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Numbers 26 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Second Census

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.

PreschoolA New Generation

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

KindergartenGod Counts

FAMILY → picture 4COUNT → picture 3LAND → picture 2PROMISE → picture 1

Grade 1God Keeps His Word

The people were counted. → picture 3A new generation grew up. → picture 5Each got land. → picture 2Caleb was still there. → picture 4Joshua was still there. → picture 1

Order:

1. God says count again2. Count the new generation3. Tribe by tribe4. Only Caleb and Joshua left

Grade 2Counting Again

  1. How many years had passed? Forty years (circle)
  2. Who had grown up? The children (circle)
  3. Which tribes would get more land? Big tribes (circle)
  4. Who were the two men still alive? Caleb and Joshua (circle)
  5. What did God keep? His promise (circle)
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Grade 3The New Generation

  1. Who did the counting? Moses and Eleazar
  2. Where did the census happen? In the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho
  3. How would the land be divided? By lot
  4. Why were the Levites counted separately? They would receive no land.
  5. Who was left from the first census? Caleb and Joshua
1: God says count again2: Count the new generation3: Tribe by tribe4: Only Caleb and Joshua left
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Grade 4Ready for the Promise

  1. How is Numbers 26 different from Numbers 1? It counts the children of the first generation, nearly forty years later.
  2. How did the new total compare to the first census? It was close to the first census.
  3. What does the note about Korah's sons show? God's mercy within judgment
  4. Why is God keeping His warnings comforting? The same God keeps His promises.

Word bank: 1. counted; 2. land; 3. census; 4. God; 5. tribe

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

Grade 5A Census of Hope

  1. Who were counted? Men from twenty years old and upward by their fathers' houses
  2. What note about Korah's family is added? The sons of Korah didn't die.
  3. What was the total count? Six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty
  4. How many Levite males were counted? Twenty-three thousand
  5. What does God's faithfulness to Caleb and Joshua show? Trusting Him is never wasted.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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