The 10 Commandments

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BIBLE STORYLINE The 10 Commandments

Hey kids and parents! Fill in the blanks as you talk Big Idea about this week’s lesson together. Have fun! God’s rules help us to love him and others Key Points Key Question • God gave ______for the people Why does God care how we treat others? to follow. Exodus 20:1-17 Memory Verse • The ﬁrst four commandments are Matthew 22:40 “The entire law and all the demands of the about ___ and ______. prophets are based on these two commandments.” • The last six commandments are about ____ and ______.

• The whole point is to love ______and love ______! Matthew 22:38-40

Talk About It 1. What’s your favorite part of the video? What’s one thing you learned from it? 2. If you were in charge in your house, what would your rules be and why? 3. How many commandments did God give Moses? 4. What was the real point of God’s rules? 5. Read Matthew 22:37-39. What do you think it means to love God with your whole heart? What do you think it means to love others like you love yourself? 6. How will you apply this lesson to your life this week? ACTIVITY PAGE #2

Teacher instructions: Choose an activity for your classroom.

OPTION 1: MEMORY VERSE GAME Instructions: ● Divide the class into groups of 4. Give each group a set of Memory verse words (page 5-6). ● Have them place the words face down on the ground or table. When you say, “Go!”, have them race to get the words in the correct order to say the memory verse. First group to do it correctly, wins. Supplies needed: Memory verse words (pg. 5-6, pre cut, 1 set per group) OPTION 2:BIBLE HANGMAN Instructions: ● Before playing, draw a Hangman puzzle on the whiteboard. Using the words or phrases below, play rounds of hangman by having kids guess letters to ﬁll in the blanks. For each wrong guess, draw a part of a man on the puzzle. See if the kids can guess the hidden word/phrase before a full man is created. Words/Phrases: Moses God gives us rules to help us Commandments Love God, love people Mt. Sinai

OPTION 3:10 COMMANDMENTS CRAFT

Instructions: ● Give each kid a brown paper sack and a 10 Commandments template (page 7). ● Have the kids cut out each item. Have the kids ﬂip the bag over to the ﬂat side. Then have them tape or glue the “10 Commandments” at the top and then have them glue each commandment, in order, in two columns, 5 in each column below the title. ● As they work, read about the 10 Commandments from Exodus 20:1-17. Remind the kids that God gives us rules to teach us how to love God and others.

Supplies needed: Brown paper sacks (1 per kid), 10 Commandments template (pg. 7, 1 per kid). Tape/Glue, Scissors Instructions: Solve the puzzles.

Big Idea

Key Question

Memory Verse

Matthew 22:____ “The entire _____ and all the demands of the

______are based on these ______commandments.”

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THE DEMANDS

ENTIRE LAW OF THE

AND ALL PROPHETS

THE ARE

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BASED TWO

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THESE MATTHEW 22:40

6 BIBLE STORYLINE The 10 Commandments

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS

#1 NO OTHER GOD #6 DON’T KILL BEFORE ME

#7 DON’T COMMIT #2 NO IDOLS ADULTERY

#3 DON’T TAKE GOD’S NAME IN VAIN #8 DON’T STEAL

#4 KEEP THE SABBATH HOLY #9 DON’T LIE

#10 DON’T COVET #5 HONOR YOUR YOUR NEIGHBOR’S FATHER AND MOTHER STUFF

7 Instructions: Color the picture.

Key Question Why does God care how we god’s rules treat others?

help us to Memory Verse Matthew 22:40 “The entire law and all the demands of love him and the prophets are based on these two commandments.” others

COMMANDMENT BOOK

2. No other gods. other No 2. 7. Love your spouse only. spouse your Love 7. 6. Don’t kill. Don’t 6. s day. s 4. Honor God’ Honor 4.

1. Worship God only. God Worship 1. 5. Honor parents. Honor 5. 3. Honor God’s name. God’s Honor 3.

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8. Don’t steal. 9. Don’t lie. 10. Don’t covet.

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God spoke the ten commandments 10 10to the Israelites.10 10 Write the number ten in the boxes below.

How many fingers are there?

Do you obey the ten commandments?

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The Israelites camped near Mount Sinai. Color and cut out the people. Paste them inside the tent.

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You will need: 1. Paper plate (one for each child) 2. Paper fastener (one for each plate) 3. Paint, markers, or crayons 4. Scissors (adults-only)

Instructions:

1. Cut your paper plate in half. 2. Color your mountain grey using paint, markers or crayons. Draw green trees or leaves at the bottom of the plate. 3. Cut out the Moses template on the next page. 4. Insert the paper fastener into the bottom center of the paper plate. Push the fastener into the long end of the Moses template and secure. Now Moses can climb up and down Mount Sinai! 1. 2. 3.

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The Hebrew word for trumpet is shofar. A shofar is made from a ram’s horn. When the Israelites heard the shofar blast, they were scared!

shofar

trumpet

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Practice writing this Hebrew word on the lines below.

Try this on your own. Remember that Hebrew is read from RIGHT to LEFT.

