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Ezra 5 · Grade 3

The Eye of God

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The work on God's house had stopped for years. Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah spoke to the Jews in the name of the God of Israel. Zerubbabel and Jeshua rose up and began to build again, and the prophets of God helped them.

Tattenai the governor and his friends came and asked who had given them a decree to build. But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and the work was not made to stop.

Tattenai wrote a letter to King Darius. He told the king that the Jews said they were servants of the God of heaven and earth. They said King Cyrus had made a decree to build this house of God. Tattenai asked the king to search the records.

Memory Verse

“But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they didn’t make them cease until the matter should come to Darius, and an answer should be returned by letter concerning it.”

Ezra 5:5 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. Who spoke to the Jews in God's name?

  2. Who began to build again?

  3. What did Tattenai ask?

  4. What was on the elders of the Jews?

  5. What did Tattenai ask King Darius to do?

Building Again

Write what happened in each box.

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Word Search

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

HEEWZAKBCESAEETEPLAMRYCBLRLVHTEHUDOTEAHPAIEPYNGFIRLRHMDGAOIDSEMCAEPANOTISILHHYLSP
  • ZECHARIAH
  • PROPHETS
  • HAGGAI
  • ELDERS
  • HEAVEN
  • BUILD
  • EARTH
  • EYE

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for watching over me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you answer calmly when someone questions you?
  • What did the governor write to the king?

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