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Numbers 21 · Preschool

Look and Live!

Name Date

Color the bronze snake on the pole. Everyone who looked at it was healed!

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

Bible 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)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: When the people looked at the snake on the pole, God healed them. In the New Testament, Jesus said He would be lifted up like the snake (John 3:14-15).

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Numbers 21 · Kindergarten

Look and Live

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

LOOK
LIVE
POLE
PRAY
Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, well! Sing to it,

Numbers 21:17 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

POLE
PRAY
LIVE
SNAKE

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw the bronze snake on a pole.

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What is something you are thankful for?
  • What happened when they looked?

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Numbers 21 · Grade 1

Look and Be Healed

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

SNAKE
POLE
LOOK
SINNED
Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, well! Sing to it,

Numbers 21:17 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

The people complained.
Snakes bit them.
Moses prayed.
A snake on a pole.
They looked and lived.

The Bronze Snake

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

Look and live

Snakes bite

Moses prays

People complain

Draw the bronze snake on a pole.

Memory Verse

Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, well! Sing to it,

Numbers 21:17 (WEB)

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did Moses make?
  • Who prayed for the people?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Numbers 21 · Grade 2

The Snake on a Pole

Name Date

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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Numbers 21 · Grade 3

Look and Live

Name Date

Read the Story

The people became impatient on the long road around Edom. They spoke against God and Moses. They said there was no bread and no water, and they hated the food.

Yahweh sent venomous snakes among them, and many died. The people came to Moses and said, We have sinned. Pray to Yahweh. So Moses prayed for the people.

God said, Make a snake and set it on a pole. Moses made a serpent of bronze. When anyone who was bitten looked at it, he lived. In John 3:14-15, Jesus said He must be lifted up the same way, so whoever believes in Him will have eternal 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)

Answer the Questions

  1. Why were the people impatient?

  2. What did they say about the food?

  3. What did the people admit to Moses?

  4. What did Moses make?

  5. Which verses show Jesus comparing Himself to this snake?

The Bronze Snake

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

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

CIJBDEFWKPETSRPLENURWMNOOLCGEAYAANLUIWDYRLKZEVJDMDLIEESINNEDOVTIUVTHMUOEYWOPTYIRK
  • 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.

  • What did the people do after the snakes came?
  • How can you be patient on a long trip?

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Numbers 21 · Grade 4

Lifted Up for Healing

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Read and Think

Numbers 21 begins with victory, as God gave Israel the cities of Arad. But on the long road around Edom, the people grew impatient. They spoke against God and Moses and called the manna disgusting food, despising God's daily gift.

God sent venomous snakes, and many died. This time the people confessed, We have sinned, and asked Moses to pray. God did not simply remove the snakes. He told Moses to make a bronze snake on a pole. Anyone bitten who looked at it would live.

Healing came by looking in faith at what God provided, not by medicine or effort. Jesus used this story to explain the gospel to Nicodemus in John 3:14-15. Just as Moses lifted up the serpent, the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that whoever believes in Him will have eternal life.

Show What You Know

  1. What did the people call the manna?

  2. What was different about the people's response this time?

  3. How did God provide healing?

  4. Who did Jesus explain this story to?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

livepraysnakeGod
  1. Numbers 21 begins with victory, as gave Israel the cities of Arad.
  2. This time the people confessed, We have sinned, and asked Moses to .
  3. He told Moses to make a bronze on a pole.
  4. Anyone bitten who looked at it would .

Think About It

  1. What does it mean to look to Jesus in faith?

  2. Why do you think complaining about God's gifts is serious?

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)

Copy It

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How did Jesus use this story about Himself?
  • What does it mean to look to Jesus for life?

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Numbers 21 · Grade 5

As Moses Lifted Up the Serpent

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Read and Think

Numbers 21 marks a turning point. The new generation began to win battles, starting at Hormah, the place where their parents had been defeated in chapter 14. Yet on the detour around Edom, the soul of the people was impatient. They spoke against God and against Moses: Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, there is no water, and our soul loathes this disgusting food! They despised the manna God sent each day.

Yahweh sent venomous snakes among the people, and many died. The people came and confessed, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh. Moses prayed. God's remedy was surprising: Make a venomous snake, and set it on a pole. Everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live. The image of the curse became the means of healing for anyone who looked to it in faith.

Israel journeyed on. At Beer, God said, Gather the people together, and I will give them water, and Israel sang. They defeated Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan, the first lands east of the Jordan. Jesus said in John 3:14-15, As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. Later, 2 Kings 18:4 records that King Hezekiah destroyed the bronze serpent because people had begun to burn incense to it.

Show What You Know

  1. Why was Hormah significant?

  2. What did the people confess?

  3. What was surprising about God's remedy?

  4. Which kings did Israel defeat?

  5. Why did Hezekiah later destroy the bronze serpent?

Crossword

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Across

  1. The snake was put on a ____.
  2. God gave water at a ____.
  3. The snake was made of ____.

Down

  1. They looked and would ____.
  2. Whoever would ____ at it lived.
  3. Lifted up like the snake (John 3:14-15).

Think About It

  1. Why do you think God asked people to look rather than do something?

  2. How can good things become idols, like the bronze serpent did?

Memory Verse

Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a venomous snake, and set it on a pole. It shall happen that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”

Numbers 21:8 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why did God give a cure instead of taking the snakes away?
  • What does it look like to trust God when you have sinned?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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