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Ezra 3 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Altar and the Foundation

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.

PreschoolSinging for Joy

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

KindergartenGod Is Good

ALTAR → picture 4SING → picture 3GOOD → picture 1PEOPLE → picture 2

Grade 1A Happy Day

The people gathered as one. → picture 5They built the altar first. → picture 1They laid the foundation of God's house. → picture 4The priests blew trumpets. → picture 2They sang that God is good. → picture 3

Order:

1. built the altar of the God of Israel2. They kept the feast of booths3. they set the priests in their vestments with trumpets4. for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever

Grade 2God Is Good!

  1. Where did the people come together? In Jerusalem (circle)
  2. What did they build first? An altar (circle)
  3. What did they lay next? The base of God's house
  4. What did the people sing? God is good, and His love lasts forever
  5. What did some old men do? They cried (circle)
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Grade 3The Foundation Is Laid

  1. How did the people gather in Jerusalem? As one man
  2. What did Jeshua and Zerubbabel build first? The altar of the God of Israel
  3. What feast did the people keep? The feast of booths
  4. What did the Levites sing? That Yahweh is good and His loving kindness endures forever
  5. Who wept with a loud voice? Many old men who had seen the first house
1: built the altar of the God of Israel2: They kept the feast of booths3: they set the priests in their vestments with trumpets4: for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever

Grade 4Worship Before Walls

  1. What did the people build before anything else? The altar
  2. Where did the cedar trees come from? Lebanon
  3. Who sounded trumpets at the foundation? The priests
  4. Why could the people not tell the sounds apart? The shouts of joy and the weeping were mixed together.

Word bank: 1. altar; 2. priests; 3. God; 4. good; 5. wept

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

Grade 5Joy and Tears Together

  1. What was the first thing the exiles built? The altar of the God of Israel
  2. Whose pattern did the celebration follow? David's
  3. Why did some older people weep? They had seen the first house and grieved over what had been lost.
  4. How far away was the sound heard? Far away
  5. What does Peter say believers are built into? A spiritual house, as living stones
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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