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Caleb Asks for the Mountain Crossword (Easy, Medium and Hard)

Free printable Caleb Asks for the Mountain crossword in three levels, 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: Joshua 14:6–15
Bible story: Caleb Asks for the Mountain

These free Caleb Asks for the Mountain crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (Joshua 14:6–15), 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 Caleb Asks for the Mountain Bible story page, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

Caleb came to Joshua in Gilgal and remembered how Moses sent him from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land when he was forty years old, and how "I wholly followed the LORD my God." Now he was fourscore and five years old (85), and he said, "As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me." The Anakims were in that land, but Caleb said, "Now therefore give me this mountain," and "if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out." Joshua blessed him and gave him Hebron for an inheritance. Read the whole story in Joshua 14:6–15 (KJV).

Memory verse: "Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God." (Joshua 14:8, 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:

___ the son of Jephunneh came to Joshua. (Joshua 14:6)
The children of Judah came unto Joshua in ___. (Joshua 14:6)
Moses sent Caleb to espy out the ___. (Joshua 14:7)
"But I ___ followed the LORD my God." (Joshua 14:8)
"The LORD hath kept me ___, as he said." (Joshua 14:10)
The children of Israel wandered in the ___. (Joshua 14:10)
The Anakims were there, and the ___ were great and fenced. (Joshua 14:12)
Joshua ___ him, and gave him Hebron. (Joshua 14:13)

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 Caleb Asks for the Mountain 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 Caleb Asks for the Mountain crossword?

Every clue comes from Joshua 14:6–15 (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.