SUB-JUNIOR
AGE: 8 - 9 YEARS
STANDARD/GRADE: III & IV
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LESSON – 9
JORDAN RIVER TURNS BACK
After the death of Moses, Joshua took over as the leader of Israel. He was leading the Israelites towards the Promised Land. They almost reached the promised land but they had to cross an overflowing river before they could take the promised land. The river that was before them was the Jordan River. It was the harvest season and it was the time of the year when the Jordan River overflows its banks.
The Israelites stayed at the bank of the Jordan River for three days. Then the Israelites were given some important instructions. They were going to soon cross the Jordan River. When they saw the priests carrying the Ark of Covenant, they had to start moving from their positions.
The people of Israel should not come closer to the ark and there should be 2000-cubit (slightly above half a mile) distance between them and the ark. Joshua, the leader of Israel also told them to purify themselves because God was going to do a great miracle the next day. In the olden days, the Israelites purified themselves through many rituals. Some of the ways were taking a cleansing bath, offering sacrifices, abstaining from certain food, fasting and praying etc.
The next morning the priests carried the Ark of God and started to move towards the Jordan River. God told Joshua to command the priests to take few steps into the Jordan River and stop there. As soon the feet of the priests touch the waters of the river, the river waters would be cutoff upstream and the waters of the river would stand as a heap on either side.
The priests did just as Joshua commanded them and the waters of the Jordan River turned back. At one direction the waters of the Jordan River turned back to a great distance till a town called Adam. On the other direction, the waters of the Jordan River turned back and flowed into the Red Sea. So, the Jordan riverbed was dry and the people crossed the Jordan River through the dry riverbed. The Israelites crossed the Jordan River near the city of Jericho. The priests who were carrying the Ark of God, stood on the dry ground in the middle of the river bed as the Israelites passed by. They stood there until the entire nation crossed the Jordan River.
Bible Reference:
Joshua
3:1-17
Memory Verse: Judah became His sanctuary, And Israel His
dominion. The sea saw it and fled; Jordan turned back. (Psalm 114: 2,3)
ASSESSMENT
ACTIVITIES
Answer the following questions:
1.
Name the river the Israelites had to cross.
............................................
2.
What did the priests carry?
...........................................
3.
The Jordan River turned back and flowed into which
sea? ............................................
4.
Name the city near where the Israelites crossed
the
river. ….....................................
5.
Who stood in the middle of the Jordan River when
the
Israelites crossed the Jordan River? …….....................
1. After the
death of Moses, Aaron took over as the leader of Israel ( )
2. The Israelites stayed at the bank of the Nile River ( )
3. Joshua
also told the Israelites to purify themselves because God was going to do a
great miracle ( )
4. When the
feet of the priests touched the waters of the river, the waters turned back ( )
5. The
priests carrying the Ark of God, stood on a rock dry ground in the river bed as
the Israelites passed by ( )
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