Week 148 · about 45 minutes
Leviticus 16
Leviticus 16 · Memory verse Leviticus 16:5
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Leviticus 16), the matching word search and answer key (Leviticus 16 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a seed
Hold a seed. Read Leviticus 16 in about four minutes, stopping at Leviticus 16:5: “He shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Leviticus 16?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Leviticus 16 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near before Yahweh, and died;” 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, ““He shall go out to the altar that is before Yahweh and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the bull’s blood, and some of the goat’s blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar.” Leviticus 16 opens with these words: “Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near before Yahweh, and died;” The line to keep is Leviticus 16:5: “He shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.” Carry the word “take” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Leviticus 16:5: “He shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Leviticus 16? Then try this: Read “He shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram…” 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 Leviticus 16. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Leviticus 16:5. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Leviticus 16 and write Leviticus 16:5 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Leviticus 16:5
“He shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Leviticus 16. Help us remember Leviticus 16:5 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.