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Judges 19 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: A Terrible Night in Gibeah

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.

PreschoolA Kind Welcome

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

KindergartenPeace Be to You

HOUSE → picture 4DONKEY → picture 3BREAD → picture 1OLD MAN → picture 2

Grade 1An Old Man Helps

A man traveled with donkeys. → picture 5No one took them into a house. → picture 1An old man came from the field. → picture 4He said, Don't sleep in the street. → picture 2They washed their feet and ate. → picture 3

Order:

1. The Levite travels with donkeys2. No one takes them in3. The old man says, Peace be to you4. He brings them into his house

Grade 2A Very Sad Night

  1. Where did they stop when it got dark? In Gibeah (circle)
  2. Where did they sit? In the street (circle)
  3. Who took them in? An old man (circle)
  4. What did the old man say? Don't sleep in the street.
  5. Who did the wicked men hurt? The Levite's wife (circle)
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Grade 3Wickedness in Gibeah

  1. Who did the Levite go to bring home? His concubine
  2. Why didn't they stay in Jebus? The Levite would not stay in a city of foreigners.
  3. What tribe did Gibeah belong to? Benjamin
  4. Who surrounded the house? Wicked fellows of the city
  5. What did everyone say? Such a deed had not been done since Israel came up out of Egypt.
1: The Levite travels with donkeys2: No one takes them in3: The old man says, Peace be to you4: He brings them into his house

Grade 4Worse Than Strangers

  1. Why did the Levite refuse to stop at Jebus? He refused to lodge among foreigners.
  2. Who offered hospitality in Gibeah? An old man, himself from Ephraim
  3. What did the Levite do to save himself? He forced his concubine outside.
  4. How had the town of Israelites acted? Worse than the foreigners the Levite feared

Word bank: 1. Levite; 2. donkeys; 3. Gibeah; 4. old; 5. house

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

Grade 5How Far Israel Had Fallen

  1. Why does this chapter record such a dark event? To show how far Israel had fallen without faithful leadership
  2. What did the Levite expect in Gibeah? That his own people would receive him
  3. Where was she found at dawn? At the door, her hands on the threshold
  4. What did the Levite do with his concubine? He seized her and brought her out to the men.
  5. What did all who saw his message say? Such a deed has not been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day!
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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