Week 250 · about 45 minutes
Joshua 22
Joshua 22 · Memory verse Joshua 22:22
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Joshua 22), the matching word search and answer key (Joshua 22 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a ribbon
Hold a ribbon. Read Joshua 22 in about four minutes, stopping at Joshua 22:22: ““The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don’t save us today),” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Joshua 22?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Joshua 22 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,” 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, “that you must turn away today from following Yahweh? It will be, since you rebel today against Yahweh, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.” Joshua 22 opens with these words: “Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,” The line to keep is Joshua 22:22: ““The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don’t…” Carry the word “mighty” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Joshua 22:22: ““The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don’t save us today),” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Joshua 22? Then try this: Read ““The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in…” 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 22. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Joshua 22:22. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Joshua 22 and write Joshua 22:22 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Joshua 22:22
““The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don’t save us today),”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Joshua 22. Help us remember Joshua 22:22 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.