Joshua 13 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Land Still to Be Given

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.

PreschoolGod Is Our Gift

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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 Gives

JOSHUA → picture 3LAND → picture 1GOD'S WORD → picture 4GIFT → picture 2

Grade 1Land for the Tribes

Joshua was old. → picture 4Much land was still left. → picture 3God said, I will drive them out. → picture 1Joshua must share the land. → picture 5God was Levi's gift. → picture 2

Order:

1. Now Joshua was old2. I will drive them out from before the children of Israel3. he gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi4. Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their inheritance

Grade 2God Is Their Gift

How old was Joshua? He was old now. (circle)
What did God say was left? Much land (circle)
Who would drive out the people? God (circle)
Who got land east of the Jordan? Two and a half tribes
What was the gift of the tribe of Levi? God Himself (circle)

Grade 3Yahweh Is Their Inheritance

How does the chapter describe Joshua? Old
Whose lands did God name as still to be possessed? The lands of the Philistines and other peoples
Who would drive the peoples out? Yahweh
To whom was Joshua to divide the land? The nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh
What was the inheritance of the tribe of Levi? Yahweh, the God of Israel

1: Now Joshua was old2: I will drive them out from before the children of Israel3: he gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi4: Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their inheritance

Grade 4An Unfinished Task

What turn does the book take in chapter 13? From taking the land to sharing it
What promise did God make about the remaining land? I will drive them out from before the children of Israel.
Why could Joshua divide the land before every enemy was gone? He could act on God's promise.
How many times does the chapter note that Levi received no land? Twice

Word bank: 1. land; 2. old; 3. God; 4. allocate; 5. Reuben

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

Grade 5Dividing by Faith

Which part of the book does chapter 13 open? The second half
Why is dividing land not yet fully held an act of faith? It trusts God's future action.
Which peoples did Israel not drive out? The Geshurites and the Maacathites
What two things are named as Levi's inheritance? The offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and Yahweh, the God of Israel
What does the Levites' portion show? That the greatest gift in the promised land is the Lord Himself

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