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Joshua 7 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Achan's Hidden Sin

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.

PreschoolTell the Truth

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

KindergartenDo Not Hide Sin

TENT → picture 4SILVER → picture 3GOD SEES → picture 1PRAY → picture 2

Grade 1Achan's Tent

Achan took silver and gold. → picture 5He hid them in his tent. → picture 1Israel lost the fight at Ai. → picture 4Joshua prayed to God. → picture 2Achan said, I have sinned. → picture 3

Order:

1. took some of the devoted things2. Joshua tore his clothes3. make confession to him4. they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent

Grade 2Achan's Hidden Sin

  1. Who took things from Jericho? Achan (circle)
  2. Where did Israel lose a fight? At Ai (circle)
  3. What did Joshua do? He tore his clothes and fell on his face before God.
  4. What did Achan say? That he had sinned (circle)
  5. Where had he hidden the things? In his tent (circle)
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Grade 3Sin in the Camp

  1. What tribe was Achan from? Judah
  2. How many men did the spies say were needed for Ai? Two or three thousand
  3. Where did Joshua lie on his face until evening? Before the ark
  4. What three things did Achan take? A Babylonian robe, silver, and a wedge of gold
  5. What was the place called? The valley of Achor
1: took some of the devoted things2: Joshua tore his clothes3: make confession to him4: they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent

Grade 4Hidden Sin, Public Trouble

  1. Why did Israel lose at Ai? Achan took some of the devoted things.
  2. Why did one man's act affect the whole nation? God's people belong together, and His holiness is serious.
  3. What four steps did Achan confess? He saw the things, coveted them, took them, and hid them.
  4. What words of Joshua are linked to the name Achor? Why have you troubled us?

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

Grade 5The Cost of Coveting

  1. What does the narrator tell the reader before Joshua knows? That Achan took some of the devoted things
  2. What did Joshua ask about in his prayer? What Yahweh would do for His great name
  3. What was the real reason for the defeat? Broken covenant, not weak soldiers
  4. What path did Achan's sin follow? He saw, coveted, took, and hid.
  5. Which New Testament verse promises forgiveness to those who confess? 1 John 1:9
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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