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Numbers 11 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Complaining and Quail

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.

PreschoolManna from Heaven

quailmannatentpeoplefire

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

KindergartenThank God

MANNA → picture 4QUAIL → picture 3PRAY → picture 1FIRE → picture 2

Grade 1Thankful Hearts

Manna came with the dew. → picture 5God sent quail. → picture 1Moses prayed. → picture 4Seventy elders helped. → picture 2Be thankful, not grumbly. → picture 3

Order:

1. Fire at the camp's edge2. Moses prays3. People tired of manna4. Quail come

Grade 2Grumbling in the Camp

  1. What did God's people begin to do? Complain (circle)
  2. What did they say they wanted? Meat (circle)
  3. What was manna? A gift from God every morning
  4. How many helpers did God give Moses? Seventy helpers (circle)
  5. What birds did God send? Quail (circle)
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Grade 3Is Yahweh's Hand Short?

  1. What stopped the fire? Moses prayed.
  2. What foods did the people remember from Egypt? Fish, cucumbers, melons, and onions
  3. What did Moses tell God? I am not able to bear all this people alone.
  4. Whom did God put His Spirit on? Seventy elders
  5. What did God ask Moses? Has Yahweh's hand grown short?
1: Fire at the camp's edge2: Moses prays3: People tired of manna4: Quail come
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Grade 4A Heavy Burden

  1. What did the people call God's manna? Boring
  2. How did God answer Moses' heavy burden? He placed His Spirit on seventy elders.
  3. What did Moses wish when Joshua wanted Eldad and Medad stopped? That all of God's people were prophets
  4. When did God pour out His Spirit on all His people? In Acts 2

Word bank: 1. God; 2. seventy; 3. elders; 4. quail; 5. Spirit

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

Grade 5The Spirit and the Quail

  1. What does Taberah mean? Burning
  2. What did Moses tell God about the burden? I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
  3. How did God respond to Moses' prayer? He put the Spirit on seventy elders, who prophesied.
  4. What did Moses wish when Joshua wanted Eldad and Medad stopped? That all Yahweh's people were prophets with His Spirit on them
  5. What does Kibroth Hattaavah mean? The graves of craving
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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