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Joshua 22 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: An Altar Called Witness

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.

PreschoolTalk It Out

altarpeopleheartperson

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

KindergartenTalk and Listen

ALTAR → picture 4RIVER → picture 3TRIBES → picture 2LOVE → picture 1

Grade 1Listen First

Three tribes went home. → picture 3They built a big altar. → picture 5The other tribes were upset. → picture 2They asked why it was built. → picture 4They listened and blessed God. → picture 1

Order:

1. return and go to your tents2. a great altar to look at3. Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest4. A Witness Between Us that Yahweh is God

Grade 2Ask First

  1. Where did Joshua send the tribes? Home across the Jordan River
  2. What did Joshua tell them to do? To love God and serve Him
  3. What did they build? A big altar (circle)
  4. Why were the other tribes upset? They thought these tribes were turning away from God.
  5. What did they name the altar? A Witness Between Us (circle)
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Grade 3A Witness Between Us

  1. Which tribes did Joshua send home? The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
  2. How did Joshua tell them to serve Yahweh? With all their heart
  3. Where did the rest of Israel gather? At Shiloh
  4. Whom did Israel send first? Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest with ten princes
  5. What was the altar not for? Burnt offering or sacrifice
1: return and go to your tents2: a great altar to look at3: Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest4: A Witness Between Us that Yahweh is God
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Grade 4Ask Before You Accuse

  1. What promise had the eastern tribes kept? They had not left their brothers.
  2. What did the rest of Israel fear? Rebellion against Yahweh
  3. What was the altar a witness of? That they too would serve Yahweh
  4. What did Phinehas say they now knew? Today we know that Yahweh is among us.

Word bank: 1. altar; 2. Phinehas; 3. witness; 4. God

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

Grade 5Unity Through Truth

  1. What did Joshua tell the tribes to hold fast to? Yahweh, their God
  2. Whom did the other tribes send before going to war? Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest with ten princes
  3. What question did Phinehas ask? What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel?
  4. What did the eastern tribes say the altar was a pattern of? Yahweh's altar
  5. What New Testament verse speaks of keeping the unity of the Spirit? Ephesians 4:3
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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