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Numbers 1 · Grade 3

Numbered in the Wilderness

Name Date

Read the Story

Numbers begins one year after Israel left Egypt. God spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting. He told him to take a census, which means a count. Moses counted every man twenty years old and up who could go to war.

One leader from each of the twelve tribes stood with Moses. Their names are listed in the chapter. Moses and Aaron counted the people tribe by tribe, as God commanded.

The total was 603,550 men. The Levites were not counted among them. God gave them the job of carrying and guarding the tabernacle. They camped all around it. The chapter ends, so they did.

Memory Verse

“Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they did.”

Numbers 1:54 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What is a census?

  2. Who was counted?

  3. How many leaders helped Moses?

  4. What was the total?

  5. What job did God give the Levites?

Counting the Tribes

Write what happened in each box.

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2
3
4

Word Search

Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.

ASPCMEVDUSCIRTENTHKOMNIWARPFUOYANORSVNSHLICLALTELJDCEJECSYPBCBSVWJTRIBEUISWRMDKYA
  • PRINCES
  • COUNT
  • TRIBE
  • MOSES
  • SINAI
  • LEVI
  • TENT
  • WAR

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for knowing my name. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How would you feel if your name was written on God's list?
  • Why did each tribe have a leader?

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