Ezra 7 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Ezra the Teacher

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.

PreschoolEzra Loves God's Word

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

KindergartenLearn and Do

LAW → picture 4HEART → picture 3KING → picture 1TEACH → picture 2

Grade 1Seek, Do, Teach

Ezra knew God's law very well. → picture 5Ezra went on a long trip to Jerusalem. → picture 1The king gave Ezra a letter. → picture 4The king gave silver and gold for God's house. → picture 2Ezra praised God for His help. → picture 3

Order:

1. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses2. according to the good hand of his God on him3. Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law4. Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers

Grade 2Ezra Loves God's Law

Where did Ezra live? In Babylon (circle)
What did Ezra know very well? God's law (circle)
What three things did Ezra want to do? Learn God's law, obey it, and teach it
What did the king give for God's house? Silver and gold (circle)
Whose hand was on Ezra? God's good hand (circle)

Grade 3A Heart for God's Law

What was Ezra skilled in? The law of Moses
Why did the king give Ezra all he asked? The hand of Yahweh his God was on him
What had Ezra set his heart to do? Seek Yahweh's law, do it, and teach it
What did the king tell Ezra to choose? Judges who knew God's law
Whom did Ezra bless? Yahweh

1: He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses2: according to the good hand of his God on him3: Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law4: Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers

Grade 4Seek, Do, and Teach

What was Ezra's family line? It went back to Aaron the priest.
How long was the journey from Babylon? About four months
In what order did Ezra seek, do, and teach? First seek the law, then do it, then teach it
Who was freed from taxes? Temple workers

Word bank: 1. Ezra; 2. scribe; 3. King; 4. God

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

Grade 5The Good Hand of God

Through whom does Ezra's genealogy run back to Aaron? Through Zadok and Phinehas
What did a scribe do? Carefully studied and copied the law of Moses
Why does the order in 7:10 matter? Ezra did not teach what he had not first studied and practiced.
What does Paul say every Scripture is profitable for? Teaching
What gave Ezra courage? The hand of Yahweh his God was on him.

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