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Nehemiah 11 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Living in God's City

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.

PreschoolMoving to God's City

cityfamilyhousepeopleTemple

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

KindergartenI Will Go

CITY → picture 4FAMILY → picture 3HOME → picture 1BLESS → picture 2

Grade 1Willing Hearts

Jerusalem needed more people. → picture 5One family out of ten moved there. → picture 1Some people chose to go. → picture 4The others blessed them. → picture 2Some led the thank-you prayer. → picture 3

Order:

1. cast lots to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem2. the holy city3. The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves4. the singers responsible for the service of God’s house

Grade 2Who Will Live in the City?

  1. What did the city have? A new wall (circle)
  2. How many families would move? One out of ten (circle)
  3. What did some men do? Chose to go on their own
  4. What did the people do for them? Blessed them (circle)
  5. What did one man lead? The thank-you prayer (circle)
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Grade 3A Willing Move

  1. Who already lived in Jerusalem? The leaders
  2. How was it decided who would move? They cast lots.
  3. How many out of ten would move? One
  4. Who did the people bless? The men who were willing to go
  5. What did the gatekeepers do? They kept watch.
1: cast lots to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem2: the holy city3: The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves4: the singers responsible for the service of God’s house
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Grade 4Filling the Holy City

  1. How was the move decided? They cast lots to bring one out of ten.
  2. What did moving to Jerusalem mean giving up? Fields and family land
  3. Who did the people bless? All the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem
  4. What groups are named in the list? Heads of Judah and Benjamin, priests, Levites, gatekeepers, and overseers
  5. What was Mattaniah's role? To begin the thanksgiving in prayer

Word bank: 1. princes; 2. lots; 3. city; 4. blessed; 5. Levites

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

Grade 5Willing Hearts for God's City

  1. What earlier problem does this chapter solve? Jerusalem was wide and large, but the people were few.
  2. How was the tenth chosen? By casting lots
  3. What made living in Jerusalem hard? Leaving ancestral fields and living in a threatened city
  4. Who began the thanksgiving in prayer? Mattaniah
  5. What does the list of villages show? God's people resettling the whole land
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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