Week 214 · about 45 minutes
Deuteronomy 19
Deuteronomy 19 · Memory verse Deuteronomy 19:1
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Deuteronomy 19), the matching word search and answer key (Deuteronomy 19 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a smooth stone
Hold a smooth stone. Read Deuteronomy 19 in about four minutes, stopping at Deuteronomy 19:1: “When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses;” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Deuteronomy 19?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Deuteronomy 19 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses;” 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, “But if any man hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;” Deuteronomy 19 opens with these words: “When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in…” The line to keep is Deuteronomy 19:1: “When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses;” Carry the word “cuts” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Deuteronomy 19:1: “When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses;” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Deuteronomy 19? Then try this: Read “When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and…” 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 19. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Deuteronomy 19:1. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Deuteronomy 19 and write Deuteronomy 19:1 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Deuteronomy 19:1
“When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses;”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Deuteronomy 19. Help us remember Deuteronomy 19:1 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.