Week 886 · about 45 minutes
Ezekiel 48
Ezekiel 48 · Memory verse Ezekiel 48:29
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Ezekiel 48), the matching word search and answer key (Ezekiel 48 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a cup of water
Hold a cup of water. Read Ezekiel 48 in about four minutes, stopping at Ezekiel 48:29: ““This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, says the Lord Yahweh.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Ezekiel 48?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Ezekiel 48 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, ““Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion.” 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, “The remainder in the length, alongside the holy offering, shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward; and it shall be alongside the holy offering. Its increase shall be for food to those who labor in the city.” Ezekiel 48 opens with these words: ““Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border…” The line to keep is Ezekiel 48:29: ““This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, says the Lord Yahweh.” Carry the word “land” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Ezekiel 48:29: ““This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, says the Lord Yahweh.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Ezekiel 48? Then try this: Read ““This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their…” 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 48. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Ezekiel 48:29. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Ezekiel 48 and write Ezekiel 48:29 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Ezekiel 48:29
““This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, says the Lord Yahweh.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Ezekiel 48. Help us remember Ezekiel 48:29 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.