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Jeremiah 35 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Faithful Rechabites

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.

PreschoolFaithful Family

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

KindergartenObey

TENT → picture 4FAMILY → picture 3OBEY → picture 1TEMPLE → picture 2

Grade 1They Kept Their Word

Jeremiah brought them to the temple. → picture 5He offered them a drink. → picture 1They said no. → picture 4They lived in tents. → picture 2They obeyed their father. → picture 3

Order:

1. Go to the house of the Rechabites2. We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab3. We have no vineyard, field, or seed4. Jonadab the son of Rechab will not lack a man to stand before me forever

Grade 2A Family That Obeyed

  1. Where did Jeremiah bring the family? To the temple (circle)
  2. What was the family called? The Rechabites (circle)
  3. What did they say when offered a drink? No (circle)
  4. Who gave them a rule? Their father long ago (circle)
  5. Who should God's people obey? God (circle)
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Grade 3Obeying Their Father

  1. Where did Jeremiah bring the Rechabites? Into a room in God's house
  2. What did they say they would not drink? Wine
  3. Who gave them their rules? Jonadab, their father
  4. Where did they live? In tents
  5. What did God promise the family of Jonadab? They would always have someone to stand before him
1: Go to the house of the Rechabites2: We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab3: We have no vineyard, field, or seed4: Jonadab the son of Rechab will not lack a man to stand before me forever
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Grade 4A Lesson from the Rechabites

  1. Who were the Rechabites? A family who had joined Israel and lived in tents
  2. What had Jonadab commanded? Drink no wine, build no houses, sow no fields, and live in tents
  3. Why were they in Jerusalem? The Babylonian invasion drove them there for safety
  4. How did God use their example? To shame Judah, who ignored God while they kept a human father's rules

Word bank: 1. wine; 2. Jonadab; 3. tents; 4. God; 5. drink

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

Grade 5Faithfulness as a Rebuke

  1. Who was Jonadab son of Rechab? An ancestor who had joined Jehu's zeal against Baal worship
  2. Why did Jonadab give these commands? That you may live many days in the land in which you live as nomads
  3. Why was the test held in the temple? To display their loyalty publicly where Judah's leaders worshiped
  4. What made the difference between the Rechabites and Judah? Not the authority of the speaker but the hearts of those who heard
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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