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Judges 18 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Danites Take Micah's Idols

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.

PreschoolWanting Our Own Way

peoplecityhousejr and idol

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

KindergartenThe City of Dan

DANITES → picture 4CITY → picture 3TENT → picture 2HOUSE → picture 1

Grade 1Dan Moves North

Five men went to spy out the land. → picture 3They stopped at Micah's house. → picture 5Micah's priest went with them. → picture 2They came to the city of Laish. → picture 4They named the city Dan. → picture 1

Order:

1. Dan sends five spies2. The spies see Laish3. They take Micah's image4. They name the city Dan

Grade 2Taking What Is Not Theirs

  1. What did the tribe of Dan want? Land (circle)
  2. How many men went to look? Five (circle)
  3. What was the quiet city's name? Laish (circle)
  4. What did the six hundred men take? Micah's idols (circle)
  5. What did they name the city? Dan (circle)
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Grade 3A Tribe Without God's Way

  1. What was the tribe of the Danites looking for? Land to live in
  2. Whose voice did the spies know? The Levite's
  3. How did the people of Laish live? Quiet and secure
  4. What did the priest think about going with Dan? His heart was glad.
  5. What did Micah say? You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away!
1: Dan sends five spies2: The spies see Laish3: They take Micah's image4: They name the city Dan

Grade 4Stolen Gods

  1. Why did the Danites look for a place to live? Their inheritance had not yet fallen to them.
  2. What made the Levite go with them? They offered him a bigger job as priest to a whole tribe.
  3. Why did Micah go home? The Danites threatened him.
  4. How long did the image remain? All the time God's house was in Shiloh

Word bank: 1. God; 2. Laish; 3. priest; 4. Micah; 5. Danites

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

Grade 5Idols for Hire

  1. Why did Dan send out spies? They still had no settled inheritance.
  2. What did the Levite tell the spies? Go in peace. Your way is before Yahweh.
  3. What made the Levite's heart glad? Being offered a tribe instead of one household
  4. What did Micah ask? What more he had
  5. Who served as priests at Dan? Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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