Week 247 · about 45 minutes
Joshua 19
Joshua 19 · Memory verse Joshua 19:8
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Joshua 19), the matching word search and answer key (Joshua 19 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a folded cloth
Hold a folded cloth. Read Joshua 19 in about four minutes, stopping at Joshua 19:8: “and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Joshua 19?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Joshua 19 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. Their inheritance was in the middle of the inheritance of the children of Judah.” 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, “Allammelech, Amad, Mishal. It reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath.” Joshua 19 opens with these words: “The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. Their inheritance was in the…” The line to keep is Joshua 19:8: “and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon…” Carry the word “villages” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Joshua 19:8: “and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Joshua 19? Then try this: Read “and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is 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 Joshua 19. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Joshua 19:8. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Joshua 19 and write Joshua 19:8 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Joshua 19:8
“and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Joshua 19. Help us remember Joshua 19:8 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.