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Numbers 14 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Forty Years in the Wilderness

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.

PreschoolTrust God!

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

KindergartenTrust God

TRUST → picture 4LAND → picture 3PEOPLE → picture 2PRAY → picture 1

Grade 1Forgiven but Waiting

Moses prayed for them. → picture 3God forgave them. → picture 5Forty years of waiting. → picture 2Joshua and Caleb trusted. → picture 4The children went in. → picture 1

Order:

1. People weep all night2. Joshua and Caleb say trust God3. God's glory appears4. Forty years in the desert

Grade 2Joshua and Caleb

  1. How long did the people cry? All night (circle)
  2. Where did they want to go? Back to Egypt (circle)
  3. What did Joshua and Caleb say about the land? The land is very good!
  4. How long did the people have to wait? Forty years (circle)
  5. Who got to go into the land later? Joshua, Caleb, and the children
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Grade 3Do Not Fear

  1. What did the people want to do? Choose a leader and return into Egypt
  2. What did Joshua and Caleb do with their clothes? They tore their clothes.
  3. Why did they say not to fear? For Yahweh is with us
  4. What did God say after Moses prayed? I have pardoned.
  5. Why forty years? One year for each day of spying
1: People weep all night2: Joshua and Caleb say trust God3: God's glory appears4: Forty years in the desert
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Grade 4The Cost of Unbelief

  1. What did the people plan to do? Choose a new leader and go back
  2. How did Moses describe God's character in prayer? Slow to anger and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity
  3. What consequence remained after God pardoned? That generation would wander forty years and die in the wilderness.
  4. What happened when some tried to go up anyway? They were defeated.

Word bank: 1. Caleb; 2. God; 3. forty

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

Grade 5Pardoned, Yet Turned Back

  1. What did Joshua and Caleb plead? If Yahweh delights in us, He will bring us in; don't rebel or fear, for Yahweh is with us.
  2. What did Moses appeal to in his prayer? God's own words about His character
  3. Who would enter the land instead of the adults? Their children
  4. Why were the people defeated the next morning? Yahweh wasn't among them.
  5. How do Hebrews 3 and 4 use this story? To urge believers not to harden their hearts and to enter God's rest by faith
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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