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Numbers 27 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Daughters of Zelophehad and Joshua

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.

PreschoolFive Brave Sisters

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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 Is Fair

SISTERS → picture 4ASK → picture 3LAND → picture 1FAIR → picture 2

Grade 1A New Leader

Five sisters asked. → picture 5Moses asked God. → picture 1God said yes. → picture 4Moses saw the land. → picture 2Joshua became leader. → picture 3

Order:

1. Five sisters ask Moses2. Moses asks God3. God says give them land4. Joshua becomes leader

Grade 2Five Sisters Ask

  1. How many daughters did Zelophehad have? Five (circle)
  2. What did the sisters ask for? Their father's land (circle)
  3. Who did Moses ask? God (circle)
  4. What did God say? The daughters are right. (circle)
  5. Who did God pick as the new leader? Joshua (circle)
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Grade 3They Speak Right

  1. Name the five daughters. Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah
  2. What did Moses do with their cause? He brought it before Yahweh.
  3. What new law did God make? If a man has no son, his land passes to his daughter.
  4. What did Moses not want the people to be like? Sheep with no shepherd
  5. How did Moses commission Joshua? He laid his hands on him.
1: Five sisters ask Moses2: Moses asks God3: God says give them land4: Joshua becomes leader

Grade 4A Fair Answer and a Faithful Leader

  1. What problem did the daughters face? Land passed through sons, and their father had none.
  2. How did the daughters show faith? They asked for land before Israel crossed the Jordan.
  3. What did Moses do when he did not know the answer? He brought their case to God.
  4. What did Moses pray for instead of himself? A shepherd for the people

Word bank: 1. Land; 2. Eleazar; 3. God; 4. daughters; 5. shepherd

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

Grade 5Sheep with a Shepherd

  1. Where did the daughters make their request? At the door of the Tent of Meeting before Moses, Eleazar, the princes, and the congregation
  2. What did God say about them? The daughters of Zelophehad speak right.
  3. Why was their request an act of faith? They wanted a share in land Israel did not yet possess.
  4. Why would Moses not enter the land? Because of Meribah
  5. Which verse shows Jesus' compassion for sheep without a shepherd? Matthew 9:36
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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