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Numbers 21 · Grade 2

The Snake on a Pole

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Read the Story

The people were tired of walking. They said, We do not like this food! They spoke against God and Moses.

Snakes came and bit the people. The people said, We have sinned. Please pray for us! Moses prayed for them.

God told Moses to make a snake out of bronze and put it on a pole. Anyone who was bitten could look at it and live. In the New Testament, Jesus said He would be lifted up like the snake (John 3:14-15). Whoever trusts in Him has life.

Memory Verse

“Moses made a serpent of bronze, and set it on the pole. If a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the serpent of bronze, he lived.”

Numbers 21:9 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. What did the people not like?

    The foodThey livedHe prayed for them

  2. What bit the people?

    A bronze snakeSnakesHe prayed for them

  3. What did Moses do?

    The foodHe prayed for themSnakes

  4. What was on the pole?

    The foodSnakesA bronze snake

  5. What happened when they looked?

    He prayed for themSnakesThey lived

Word Search

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

TBDIYVSHHUSSRKVNCRMCITKYAPPDPNBUCKWOLRNLREEELKAEITOYLEKYDVJRNLHRBLEFTIZKWSLOOKWGE
  • BRONZE
  • SINNED
  • SNAKE
  • POLE
  • LOOK
  • LIVE
  • PRAY
  • WELL

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Jesus who saves. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How do you feel after you say sorry to God?
  • Why did healing come by looking?

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