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You will need: 1. Heavy card stock 2. Scissors (adults-only) 3. Crayons, paint, or colored pencils 4. School glue 5. Jumbo craft sticks

Instructions:

1. Color the ten numbers and cut out. Paste onto heavy card stock. 2. Option 1: Glue a jumbo craft stick to the back of each number. Help your children to write the correct number on each craft stick. 3. Option 2: Help your children learn numbers 1-10 by asking them to match a colored number with a black & white number.

1. 2. 3.

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Honor Do not Do not Do your murder commit not steal parents 5 6 7 adultery 8

Do not Do not lie desire other people’s 9 10things www.biblepathwayadventures.com © BPA Publishing Ltd 2020 The Exodus Activity Book (Beginners) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 www.biblepathwayadventures.com © BPA Publishing Ltd 2020 The Exodus Activity Book (Beginners) “Honor your mother “ and father.

(Exodus 20:12)

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Draw cloud and lightning on the mountain. Draw the people at the bottom of the mountain.

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Find and circle each of the words from the list below.

FIRE TENT TEN GOD SHOFAR CAMP

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Fill in the blanks using the chart below. What do you see?

Who spoke the Ten ______Commandments? 7 15 4 19 16 15 11 5 _ _ _ _ _ 20 15 20 8 5 ______16 5 15 16 12 5

A B C D E F G H I J K L M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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“At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you“ shall be filled with bread... (Exodus 15:12)

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Read Exodus 17. Imagine you are an Draw a picture of an Israelite family Israelite. Write about the day God camped in the desert. gave you water in the desert.

If this story was a book, the This story teaches me… cover would look like this…

www.biblepathwayadventures.com © BPA Publishing Ltd 2020 The Exodus Activity Book The Ten Commandments Read Exodus 20:1-21. Answer the questions below.

1. To whom did God give the ten commandments? ......

2. What is the 5th commandment? ......

3. ‘Thou shalt not kill’ is which commandment? ......

4. What were the ten commandments written on? ......

5. What is the 4th commandment? ......

6. Which commandment instructs us not to lie? ......

7. Which commandment forbids stealing? ......

8. Which commandment forbids making idols to worship God? ......

9. Where did Moses receive the commandments from God? ......

10. What is the 10th commandment? ......

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Open your Bibles and read Exodus 20:1-21. Answer the questions. Color the picture.

1. What day should we keep holy (set-apart)? (verse 8) ......

2. Who should we honor? (verse 12) ......

3. Why did the Israelites want Moses to speak to them? (verse 19) ......

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Read Exodus 20:1-17. Fill in the blanks with the words at the bottom of the page.

1. I am the ...... your God. You will have no other gods before Me.

2. You shall make no ......

3. You shall not take the ...... of God in vain.

4. Remember the ...... and keep it holy.

5. Honor your ...... and mother.

6. Do not ......

7. Do not commit ......

8. Do not ......

9. Do not give ...... testimony against your neighbor.

10. Do not ...... other people’s things.

SABBATH COVET FATHER ADULTERY STEAL LORD MURDER IDOLS FALSE NAME

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Instructions: You will need: There are two sections to this craft: 1. Grey paint or crayons 1. Ten Commandments 2. Felt pens, crayons or coloring pencils 2. Two Tablets 3. Scissors (adult only) 4. Extra-strength glue sticks or School glue

Instructions:

1. Cut out or print the ten commandments circle pages. Color the ten commandments circles. 2. Cut out or print the two tablet pages. 3. Cut out each commandment around the dotted edges. 4. Glue the tablets together by placing glue along the ‘Glue Here’ #ap and seal together. 5. Glue the commandments in numerical order onto the two stone tablets – "ve on each side.

I AM THE LORD YOU SHALL NOT YOUR GOD MURDER

YOU SHALL HAVE NO YOU SHALL NOT OTHER GODS BEFORE ME COMMIT ADULTERY

YOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE YOU SHALL NOT STEAL NAME OF GOD IN VAIN

REMEMBER THE SABBATH YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE TESTIMONY AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBOR

HONOR YOUR FATHER YOU SHALL NOT COVET AND MOTHER YOUR NEIGHBOR’S THINGS ta-da!

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YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME

YOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF GOD IN VAIN

REMEMBER THE SABBATH

HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER

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YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY

YOU SHALL NOT STEAL

YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE TESTIMONY AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBOR

YOU SHALL NOT COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR’S THINGS

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The Sinai Times

EXODUS 19-20 LAND OF MIDIAN A BIBLE HISTORY PUBLICATION Storm on Sinai God speaks Ten Commandments

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Moses builds altar

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Unscramble the words to "nd the answer. Hint: Read Exodus 20:12 (WEB).

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Many people believe Mount Sinai is located on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. But there is no scriptural or archaeological evidence that supports this place as the biblical Mount Sinai. Let’s take a closer look and see if you agree. Read the article and answer the questions on the next page.

