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Numbers 7 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Gifts for the Altar

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.

PreschoolBringing Gifts to God

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

KindergartenGifts for God

GIFT → picture 4OXEN → picture 3BOWL → picture 1TENT → picture 2

Grade 1Twelve Days of Gifts

Oxen pulled the wagons. → picture 5Silver bowls and plates. → picture 1A gold dish of incense. → picture 4Lambs and rams. → picture 2God spoke above the ark. → picture 3

Order:

1. Wagons and oxen come2. A leader each day3. Silver and gold bowls4. God speaks to Moses

Grade 2A Gift Each Day

  1. How many leaders brought gifts? Twelve leaders (circle)
  2. What did they bring first? Six wagons and twelve oxen
  3. How many days did they bring gifts? Twelve days (circle)
  4. What did Moses hear in God's tent? God's voice speaking to him
  5. Where did God's voice come from? From above the ark (circle)
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Grade 3The Dedication of the Altar

  1. Who received the wagons? The Gershonites and Merarites
  2. Why did the Kohathites get no wagons? They carried the holy things on their shoulders.
  3. Who came first with gifts? Nahshon of Judah
  4. Why is every gift written out in full? God valued each tribe's gift.
  5. Where did Moses hear the voice? From above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim
1: Wagons and oxen come2: A leader each day3: Silver and gold bowls4: God speaks to Moses

Grade 4Every Gift Recorded

  1. Why did the Kohathites receive no wagons? They carried the holy things on their shoulders.
  2. How many days did the dedication gifts last? Twelve days
  3. Why does the text repeat the full list twelve times? Because each tribe mattered and no gift was overlooked
  4. What did Jesus notice in Mark 12? A widow's two small coins

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

Grade 5Offerings for the Altar

  1. How were the wagons divided? Two to the Gershonites and four to the Merarites, according to their service
  2. How long did the dedication offerings take? Twelve days, one prince each day
  3. What message does the repetition carry? Each tribe's gift was received and recorded in full, large tribe or small.
  4. What happened at the end of the chapter? Moses went into the Tent of Meeting and heard God's voice from above the mercy seat.
  5. According to Hebrews 4:16, how do believers now draw near? With confidence to the throne of grace
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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