (circle)
  5. What did the people say? God did not see them
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Grade 3Ezekiel Sees Inside the Temple

  1. Who was sitting with Ezekiel in his house? The elders of Judah
  2. What did Ezekiel find when he dug in the wall? A door
  3. How many elders burned incense to idols? Seventy
  4. What were the twenty-five men worshiping? The sun
1: In the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the Lord Yahweh’s hand fell on me there2: Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain3: Seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel stood before them4: They were worshiping the sun toward the east
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Grade 4Abominations in the Dark

  1. How did Ezekiel get to Jerusalem in the vision? The Spirit lifted him up and brought him in the visions of God
  2. What did the elders say while they worshiped idols in the dark? Yahweh did not see them
  3. Who were the women weeping for? Tammuz
  4. Which way were the twenty-five men facing? Their backs toward Yahweh's temple, faces toward the east

Word bank: 1. house; 2. God; 3. north; 4. wall; 5. light

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

Grade 5Backs Toward the Temple

  1. Why is it important that Ezekiel saw God's glory before seeing the idols? It showed the holy God was present in his own house, making the abominations more serious
  2. What did the elders' excuse reveal about their hearts? They believed Yahweh doesn't see and has forsaken the land
  3. Where did the twenty-five men stand, and what were they doing? In the inner court between the porch and the altar, with their backs to the temple, worshiping the sun
  4. What New Testament verse says nothing is hidden from God's sight? Hebrews 4:13

Word bank: 1. sixth; 2. God; 3. house; 4. light

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

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