Week 197 · about 45 minutes
Deuteronomy 2
Deuteronomy 2 · Memory verse Deuteronomy 2:29
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Deuteronomy 2), the matching word search and answer key (Deuteronomy 2 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a folded cloth
Hold a folded cloth. Read Deuteronomy 2 in about four minutes, stopping at Deuteronomy 2:29: “as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh our God gives us.”” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Deuteronomy 2?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Deuteronomy 2 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we encircled Mount Seir many days.” 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, “When you come near the border of the children of Ammon, don’t bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.”” Deuteronomy 2 opens with these words: “Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we encircled Mount Seir…” The line to keep is Deuteronomy 2:29: “as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh our God gives…” Carry the word “children” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Deuteronomy 2:29: “as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh our God gives us.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Deuteronomy 2? Then try this: Read “as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I pass over…” 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 Deuteronomy 2. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Deuteronomy 2:29. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Deuteronomy 2 and write Deuteronomy 2:29 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Deuteronomy 2:29
“as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh our God gives us.””
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Deuteronomy 2. Help us remember Deuteronomy 2:29 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.