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Joshua 20 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Cities of Refuge

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.

PreschoolSafe Places

Pathpersonpeople

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

KindergartenA Safe Place

CITY → picture 2RUN → picture 4GATE → picture 1SAFE → picture 3

Grade 1Run to Safety

God chose six safe cities. → picture 2A person could run there. → picture 4He stood at the gate. → picture 5The leaders took him in. → picture 1He could live there safely. → picture 3

Order:

1. Assign the cities of refuge2. stand at the entrance of the gate of the city3. They set apart Kedesh in Galilee4. Golan in Bashan

Grade 2Six Safe Cities

  1. What does refuge mean? A safe place (circle)
  2. Who could run to a city of refuge? A person who hurt someone by accident
  3. Where did he stand? At the city gate (circle)
  4. How many cities of refuge were there? Six (circle)
  5. How many were on each side of the Jordan River? Three (circle)
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Grade 3Cities of Refuge

  1. Through whom had Yahweh spoken about these cities before? Moses
  2. Whom could the person be safe from? The avenger of blood
  3. Whom did he tell his case to? The elders
  4. Name the three cities west of the Jordan. Kedesh, Shechem, and Hebron
  5. Besides Israel, who could use the cities? The alien who lived among them
1: Assign the cities of refuge2: stand at the entrance of the gate of the city3: They set apart Kedesh in Galilee4: Golan in Bashan
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Grade 4A Place to Run

  1. What kind of killing were the cities of refuge for? Killing a person accidentally or unintentionally
  2. Where would the one who fled declare his case? At the entrance of the gate, to the elders
  3. Until whose death would he stay? The death of the high priest
  4. Who besides Israelites could use the cities? The alien who lived among Israel

Word bank: 1. refuge; 2. gate; 3. cities

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

Grade 5Refuge and Hope

  1. Who could flee to a city of refuge? The man slayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally
  2. Where did the one who fled declare his case? At the entrance of the gate of the city, in the ears of the elders
  3. What event allowed him to return home? The death of the high priest
  4. Name the three cities of refuge east of the Jordan. Bezer, Ramoth in Gilead, and Golan in Bashan
  5. What New Testament verse speaks of fleeing for refuge to take hold of hope? Hebrews 6:18
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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