Mount Sinai

Did you know the Bible says that Mount Sinai is located in Arabia, not Egypt (Galatians 4:25)? Recently, archaeologists discovered a place that points to Jebel el Lawz in Saudi Arabia as the location of the biblical Mount Sinai. This mountain is located in northwest Saudi Arabia near the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba. An aerial map shows the mountain to be an almost semi-circular shape, enclosing an area of 5,000 acres. Unlike other mountains nearby, the entire top of Jebel el Lawz is blackened (Exodus 19:18). On the face of Jebel el Lawz is evidence of an ancient stream. The Bible says that when Moses destroyed the golden calf, he “cast the dust into the brook that descended out of the mount…” (Deuteronomy 9:21). In 1985, archaeologists found many large stone columns (or wells) nearby that formed a line along an ancient “lake” area bordering the holy precinct. Were these wells and lake part of a water supply system created to provide the Israelites with fresh water?

The Bible says, “Moses…built an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel” (Exodus 24:4). At the base of Jebel el Lawz, archaeologists found an altar similar to the altar of “uncut” stone mentioned in the book of Exodus (Exodus 20:25; 24:4). Beside the altar was an ‘L’ shaped structure with walls about three feet thick. Was this area where animals were killed before being sacri"ced as a burnt o$ering? Nearby, archaeologists found twelve large granite boulders about six feet wide and nine feet tall. Approximately 2km away from the holy precinct archaeologists discovered a large stone altar with inscriptions of Egyptian animal fertility gods. If the Israelites created these inscriptions, then it makes sense they depicted Egyptian gods since they used to live in Egypt.

Mission objective: To understand the location of the biblical Mount Sinai. Read each question and write your answer on the lines below.

Look at an atlas. Where is Saudi Arabia?

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...... Read the passage on the previous page and do your own research. What evidence have archaeologists found that points to Jebel el Lawz as the biblical Mount Sinai?

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What do you think? Is Jebel el Lawz the biblical Mount Sinai?

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Open your Bible and read Exodus 20:1-3. Write a short paragraph to show how you honor this commandment. Use your imagination to color the illustration at the bottom of the page.

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Spot 8 differences between the two pictures.

ANSWER KEY

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4 8 5 6

Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before me.

Exodus 20:23 Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

Guide Moses to the top of Mt. Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments from God.

FINISH 20 by 20 delta maze

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ISRAELITES SINAI STEAL TEN COMMANDMENTS SMOKE TABLETS PUNISH MOSES STONES SABBATH CALF

ANSWER KEY c o m m a n d M E n t s b G s s m U K E C V B Y V S U A T t m D o N Z Y F S J O L G E T o o Q A s I T a b l e t s H V N k E D J e E R Q U T T M W E e e G V A D s U G J W c H V T s F O F E C B E N S N H a G Q C i S r a e l i t e s S V l I s B G O S O E O W S H R E E F t M F T S R h O U I i E K X K e Y W e K P A s C C G n E M G a O G n R S K O i R D P a R X l E V I F W Z A B n Q V L I H M Q I X K S J X F O U R S I N T h t a b b a s H Q D p B O U I Word Bank

ISRAELITES SINAI STEAL TEN COMMANDMENTS SMOKE TABLETS PUNISH MOSES STONES SABBATH CALF

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© SharefaithKids. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction or Reselling forbidden. Not for use without an active SharefaithKids subscription. The Ten Commandments And God spoke all these words: "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. "You shall have no other gods before me." Exodus 20:1-3 (NIV) Based on Exodus 20:1-17 (NIV)

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The Ten Commandments And God spoke all these words: "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. "You shall have no other gods before me." Exodus 20:1-3 (NIV) Based on Exodus 20:1-17 (NIV)

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ACROSS DOWN 2. You shall not make for yourself 1. You shall not ______. (to want an _____. (a false god) something that belongs to 5. You shall have no other ______another) before me. 3. ______your father and your 7. You shall _____ commit mother. adultery. 4. Remember the Sabbath day by 8. You shall not ______. (kill) keeping it _____. 9. You shall not give _____ 6. You shall not _____. (to take testimony against your what does not belong to you) neighbor. (untrue) 7. You shall not misuse the _____ of the LORD your God.

FALSE IDOL STEAL HONOR MURDER NAME COVET HOLY NOT GODS

Copyright © Sermons 4 Kids, Inc. • All rights reserved • www.sermons4kids.com The Ten Commandments And God spoke all these words... Exodus 20:1 Each number represents a letter of the alphabet. Substitute the correct letter for the numbers to reveal the coded words.

X G V A C U J N O D Y W Z S M L P E I T B R H F K Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

1. 19-10-9-16

2. 8-4-15-18

3. 14-4-21-21-4-20-23

4. 23-9-8-9-22

5. 24-4-20-23-18-22

6. 15-9-20-23-18-22

7. 15-6-22-10-18-22

8. 4-10-6-16-20-18-22-11

9. 14-20-18-4-16

10. 5-9-3-18-20

NAME ADULTERY COVET FATHER MOTHER IDOL SABBATH MURDER STEAL HONOR