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Bible Stories · Ages 7+ · Set A
Gideon's small army
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Remember: The Bible tells how God kept only three hundred men, so the win would clearly be his.

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Three hundred and a jarRaiders from Midian rode in every year and ate the crops, so the people of Israel hid in caves. A young man named Gideon was beating wheat in secret in a winepress. He felt small, but he was told that God was with him. Thirty-two thousand men came to join him. Then twenty-two thousand went home, and ten thousand stayed. After a test at the stream, only three hundred men were kept, so the win would clearly be God's. Gideon gave each man a trumpet and an empty clay jar with a burning flashlight inside. At midnight his men stood in a ring around the camp, blew their trumpets and smashed their jars. The raiders ran away.
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How did the raiders from Midian ride in each year?
⛵In boats🐪On camels🫏On donkeys
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A winepress was a cut into rock, where grapes were crushed for juice.
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32,000 men came to join Gideon, and 22,000 went home. So men stayed.
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Gideon split the 300 men into 3 groups. Each group had 100 men. That is men in all.
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Circle the three things Gideon gave each man. (circle every one)
📯A trumpet⚔️A sword🏺An empty clay jar🔥A burning flashlight🛡️A shield

Match, order and look back

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Join each to what the story says.
  1. 1Gideon
  2. 2The raiders
  3. 3The people of Israel
  4. 4A raider soldier
  5. 5Gideon's helper
  • Ahid in a winepress to beat his wheat
  • Btold his friend about a dream
  • Cwent down to the tents with him
  • Dhid in caves in the hills
  • Ecame every year to eat the crops
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Number the story in order.
  • Gideon hears the dream at the tents
  • The jars break and the raiders run
  • Most of the men are sent home
  • Gideon asks for signs with a fleece
  • Gideon hides in a winepress
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Each flashlight was hidden in a jar so no light showed until the jar broke.
TrueFalse
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Which men did God keep at the stream?
🧎The men who knelt and put their faces in the water🤲The men who cupped the water in their hands and lapped it🏠The men who stayed behind

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Sam wrote that the fleece and the ground were both wet. Fix it: first the fleece was wet and the ground was .
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Write one small step you can take when a job feels too big.
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Draw one of Gideon's men with a trumpet in one hand and a clay jar in the other.
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10,000 men stayed, and 300 were kept. So men were sent home.
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