Numbers 9 · Grade 3
At the Command of Yahweh
Read the Story
Numbers 9 tells of the first Passover in the wilderness. Some men had touched a dead body and were unclean. They could not keep the Passover. They asked Moses what to do.
Moses said, Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will command. God said people who were unclean or far away could keep Passover one month later. Nothing was to be left until morning, and no bone was to be broken.
On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered it. At night it looked like fire. When the cloud was taken up, the people traveled. When it stayed, they camped. At the commandment of Yahweh they traveled, and at His commandment they camped.
Memory Verse
“At the commandment of Yahweh, the children of Israel traveled, and at the commandment of Yahweh they encamped. As long as the cloud remained on the tabernacle they remained encamped.”
Numbers 9:18 (WEB)
Answer the Questions
Why could some men not keep the Passover?
What did Moses say?
When could they keep Passover instead?
What was not to be broken?
What did the people do when the cloud stayed?
Follow the Cloud
Write what happened in each box.
Prayer
Dear God, thank You for leading me. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- Why did God give a second Passover?
- What did the cloud look like at night?
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