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Jeremiah 34 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: A Broken Promise of Freedom

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.

PreschoolKeep Your Promises

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

KindergartenKeep Promises

FREE → picture 4PROMISE → picture 3FAIR → picture 2KIND → picture 1

Grade 1Set Free

The people made a promise. → picture 3They set their servants free. → picture 5Then they changed their minds. → picture 2They took the servants back. → picture 4God wants people to be fair. → picture 1

Order:

1. Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah2. You shall let him go free from you3. You had made a covenant before me4. You have not listened to me

Grade 2A Promise to Set People Free

  1. What did God's law say about workers? They should go free after six years
  2. Who made a promise? King Zedekiah and the people
  3. What did they promise? To set their workers free
  4. What happened next? They changed their minds
  5. What does God want people to do? Keep their promises and be fair
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Grade 3Freedom Taken Back

  1. What did Zedekiah's covenant proclaim? Liberty
  2. Who was to go free? Hebrew servants
  3. After how many years of service should a servant be released? Six years
  4. What did the people do afterward? Forced the servants to come back
  5. What had they profaned? God's name
1: Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah2: You shall let him go free from you3: You had made a covenant before me4: You have not listened to me
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Grade 4Proclaiming Liberty

  1. What did God's law require for Hebrew servants? Release after six years of service
  2. How did the people make the covenant? Before God in his house, passing between the parts of a calf
  3. Why did the people change their minds? The Babylonian army withdrew for a time
  4. What liberty would God proclaim for them? A liberty to judgment

Word bank: 1. liberty; 2. servants; 3. covenant; 4. God; 5. proclaim

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

Grade 5Covenant Breakers

  1. What two things did God tell Zedekiah? The city would be burned, but he would not die by the sword
  2. Where does the law of releasing servants come from? The law of Moses in Exodus 21 and Deuteronomy 15
  3. What did passing between the halves of a calf mean? It invited the same fate on anyone who broke the covenant
  4. What does the chapter show about obedience out of fear? It is not true repentance
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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