Week 120 · about 45 minutes
Exodus 28
Exodus 28 · Memory verse Exodus 28:29
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Exodus 28), the matching word search and answer key (Exodus 28 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a ribbon
Hold a ribbon. Read Exodus 28 in about four minutes, stopping at Exodus 28:29: “Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Exodus 28?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Exodus 28 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, ““Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.” 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, “You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.” Exodus 28 opens with these words: ““Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the…” The line to keep is Exodus 28:29: “Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before…” Carry the word “aaron” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Exodus 28:29: “Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Exodus 28? Then try this: Read “Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he…” 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 28. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Exodus 28:29. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Exodus 28 and write Exodus 28:29 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Exodus 28:29
“Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Exodus 28. Help us remember Exodus 28:29 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.