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Ezra 2 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The People Who Came Home

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.

PreschoolEvery Family Counts

familycitydonkeypeople

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

KindergartenGod Knows Us

CHILDREN → picture 4CITY → picture 3GOLD → picture 2SINGERS → picture 1

Grade 1Every Name Written

The names of the families were written down. → picture 3Many families came home together. → picture 5Singers came home too. → picture 2They brought camels and donkeys. → picture 4Some leaders gave gold for God's house. → picture 1

Order:

1. the children of the province who went up out of the captivity2. The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty3. offered willingly for God’s house to set it up in its place4. all Israel in their cities

Grade 2A Long List of Names

  1. Where did the people go? Home to Jerusalem (circle)
  2. How did they go? Family by family (circle)
  3. What was written down? All their names (circle)
  4. What animals did they bring? Horses, camels, and donkeys
  5. What did the leaders give? Gold and silver (circle)
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Grade 3Family by Family

  1. Who led the people home? Zerubbabel and Jeshua
  2. Where did each person go? Back to his own city in Judah
  3. What could some families not find? Their records
  4. How many people were in the whole group? Forty-two thousand three hundred sixty
  5. What did some heads of families give? Freewill offerings to build the house again
1: the children of the province who went up out of the captivity2: The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty3: offered willingly for God’s house to set it up in its place4: all Israel in their cities
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Grade 4The Returning Assembly

  1. By what two ways are the people listed? By family and by hometown
  2. What happened to priests without records? They could not eat the most holy things until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim.
  3. How large was the whole assembly? 42,360
  4. How did they give to God's house? Freely, according to their ability

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

Grade 5Names in God's Story

  1. What does the list show about God's people in exile? They did not vanish; family by family they came back.
  2. Why were careful records important for priests? Priests had to show that they descended from Aaron.
  3. How did the leaders decide how much to give? According to their ability
  4. What was the first act of the leaders on arrival? Generosity toward God's house
  5. Where did all Israel live afterward? In their cities
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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