Week 114 · about 45 minutes
Exodus 22
Exodus 22 · Memory verse Exodus 22:6
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Exodus 22), the matching word search and answer key (Exodus 22 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a smooth stone
Hold a smooth stone. Read Exodus 22 in about four minutes, stopping at Exodus 22:6: ““If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Exodus 22?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Exodus 22 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, ““If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.” 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, ““If a man entices a virgin who isn’t pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.” Exodus 22 opens with these words: ““If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.” The line to keep is Exodus 22:6: ““If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely…” Carry the word “fire” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Exodus 22:6: ““If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Exodus 22? Then try this: Read ““If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field…” 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 22. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Exodus 22:6. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Exodus 22 and write Exodus 22:6 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Exodus 22:6
““If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Exodus 22. Help us remember Exodus 22:6 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.