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Numbers 21 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Bronze Snake

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.

PreschoolLook and Live!

ln and bronze and snakesnakepeopletentstaff

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

KindergartenLook and Live

POLE → picture 3PRAY → picture 1LIVE → picture 4SNAKE → picture 2

Grade 1Look and Be Healed

The people complained. → picture 4Snakes bit them. → picture 3Moses prayed. → picture 1A snake on a pole. → picture 5They looked and lived. → picture 2

Order:

1. People complain2. Snakes bite3. Moses prays4. Look and live

Grade 2The Snake on a Pole

  1. What did the people not like? The food (circle)
  2. What bit the people? Snakes (circle)
  3. What did Moses do? He prayed for them. (circle)
  4. What was on the pole? A bronze snake (circle)
  5. What happened when they looked? They lived. (circle)
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Grade 3Look and Live

  1. Why were the people impatient? The road around Edom was long.
  2. What did they say about the food? They hated it.
  3. What did the people admit to Moses? We have sinned.
  4. What did Moses make? A serpent of bronze on a pole
  5. Which verses show Jesus comparing Himself to this snake? John 3:14-15
1: People complain2: Snakes bite3: Moses prays4: Look and live
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Grade 4Lifted Up for Healing

  1. What did the people call the manna? Disgusting food
  2. What was different about the people's response this time? They confessed their sin and asked Moses to pray.
  3. How did God provide healing? Through a bronze snake on a pole that the bitten could look at and live
  4. Who did Jesus explain this story to? Nicodemus

Word bank: 1. God; 2. pray; 3. snake; 4. live

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

Grade 5As Moses Lifted Up the Serpent

  1. Why was Hormah significant? Israel won where their parents had been defeated.
  2. What did the people confess? We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh and against you.
  3. What was surprising about God's remedy? The image of the curse became the means of healing for those who looked in faith.
  4. Which kings did Israel defeat? Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan
  5. Why did Hezekiah later destroy the bronze serpent? People had begun to burn incense to it.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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