Week 229 · about 45 minutes
Deuteronomy 34
Deuteronomy 34 · Memory verse Deuteronomy 34:8
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Deuteronomy 34), the matching word search and answer key (Deuteronomy 34 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a key
Hold a key. Read Deuteronomy 34 in about four minutes, stopping at Deuteronomy 34:8: “The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Deuteronomy 34?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Deuteronomy 34 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. Yahweh showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,” 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, “Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone.” Deuteronomy 34 opens with these words: “Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. Yahweh showed him all the land of…” The line to keep is Deuteronomy 34:8: “The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.” Carry the word “children” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Deuteronomy 34:8: “The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Deuteronomy 34? Then try this: Read “The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the days of weeping in the…” 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 34. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Deuteronomy 34:8. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Deuteronomy 34 and write Deuteronomy 34:8 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Deuteronomy 34:8
“The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Deuteronomy 34. Help us remember Deuteronomy 34:8 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.