PRIMARY
AGE: 6 - 7
YEARS
STANDARD
(GRADE): I & II
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LESSON – 11
THE MEMORIAL STONES
In the previous lessons we saw how Moses was leading the Israelites towards Canaan. Moses became very old and died. After the death of Moses, Joshua took over as the leader of Israel and led the Israelites towards Canaan. They almost reached the promised land but they had to cross the Jordan River before they could take Canaan.
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 touched the waters of the river, the river waters would be cutoff
upstream and there would be a dry path in the middle of the river. The priests
did just as Joshua commanded them and the waters of the Jordan River turned
back. The Israelites crossed the Jordan River through the dry riverbed. The priests who were carrying the Ark of God, stood on the middle
of the river bed as the Israelites passed by.
When all the people had crossed the Jordan River, God told Joshua to choose twelve men, one from each tribe and
to tell them to take twelve stones from the very place where the priests were
standing in the middle of the Jordan. They had to carry them out and pile them
up at the place where they camped that night.
Joshua called twelve men and told them what God had told
him, to go into the middle of the Jordan and pick up one stone —twelve stones
in all, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel and to build a memorial
using those stones in the place where they stayed that night.
Joshua also told them the purpose of building that memorial.
In the future when the children of the Israelites saw that memorial built with
12 stones, they would ask their parents what those stones meant. Then the
Israelites had to teach the children of the time when the Jordan River stopped
flowing when the feet of the priests touched the Jordan River and the Ark of
the Lord’s Covenant went across. Those stones stand there as a memorial
among the people of Israel forever.
The twelve men did just as Joshua commanded them and built a
memorial using those stones to remember and thank God for His miracles and
deliverance.
Bible Reference: Joshua
4:1-8
ASSESSMENT
ACTIVITIES
Answer the following questions:
1.
Who
led the Israelites after the death of Moses?
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2.
Who
had to take few steps into the
Jordan River and stop there?
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3.
What
did the priests carry?
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4.
How
many men did Joshua choose?
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5.
What
did the twelve stones represent?
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Fill in the Blanks:
1. Joshua
led the Israelites towards ……………….
2. The Israelites had to cross the
………………. River
3. God told Joshua to choose
twelve men, one from each ……………
4. Joshua called twelve men and
told them to go into the middle of the ……………… and pick up one stone.
5. They had to build a ……………….
using those stones.
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