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Numbers 8 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Lamps Lit and Levites Cleansed

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.

PreschoolLight the Lamps

lampstandoil and jarpeoplewater and jartabernacle

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

KindergartenShine Bright

LAMPS → picture 2LIGHT → picture 4WASH → picture 1HANDS → picture 3

Grade 1Ready to Serve

Light the seven lamps. → picture 2Wash the Levites. → picture 4Lay hands on them. → picture 5Serve at God's tent. → picture 1Older Levites helped. → picture 3

Order:

1. Aaron lights seven lamps2. Levites are washed3. People lay hands on them4. Given to God

Grade 2Lights and Helpers

  1. How many lamps did Aaron light? Seven lamps (circle)
  2. Did Aaron do what God said? Yes, Aaron did just what God said.
  3. What were the Levites washed with? Water (circle)
  4. What did the people put on the Levites? Their hands (circle)
  5. Who is called the Light of the world in John 8:12? Jesus (circle)
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Grade 3Presented to Yahweh

  1. How many lamps were lit? Seven lamps
  2. What was the lampstand made of? Beaten gold
  3. What three things were done to cleanse the Levites? They were sprinkled with water, shaved their whole bodies, and washed their clothes.
  4. How did Aaron present the Levites? As a wave offering to Yahweh
  5. What did the older Levites do after age fifty? They helped their brothers.
1: Aaron lights seven lamps2: Levites are washed3: People lay hands on them4: Given to God
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Grade 4Cleansed for Service

  1. What was the lampstand made according to? The pattern God showed Moses
  2. What did the Israelites laying hands on the Levites show? The Levites served on behalf of the whole nation.
  3. When had God made the firstborn holy? On the night He struck Egypt's firstborn
  4. What did the apostles do in Acts 6? Laid hands on seven men chosen to serve the church

Word bank: 1. seven; 2. gold; 3. Levites; 4. serve

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

Grade 5A Wave Offering of People

  1. Which direction was the lamps' light to shine? Forward, in front of the lampstand
  2. What did the Israelites laying hands on the Levites mark them as? Their representatives
  3. What is striking about the Levites being a wave offering? Living people were dedicated to God like an offering.
  4. What did Levites do after age fifty? Assisted their brothers in keeping the charge
  5. What does Romans 12:1 call believers to do? Present their bodies as a living sacrifice

Word bank: 1. lamp; 2. gold; 3. light; 4. Levites; 5. God

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

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