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Numbers 20 · Preschool

Water from the Rock

Name Date

Color the water pouring out of the rock! God gave His people water.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him.”

Numbers 20:9 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: God took care of His thirsty people. God takes care of us too.

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Numbers 20 · Kindergarten

God Gives Water

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

ROCK
WATER
ROD
DRINK
Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him.

Numbers 20:9 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

WATER
ROCK
ROD
ANIMALS

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw water coming from the rock.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for giving what I need. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What do you do when you are thirsty?
  • What did God tell Moses to do?

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Numbers 20 · Grade 1

Listen to God

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

ROCK
SPEAK
WATER
OBEY
Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him.

Numbers 20:9 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

God said, Speak to the rock.
Moses hit the rock.
Water came out.
People and animals drank.
Aaron went up the mountain.

Water from the Rock

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

No water at Kadesh

God says speak to the rock

Moses and Aaron pray

Moses strikes the rock; water gushes out

Draw water coming from the rock.

Memory Verse

“Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him.”

Numbers 20:9 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for giving what I need. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you obey God the first time?
  • Who died at Kadesh?
  • What do you do when you feel very thirsty?

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Numbers 20 · Grade 2

Moses and the Rock

Name Date

Read the Story

The people had no water. They were thirsty and upset. They got angry at Moses and Aaron.

God told Moses, Talk to the rock, and water will come out. But Moses was angry. He hit the rock two times with his stick. Water came out, and everyone drank.

God was sad that Moses did not do what He said. God said Moses would not lead the people into the new land. God still took care of His people.

Memory Verse

“Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.”

Numbers 20:11 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. What did the people not have?

    WaterTalk to the rockHe hit the rock two times

  2. What did God tell Moses to do?

    EveryoneTalk to the rockWater

  3. What did Moses do?

  4. Who drank the water?

    He hit the rock two timesEveryoneWater

  5. What would Moses not do?

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

SPEAKLNNKTHNYKJURAORMIRIAMDRMOSAKBYEOAMWAVLYSDROARLMRHROSTOGELDYCEENTBPWRKSRCVRBP
  • KADESH
  • MIRIAM
  • WATER
  • SPEAK
  • MOSES
  • AARON
  • ROCK
  • ROD

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for giving what I need. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you obey even when you feel mad?
  • How can you stay calm when people are angry with you?

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Numbers 20 · Grade 3

Speak to the Rock

Name Date

Read the Story

The people came to Kadesh, and Miriam died and was buried there. There was no water, so the people quarreled with Moses. They said, Why have you brought us into this wilderness?

Moses and Aaron fell on their faces, and God's glory appeared. God told Moses to take the rod and speak to the rock before their eyes. But Moses said, Hear now, you rebels! He struck the rock twice. Water came out abundantly.

God said Moses and Aaron didn't believe in Him to show He is holy. So they would not bring the people into the land. Later, Aaron died on Mount Hor. His son Eleazar became the priest, and the people wept for Aaron thirty days.

Memory Verse

“Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.”

Numbers 20:11 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. Who died at Kadesh?

  2. What did God tell Moses to do to the rock?

  3. How many times did Moses strike the rock?

  4. Why could Moses and Aaron not bring the people into the land?

  5. Who became priest after Aaron?

Water from the Rock

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

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

JKDRSCNBKLVIAARONWHKBOWROCKVMAHCAPEEPSIDMYTOURPHREOEEEOEERISSJRVAIUOAHEPHKTYFDMMS
  • KADESH
  • MIRIAM
  • WATER
  • SPEAK
  • MOSES
  • AARON
  • ROCK
  • ROD

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for giving what I need. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What can you do when you feel upset and want to complain?
  • What can you do when you have not listened to God?

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Numbers 20 · Grade 4

When Leaders Fail

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Read and Think

Numbers 20 jumps near the end of the forty years. At Kadesh, Miriam died. Then the new generation complained like their parents. They wished they had died and asked why Moses brought them to a place with no water.

God told Moses to take the rod and speak to the rock in front of everyone. Instead, Moses called the people rebels and struck the rock twice. God was gracious, and water poured out. But God said Moses and Aaron had not believed Him or shown His holiness to the people.

Even great leaders must obey God exactly. Moses and Aaron would not enter the land. Edom, Israel's relative nation, refused to let them pass. Aaron died on Mount Hor after his priestly clothes were placed on Eleazar. God's work continued with the next generation.

Show What You Know

  1. Who died at Kadesh?

  2. How was Moses' action different from God's command?

  3. What did God say Moses and Aaron failed to do?

  4. What happened to Aaron's priestly clothes?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

KadeshGodMosesrockwater
  1. At , Miriam died.
  2. They wished they had died and asked why Moses brought them to a place with no .
  3. God told Moses to take the rod and speak to the in front of everyone.
  4. Instead, called the people rebels and struck the rock twice.
  5. was gracious, and water poured out.

Think About It

  1. Why do you think obeying God exactly matters, even for leaders?

  2. How does God show grace even when people fail?

Memory Verse

Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”

Numbers 20:12 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for giving what I need. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why must leaders obey God carefully?
  • How is Jesus like water for our souls?

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Numbers 20 · Grade 5

The Waters of Meribah

Name Date

Read and Think

Numbers 20 opens in the first month of a year near the end of the wandering. Miriam died at Kadesh and was buried there. There was no water, and the people assembled against Moses and Aaron. Their words echoed their parents: We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh! It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

Moses and Aaron fell on their faces, and Yahweh's glory appeared. God said, Take the rod... and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it pour out its water. Moses took the rod, gathered the assembly, and said, Hear now, you rebels! Shall we bring water out of this rock for you? He struck the rock twice, and water came out abundantly. Yahweh said, Because you didn't believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land. The place was named Meribah, meaning quarreling.

Israel asked Edom, descended from Jacob's brother Esau, for passage on the King's Highway, but Edom refused with an army. At Mount Hor, Moses removed Aaron's garments and put them on Eleazar, and Aaron died on the top of the mount. Israel mourned thirty days. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 10:4 that the rock that followed them was Christ. Jesus later offered living water to all who come to Him (John 7:37-38).

Show What You Know

  1. What did the people complain about?

  2. What did God tell Moses to do?

  3. What reason did God give for Moses and Aaron not entering?

  4. What does Meribah mean?

  5. What does 1 Corinthians 10:4 say about the rock?

Crossword

23541

Across

  1. Moses struck the rock ____.
  2. Mount ____ where Aaron died.
  3. Where Miriam died.

Down

  1. Moses was told to speak to it.
  2. Moses did not ____ God here.
  3. Refused to let Israel pass.

Think About It

  1. What can we learn from Moses' failure about anger?

  2. How does Jesus give living water today?

Memory Verse

Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”

Numbers 20:12 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for giving what I need. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you lean on God's grace when you slip?
  • How can you obey God carefully when you are upset?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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