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Balaam's Donkey Crossword for Kids (Easy, Medium and Hard)

Free printable Balaam's Donkey crossword in three levels for Sunday school, from easy with a word box to hard with Bible look-ups. Answer keys included.

Grades K–5 · Medium

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Ages: Early Elementary (K–2), Upper Elementary (3–5)
Difficulty: Medium
Time: 10–20 minutes
Scripture: Numbers 22:21–35
Bible story: Balaam's Donkey

These free Balaam's Donkey crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (Numbers 22:21–35), and each level downloads with or without an answer key.

Easy (ages 5–7): short answers, simple clues and a word box to pick from.
Medium (grades K–2): more words and no word box.
Hard (grades 3–5): kids look up each verse in their Bible to find the answer.

Use them after the Balaam's Donkey Bible story page, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

Balaam rose up in the morning, saddled his ass (a donkey) and went with the princes of Moab, and God's anger was kindled because he went. The angel of the LORD stood in the way with his sword drawn, and three times the ass saw the angel and turned aside, and three times Balaam smote her. Then "the LORD opened the mouth of the ass," and she said, "What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?" Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam; he saw the angel, bowed down his head, and said, "I have sinned," and the angel told him to speak "only the word that I shall speak unto thee." Read the whole story in Numbers 22:21–35 (KJV).

Memory verse: "And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak." (Numbers 22:35, KJV). It is printed on every level.

The clues

The easy crossword has 6 answers and a word box to pick from. The medium crossword has 8 clues like these:

___ rose up in the morning and went with the princes of Moab. (Numbers 22:21)
Balaam rose up in the morning, and ___ his donkey. (Numbers 22:21)
He went with the princes of ___. (Numbers 22:21)
His two ___ were with him. (Numbers 22:22)
The donkey turned aside out of the way, and went into the ___. (Numbers 22:23)
The angel of the LORD stood in a path of the ___. (Numbers 22:24)
Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the donkey with a ___. (Numbers 22:27)
Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, "I have ___." (Numbers 22:34)

The hard crossword has 11 clues, each with its verse printed after it, so kids find the answers in their own Bible.

Answer keys

Each level downloads two ways: the puzzle on its own, or with a second page that shows the answer (the filled grid with each answer's verse). Print the key for helpers, or let kids check their own work.

Frequently asked questions

What ages are these Balaam's Donkey crosswords for?

The easy crossword (with a word box) is for ages 5–7, the medium one for kindergarten to 2nd grade readers, and the hard one for 3rd to 5th grade. Each level downloads with or without an answer key.

Are the answers from the Bible?

Yes. Every answer comes from the King James Bible, and the answer key gives the verse for each one.

Are these crosswords free?

Yes. Print as many as you need for your church, school or home. Please don't resell them.

What Bible verses are in the Balaam's Donkey crossword?

Every clue comes from Numbers 22:21–35 (KJV), and the answer key gives the verse for each answer. The hard level prints the verse after every clue so kids can look it up.