Rahab and the Spies Crossword for Kids (Easy, Medium and Hard)

These free Rahab and the Spies crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (Joshua 2:1–24; Hebrews 11:31), 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 Rahab and the Spies Bible story page, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

Joshua sent two men to spy secretly in Jericho, and they lodged in the house of a woman named Rahab. When the king of Jericho sent for them, she hid them with the stalks of flax upon the roof, and on the roof she told them, "the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath." She let them down by a cord through the window, because her house was upon the town wall, and they told her to bind "this line of scarlet thread in the window" and bring all her father's household home unto her. By faith Rahab "perished not with them that believed not." Read the whole story in Joshua 2:1–24; Hebrews 11:31 (KJV).

Memory verse: "And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath." (Joshua 2:11, 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 Nun sent out two men to spy secretly. (Joshua 2:1)
• "Go view the land, even ___." (Joshua 2:1)
• The two men lodged in the house of a woman named ___. (Joshua 2:1)
• As soon as the pursuers were gone out, they shut the ___. (Joshua 2:7)
• "I have shewed you ___." (Joshua 2:12)
• "Give me a true ___." (Joshua 2:12)
• "Get you to the ___, lest the pursuers meet you." (Joshua 2:16)
• Rahab "received the ___ with peace." (Hebrews 11:31)

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.