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Joshua 20 · Grade 2

Six Safe Cities

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Read the Story

God told Joshua to choose some special cities. They were cities of refuge. Refuge means a safe place.

Sometimes a person hurt someone by accident, not on purpose. That person could run to one of these cities. He stood at the city gate and told the leaders what happened.

The leaders let him in. He could live there safely. There were six cities. Three were on each side of the Jordan River.

Memory Verse

“He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his case in the ears of the elders of that city. They shall take him into the city with them, and give him a place, that he may live among them.”

Joshua 20:4 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. What does refuge mean?

    A safe placeThreeAt the city gate

  2. Who could run to a city of refuge?

  3. Where did he stand?

    At the city gateA safe placeThree

  4. How many cities of refuge were there?

    A safe placeThreeSix

  5. How many were on each side of the Jordan River?

    SixThreeAt the city gate

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

SHECHEMDOGIDLMSMURKACITIESEAETGNYYJFELDEOSVSUGDSESLDBGGEMRSFAPEDRRIVHANBCSHEBROND
  • SHECHEM
  • REFUGE
  • CITIES
  • ELDERS
  • KEDESH
  • HEBRON
  • GOLAN
  • GATE

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being my refuge. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Where do you go when you feel scared?
  • How can you be kind to someone who made a mistake?

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