Week 107 · about 45 minutes
Exodus 11
Exodus 11 · Memory verse Exodus 11:10
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Exodus 11), the matching word search and answer key (Exodus 11 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a folded cloth
Hold a folded cloth. Read Exodus 11 in about four minutes, stopping at Exodus 11:10: “Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t let the children of Israel go out of his land.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Exodus 11?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Exodus 11 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Yahweh said to Moses, “Yet one plague more will I bring on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.
Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor shall be any more.” Exodus 11 opens with these words: “Yahweh said to Moses, “Yet one plague more will I bring on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When he lets you go, he…” The line to keep is Exodus 11:10: “Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t let the children of Israel go out of his land.” Carry the word “moses” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Exodus 11:10: “Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t let the children of Israel go out of his land.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Exodus 11? Then try this: Read “Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t let…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.
Group game
Walk the room as if you are moving through Exodus 11. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Exodus 11:10. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Exodus 11 and write Exodus 11:10 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Exodus 11:10
“Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t let the children of Israel go out of his land.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Exodus 11. Help us remember Exodus 11:10 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.