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Nehemiah 13 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Remember Me, My God

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.

PreschoolKeeping God's Day

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

KindergartenGod First

GIFT → picture 3REST → picture 1GATE → picture 4HOUSE → picture 2

Grade 1Keep Your Promise

Nehemiah threw out Tobiah's things. → picture 4He made God's house clean again. → picture 3The people brought their gifts again. → picture 1He shut the gates on God's day. → picture 5Nehemiah asked God to remember him. → picture 2

Order:

1. On that day they read in the book of Moses2. our God turned the curse into a blessing3. I commanded that the doors should be shut4. Remember me, my God, for good

Grade 2Back on Track

  1. Who had a room in God's house? Tobiah (circle)
  2. What did Nehemiah do with his things? Threw them out (circle)
  3. What did the people bring again? Their gifts (circle)
  4. What did Nehemiah shut on God's day? The gates (circle)
  5. What did Nehemiah ask God? To remember him for good
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Grade 3Keeping the Promises

  1. What did Eliashib give Tobiah? A room in God's house
  2. What did Nehemiah do with Tobiah's things? Threw them out and had the rooms cleaned
  3. What had happened to the Levites? They had not been given their share and had gone back to their fields.
  4. What did Nehemiah do on the Sabbath? He shut the city gates.
  5. What did Nehemiah pray again and again? Remember me, my God, for good.
1: On that day they read in the book of Moses2: our God turned the curse into a blessing3: I commanded that the doors should be shut4: Remember me, my God, for good

Grade 4Faithful to the End

  1. What did Eliashib do while Nehemiah was away? Gave Tobiah a large room in the courts of God's house
  2. What did Nehemiah ask the rulers? Why the house of God was forsaken
  3. What did all Judah bring? The tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil
  4. What did Nehemiah do about the Sabbath? He warned the nobles and shut the gates before the Sabbath.
  5. What example from history did Nehemiah use? How Solomon was led into sin

Word bank: 1. Levites; 2. God; 3. Sabbath; 4. shut; 5. Remember

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

Grade 5Reform and Remembrance

  1. What did Eliashib do for Tobiah? Prepared a great chamber in God's house where offerings had been stored
  2. What happened to the Levites when their portions were not given? They fled to their fields.
  3. What earlier vow had the people broken? Not to forsake the house of God (chapter 10)
  4. How did Nehemiah protect the Sabbath? He testified against the nobles and shut the gates before the Sabbath.
  5. How many times does Nehemiah ask God to remember him in this chapter? Three
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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