Week 152 · about 45 minutes
Leviticus 20
Leviticus 20 · Memory verse Leviticus 20:7
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Leviticus 20), the matching word search and answer key (Leviticus 20 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a paper crown
Hold a paper crown. Read Leviticus 20 in about four minutes, stopping at Leviticus 20:7: ““‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Leviticus 20?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Leviticus 20 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,” 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 takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.” Leviticus 20 opens with these words: “Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,” The line to keep is Leviticus 20:7: ““‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.” Carry the word “sanctify” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Leviticus 20:7: ““‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Leviticus 20? Then try this: Read ““‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.” 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 20. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Leviticus 20:7. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Leviticus 20 and write Leviticus 20:7 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Leviticus 20:7
““‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Leviticus 20. Help us remember Leviticus 20:7 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.