The Passover - Teacher (Standard) (print)

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Objective: Retell the main action in Exodus 12:1-32 and state in simple language that god provided protection and prepared israel to leave slavery.

Read: Exodus 12:1-32

Opening: Ask: What does this passage actually say before we explain what it means?

Say:

God gives Israel detailed Passover instructions involving a lamb, blood on the houses, and a meal eaten in readiness to leave Egypt.
The blood-marked houses are passed over while judgment falls on Egypt, and Israel is told to remember the event.
The story presents God as providing protection and preparing Israel to leave slavery.

Ask:

What does the text directly say?
What conclusion requires synthesis or inference?
What should we avoid overstating?
What is one faithful response?

Do: Complete The Passover Story Path.

Close: Restate the big idea, name one faithful response, and pray.

Materials: Bible; The Passover Story Path

Standard outline · 35 minutes

4 minConnect. Locate the lesson within Cycle 2 and activate prior knowledge.
4 minContext. Identify genre, audience, setting, and immediate context before making claims.
9 minRead and observe. Read selected portions of Exodus 12:1-32 and identify direct observations. Ask: What does the passage directly say?
7 minDiscuss. Test the big idea against the evidence and identify interpretive limits. Ask: What conclusion can we support from those observations? Where could someone overstate or misapply this passage?
7 minActivity. Complete the primary evidence-based activity. Activity: The Passover Story Path. Printable: K3-L07-P01-the-passover-story-path.
4 minRespond. Name one faithful response and pray. Ask: What faithful response fits the text?

Activity details

The Passover Story Path · 10 min

Materials: The Passover Story Path; Bible; Pens or pencils

Read or review Exodus 12:1-32.
Record at least two direct observations.
State the supported meaning without adding details the text does not supply.
Name one faithful response and one interpretive limit.

Low-resource option: Draw the categories on blank paper or complete verbally.

Closing

Memory verse: Genesis 12:1-7

Prayer: Thank God for what this passage reveals and ask for wisdom to respond faithfully.

Take-home line: God called Moses to participate in His rescue of Israel.