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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.
tenttowerpit
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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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Answer key · Set A
Gideon's small army
1On camels Every year the raiders rode in on camels, ate the crops and took the sheep.
2pit Gideon hid in a winepress, a pit cut into the rock, to beat his wheat in secret.
310000 32,000 − 22,000 = 10,000, so ten thousand men stayed.
4300 3 groups of 100 men make 300 men: 100 + 100 + 100 = 300.
5A trumpet, An empty clay jar, A burning flashlight Each man had a trumpet, an empty clay jar and a burning flashlight to hide inside the jar.
61-A, 2-E, 3-D, 4-B, 5-C Each name goes with what the story says about them.
74, 5, 3, 2, 1 The winepress, the fleece, the smaller army, the dream, and last the jars and torches.
8True In those days a flashlight in a clay jar stayed dark. When the jar broke, the light flashed out for everyone to see.
9The men who cupped the water in their hands and lapped it Only three hundred drank by cupping the water in their hands, keeping watch, so God kept them.
10dry First the fleece was wet and the ground dry. Next it was the other way round.
11Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
139700 10,000 − 300 = 9,700, so 9,700 men went home.
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