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Joshua 5 · Preschool

Holy Ground

Name Date

Color Joshua's sandals! He took them off because the place was holy.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“The prince of Yahweh’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals, for the place on which you stand is holy.” Joshua did so.”

Joshua 5:15 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Say: God is holy. Joshua showed God respect. How can we show God respect?

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Joshua 5 · Kindergarten

Take Off Sandals

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

HOLY
SANDALS
BOW
GOD
They ate unleavened cakes and parched grain of the produce of the land on the next day after the Passover, in the same day.

Joshua 5:11 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

SANDALS
JOSHUA
FOOD
BREAD

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a holy place where you can worship God.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being holy and near. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did Joshua take off?
  • How can you show God respect?

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Joshua 5 · Grade 1

A Holy Place

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

HOLY
SANDALS
MANNA
FOOD
They ate unleavened cakes and parched grain of the produce of the land on the next day after the Passover, in the same day.

Joshua 5:11 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

The people kept the Passover.
They ate food from the land.
The manna stopped.
Joshua met the commander of God's army.
Joshua took off his sandals.

Ready in the Land

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Take off your sandals

They kept the Passover

The manna ceased on the next day

commander of Yahweh’s army

Draw a holy place where you can worship God.

Memory Verse

“They ate unleavened cakes and parched grain of the produce of the land on the next day after the Passover, in the same day.”

Joshua 5:11 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being holy and near. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What food stopped coming from heaven?
  • Who did Joshua meet near Jericho?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Joshua 5 · Grade 2

Joshua Bows Down

Name Date

Read the Story

The people camped at Gilgal. They kept the Passover. Then they ate food from the land. The next day the manna stopped.

Joshua was near Jericho. He looked up. A man stood in front of him. He had a sword in his hand. Joshua asked, Are you for us, or for our enemies?

The man said no. He said he was the commander of God's army. Joshua fell on his face. The man said, Take off your sandals. The place where you stand is holy. Joshua did so.

Memory Verse

He said, “No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh’s army.” Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and asked him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”

Joshua 5:14 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. Where did the people camp?

    The mannaAt GilgalThe Passover

  2. What feast did they keep?

    At GilgalThe PassoverThe manna

  3. What stopped the next day?

    At GilgalThe PassoverThe manna

  4. Who was the man?

  5. What did Joshua take off?

    His sandalsThe PassoverAt Gilgal

Word Search

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

PPASSOVERKRMSMGPVOCIAMHIORPDNDAOLMURBCARSGRMOAEWMRANADGOCYULUNUSANDALSNCNOHOLYKAE
  • PASSOVER
  • SANDALS
  • PRODUCE
  • GILGAL
  • PRINCE
  • MANNA
  • HOLY
  • ARMY

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being holy and near. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How do you feel when a hard season ends and something new begins?
  • Why did Joshua fall on his face?

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Joshua 5 · Grade 3

The Commander of Yahweh's Army

Name Date

Read the Story

The kings of the land heard that Yahweh had dried up the Jordan, and their hearts melted. At Gilgal, Yahweh said, Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you. The name Gilgal is linked to that rolling away.

On the fourteenth day of the month Israel kept the Passover in the plains of Jericho. The next day they ate food grown in the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. Then the manna ceased. They ate the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

Near Jericho Joshua saw a man with his sword drawn. Joshua asked if he was for Israel or for their enemies. He said, No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh's army. Joshua fell on his face and worshiped. He was told to take off his sandals, for the place was holy.

Memory Verse

He said, “No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh’s army.” Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and asked him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”

Joshua 5:14 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What did the kings feel when they heard?

  2. What did Yahweh roll away at Gilgal?

  3. What two foods did they eat from the land?

  4. What did Joshua do when he learned who the man was?

  5. Why did Joshua take off his sandals?

Ready in the Land

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being holy and near. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you show respect for God at church?
  • How did God take care of the people with food?

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Joshua 5 · Grade 4

Getting Ready to Follow

Name Date

Read and Think

Before any battle, God prepared His people's hearts. The new generation born in the wilderness had not received the covenant sign God gave Abraham, so at Gilgal Joshua renewed it. Yahweh said, Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.

Israel then kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the plains of Jericho. The day after, they ate produce of the land, and the manna ceased. For forty years God had fed them in the wilderness, and now He fed them in a new way through the land He had promised.

Near Jericho, Joshua met a man with a drawn sword and asked, Are you for us, or for our enemies? The answer was No; this was the commander of Yahweh's army. Joshua's real question was not whether God was on his side, but whether he was on God's side. Joshua worshiped and took off his sandals, for the place was holy.

Show What You Know

  1. Why did Joshua renew the covenant sign at Gilgal?

  2. How long had God fed Israel with manna?

  3. What did Joshua ask the man with the drawn sword?

  4. What was Joshua's real question about?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

mannaGilgalPassoverGodsandals
  1. The new generation born in the wilderness had not received the covenant sign God gave Abraham, so at Joshua renewed it.
  2. Israel then kept the on the fourteenth day of the month in the plains of Jericho.
  3. The day after, they ate produce of the land, and the ceased.
  4. For forty years had fed them in the wilderness, and now He fed them in a new way through the land He had promised.
  5. Joshua worshiped and took off his , for the place was holy.

Think About It

  1. Before the battle God prepared hearts through covenant, Passover, and worship. How does God prepare you before hard things?

  2. The commander said No to taking sides. What does it mean for you to be on God's side?

Memory Verse

He said, “No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh’s army.” Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and asked him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”

Joshua 5:14 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being holy and near. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did God roll away at Gilgal?
  • How did God prepare the people before Jericho?

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Joshua 5 · Grade 5

Worship Before Warfare

Name Date

Read and Think

Joshua 5 delays the conquest to deal with the people's hearts. The kings of the Amorites and Canaanites heard that Yahweh dried up the Jordan, and their hearts melted. Israel was camped in enemy land, yet God first called them to covenant renewal. The generation that left Egypt had died in the wilderness, and their children had not received the covenant sign given to Abraham. At Gilgal it was renewed, and God said, Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.

The Passover followed on the fourteenth day of the month, forty years after the first one in Egypt. The next day Israel ate unleavened cakes and parched grain from the land, and the manna ceased. God's provision changed form, but His faithfulness did not.

Then Joshua met a man with his sword drawn. Joshua asked, Are you for us, or for our enemies? He answered, No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh's army. Joshua fell on his face, worshiped, and asked, What does my lord say to his servant? The command echoed Moses at the burning bush: Take off your sandals, for the place on which you stand is holy. The battle for Jericho belongs to Yahweh.

Show What You Know

  1. What did Yahweh say at Gilgal?

  2. How did God's provision change after the Passover?

  3. What did the commander answer when Joshua asked whose side he was on?

  4. What did Joshua ask after he worshiped?

  5. Which earlier event does the command about sandals echo?

Crossword

54231

Across

  1. It stopped the day after they ate the produce of the land.
  2. The feast kept at Gilgal.

Down

  1. The ____ of Yahweh's army said to Joshua, Take off your sandals.
  2. Take off your ____.
  3. The place on which you stand is ____.

Think About It

  1. Joshua asked what his lord would say to his servant. How can you listen for what God wants before you make plans?

  2. What did Israel do at Gilgal before Jericho?

Memory Verse

He said, “No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh’s army.” Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and asked him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”

Joshua 5:14 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being holy and near. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did Joshua mean by calling himself a servant?
  • What would you do if God gave you a big job?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.