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Ezra 2 · Grade 3

Family by Family

Name Date

Read the Story

Ezra 2 is a list of the people who came back from captivity. Their leaders were Zerubbabel and Jeshua. Each person went back to his own city in Judah.

It names the families. It names the priests and the Levites. It names the singers and the men who kept the gates. Some families could not find their records to show they belonged to Israel or to the priests. They waited until a priest could ask God.

In all there were more than forty-two thousand people. There were servants and singers too. They brought horses, mules, camels, and donkeys. Then they came to Jerusalem. Some of the heads of families gave gifts to build God's house again.

Memory Verse

“So the priests and the Levites, with some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.”

Ezra 2:70 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. Who led the people home?

  2. Where did each person go?

  3. What could some families not find?

  4. How many people were in the whole group?

  5. What did some heads of families give?

Coming Home

Write what happened in each box.

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Word Search

Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.

ISRAELPWFJUDAHVGFLSDONKEYSGICLGTCTGLNAOKAIDKGGMOLWTSHUEEGFYYAFORLNHORSESSSRVMULES
  • DONKEYS
  • SINGERS
  • ISRAEL
  • HORSES
  • CAMELS
  • JUDAH
  • MULES
  • CITY

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for my family. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you help at church, even in a small job?
  • How can you help when there is a big job to do together?

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