Week 883 · about 45 minutes
Ezekiel 45
Ezekiel 45 · Memory verse Ezekiel 45:18
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Ezekiel 45), the matching word search and answer key (Ezekiel 45 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a small lamp
Hold a small lamp. Read Ezekiel 45 in about four minutes, stopping at Ezekiel 45:18: ““‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “In the first month, in the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull without defect; and you shall cleanse the sanctuary.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Ezekiel 45?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Ezekiel 45 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, ““‘“Moreover, when you divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an offering to Yahweh, a holy portion of the land. The length shall be the length of twenty-five thousand reeds, and the width shall be ten thousand. It shall be holy in all its border all around.” 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, ““‘“This is the offering that you shall offer: the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of wheat; and you shall give the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of barley;” Ezekiel 45 opens with these words: ““‘“Moreover, when you divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an offering to Yahweh, a holy portion of the land. The…” The line to keep is Ezekiel 45:18: ““‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “In the first month, in the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull without defect; and you shall cleanse the…” Carry the word “thus” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Ezekiel 45:18: ““‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “In the first month, in the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull without defect; and you shall cleanse the sanctuary.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Ezekiel 45? Then try this: Read ““‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “In the first month, in the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull…” 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 Ezekiel 45. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Ezekiel 45:18. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Ezekiel 45 and write Ezekiel 45:18 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Ezekiel 45:18
““‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “In the first month, in the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull without defect; and you shall cleanse the sanctuary.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Ezekiel 45. Help us remember Ezekiel 45:18 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.