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Nehemiah 8 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Ezra Reads God's Law

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.

PreschoolListening to God's Word

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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's Book

BOOK → picture 2PEOPLE → picture 4HANDS → picture 1BOOTH → picture 3

Grade 1Joy in God's Word

Ezra read God's law. → picture 2All the people stood up. → picture 4They bowed and worshiped God. → picture 5They shared food with joy. → picture 1They made little huts from branches. → picture 3

Order:

1. He read from it before the wide place2. All the people answered3. the joy of Yahweh is your strength4. made temporary shelters and lived in the temporary shelters

Grade 2Ezra Reads to the People

  1. What did the people ask Ezra to bring? God's book (circle)
  2. How long did Ezra read? From morning to noon (circle)
  3. What did the helpers do? They told what it meant.
  4. What did the leaders say about the day? It was a happy day.
  5. What did they make? Huts (circle)
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Grade 3The Joy of the Lord

  1. Where did the people gather? At the water gate
  2. What did Ezra stand on? A wooden platform
  3. What did the people do when Ezra opened the book? They stood up.
  4. What did the Levites do? They read the law clearly and explained it.
  5. What did the leaders say is your strength? The joy of Yahweh
1: He read from it before the wide place2: All the people answered3: the joy of Yahweh is your strength4: made temporary shelters and lived in the temporary shelters

Grade 4Hearing and Understanding

  1. Who listened to the reading? Men, women, and all who could understand
  2. How did the people show respect when the book was opened? They stood up.
  3. How did the Levites help the people? They read distinctly and gave the sense.
  4. How did the people react to hearing the law? They wept.
  5. What feast did they keep? The feast of booths

Word bank: 1. Ezra; 2. read; 3. book; 4. God; 5. Amen

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

Grade 5Revival Through the Word

  1. Who asked Ezra to bring the book of the law? The people themselves
  2. How did the people respond physically to God's word? They stood, lifted their hands, and bowed with their faces to the ground.
  3. What two things did the Levites do with the law? They read it distinctly and gave the sense.
  4. What did the leaders tell the weeping people? The day was holy, and the joy of Yahweh is your strength.
  5. How long had it been since Israel kept the feast of booths this way? Since the days of Joshua the son of Nun

Word bank: 1. Ezra; 2. read; 3. book; 4. Amen; 5. sense

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

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