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Numbers 35 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Cities of Refuge

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 Safe City

ln and refuge and cityPathpeopleheartcity

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

KindergartenA Safe Place

CITY → picture 4SAFE → picture 3HELP → picture 1GATE → picture 2

Grade 1Run to Safety

Six safe cities. → picture 5Run if it was an accident. → picture 1God kept them safe. → picture 4Leaders judged fairly. → picture 2Then they could go home. → picture 3

Order:

1. Levites get forty-eight cities2. Six are cities of refuge3. Run there after an accident4. Go home later

Grade 2Six Safe Cities

  1. How many cities did the Levites get? Forty-eight (circle)
  2. How many were safe cities? Six (circle)
  3. Who could run to a safe city? A person who hurt someone by accident
  4. What would the leaders do? Listen and judge fairly (circle)
  5. Who is like a safe city for us? Jesus (circle)
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Grade 3Cities of Refuge

  1. How many cities did the Levites receive? Forty-eight
  2. How many were cities of refuge? Six
  3. Who could flee to a city of refuge? Someone who killed a person by accident, without hatred
  4. Who was the city for? Israelites and strangers too
  5. When could the person go home? When the high priest died
1: Levites get forty-eight cities2: Six are cities of refuge3: Run there after an accident4: Go home later
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Grade 4Justice and Mercy

  1. Why did the Levites receive cities? They had no tribe land.
  2. Why were the cities spread out? So anyone could reach one
  3. What two things does God care about in this chapter? Justice and mercy
  4. How many witnesses were needed? More than one

Word bank: 1. Levites; 2. refuge; 3. flee; 4. God; 5. city

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

Grade 5Flee to the Refuge

  1. Where were the six cities of refuge? Three east of the Jordan and three in Canaan
  2. How did the law distinguish murder? It was done out of hatred, with a weapon or tool.
  3. How many witnesses were needed for a death sentence? More than one
  4. When could the manslayer return home? At the death of the high priest
  5. What does Hebrews 6:18 speak of? Those who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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