Numbers 9 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Passover and the Cloud

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.

PreschoolFollow the Cloud

cloud and pillarfire and pillartabernaclelambtent

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

KindergartenGod Leads

CLOUD → picture 3FIRE → picture 1TENT → picture 4PASSOVER → picture 2

Grade 1Go When God Says Go

A cloud by day. → picture 4Fire by night. → picture 3They kept the Passover. → picture 1They camped and waited. → picture 5They walked when it lifted. → picture 2

Order:

1. Keep the Passover2. Cloud over the tent by day3. Fire by night4. Cloud lifts: go

Grade 2Up, Up, and Away

What did God's people keep in the desert? The Passover (circle)
What was over God's tent? A cloud (circle)
What did it look like at night? Fire (circle)
What did the people do when the cloud lifted? They packed up and walked.
Where did the people go? Where God led (circle)

Grade 3At the Command of Yahweh

Why could some men not keep the Passover? They had touched a dead body and were unclean.
What did Moses say? Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will command.
When could they keep Passover instead? One month later
What was not to be broken? No bone
What did the people do when the cloud stayed? They camped.

1: Keep the Passover2: Cloud over the tent by day3: Fire by night4: Cloud lifts: go

Grade 4Waiting and Following

What did Moses do instead of guessing? He told them to wait while he asked God.
What gracious answer did God give? Anyone unclean or on a far journey could keep Passover a month later.
How was the rule about bones fulfilled? Jesus' bones were not broken on the cross.
Whose timing did Israel follow? God's timing, not their own

Word bank: 1. God; 2. Passover; 3. cloud

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

Grade 5Guided by God

What did Moses say when the men asked why they were kept back? Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will command concerning you.
Who could keep Passover in the second month? Those who were unclean or on a long journey
Could foreigners keep the Passover? Yes, under the same law
What did the cloud look like from evening to morning? Like fire
How long did Israel stay when the cloud remained? Whether two days, a month, or a year, as long as the cloud remained

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