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Israel Lessons

We have had an English Bible study on Thursday nights since 2006. First, I taught a series of 50 chronological lessons. Then, we studied Proverbs for 13 weeks. After that, I decided to start a long series on Israel in the Bible

I developed weekly worksheets just like the ones we used in the chronological lessons. Students follow along as I read the lesson and fill in the blanks. This gives them the chance to practice listening, reading, and writing in English as they learn. We look up the scripture references and take turns reading the verses.

So far, we have finished 100 lessons, and I am sure there will be many more to come. I am posting the lessons here on my website for anyone to use as they wish. They would be appropriate for Sunday School, a series of Bible studies, or family altar. Missionaries might want to use them, as I did, in a weekly class for those who study English. I tried to be careful not to use difficult vocabulary words. Some of the lessons may have Russian words in parentheses to clarify unfamiliar words. You may want to delete them if they are a distraction to you.

I wrote these lessons myself, using every kind of research material available to me. For chronology questions, I relied heavily on the excellent book, Chronology of the Old Testament by Floyd Nolen Jones.

Here are all 100 lessons and worksheets in zip files. They are Microsoft Word Documents. They are formatted for European size A4 paper, so they may not print exactly right on American 8.5 x 11 inch paper. It shouldn't be too hard to fix that. Your printer driver may have an option to "fit to paper size" that should work well enough.

Lessons 1-50 in one zip file (1.9 MB)

Lessons 51-100 in one zip file (1.5 MB)

If you want any individual lesson, here are all the files separately.

Introduction page
Israel lesson 01 - Origins
Israel lesson 01 article on Jewish achievements
Israel lesson 01 worksheet
Israel lesson 02 - Abrams Troubles
Israel lesson 02 worksheet
Israel lesson 03 - More Troubles for Abraham
Israel lesson 03 worksheet
Israel lesson 04 - Abraham and Isaac
Israel lesson 04 worksheet
Israel lesson 05 - Wife for Isaac
Israel lesson 05 worksheet
Israel lesson 06 - Jacob and Esau
Israel lesson 06 worksheet
Israel lesson 07 - Jacob Leaves Home
Israel lesson 07 worksheet
Israel lesson 08 - Jacob Lives With his Uncle
Israel lesson 08 worksheet
Israel lesson 09 - Jacob Comes Back to the Promised Land
Israel lesson 09 worksheet
Israel lesson 10 - Joseph the Dreamer
Israel lesson 10 worksheet
Israel lesson 11 - Joseph Interprets Dreams
Israel lesson 11 worksheet
Israel lesson 12 - Josephs Brothers Come to Egypt
Israel lesson 12 worksheet
Israel lesson 13 - How Joseph was Like Jesus
Israel lesson 13 worksheet
Israel lesson 14 - Jacobs Family Settles in Egypt
Israel lesson 14 worksheet
Israel lesson 15 - Egypt Forgets About Joseph
Israel lesson 15 population chart
Israel lesson 15 worksheet
Israel lesson 16 - The Burning Bush
Israel lesson 16 worksheet
Israel lesson 17 - Let My People Go
Israel lesson 17 song
Israel lesson 17 worksheet
Israel lesson 18 - The Passover
Israel lesson 18 worksheet
Israel lesson 19 - The Red Sea
Israel lesson 19 worksheet
Israel lesson 20 - Manna from Heaven
Israel lesson 20 worksheet
Israel lesson 21 - Water From the Rock
Israel lesson 21 worksheet
Israel lesson 22 - Fire on the Mountain
Israel lesson 22 worksheet
Israel lesson 23 - Ten Commandments
Israel lesson 23 worksheet
Israel lesson 24 - Broken Commandments
Israel lesson 24 worksheet
Israel lesson 25 - The Tabernacle
Israel lesson 25 pictures
Israel lesson 25 worksheet
Israel lesson 26 - How the Tabernacle was like Jesus
Israel lesson 26 worksheet
Israel lesson 27 - How the Tabernacle was like Jesus - continued
Israel lesson 27 worksheet
Israel lesson 28 - Aaron and the Priesthood
Israel lesson 28 pictures
Israel lesson 28 worksheet
Israel lesson 29 - Sacrifices
Israel lesson 29 worksheet
Israel lesson 30 - Holy Days
Israel lesson 30 worksheet
Israel lesson 31 - Laws for Society 1
Israel lesson 31 worksheet
Israel lesson 32 - Laws for Society 2
Israel lesson 32 worksheet
Israel lesson 33 - Laws for Society 3
Israel lesson 33 worksheet
Israel lesson 34 - Laws for Society 4
Israel lesson 34 worksheet
Israel lesson 35 - Laws for Society 5
Israel lesson 35 worksheet
Israel lesson 36 - Laws for Society 6
Israel lesson 36 worksheet
Israel lesson 37 - Laws for Society 7
Israel lesson 37 worksheet
Israel lesson 38 - Laws for Society 8
Israel lesson 38 worksheet
Israel lesson 39 - Laws for Society 9
Israel lesson 39 worksheet
Israel lesson 40 - Laws for Society 10
Israel lesson 40 worksheet
Israel lesson 41 - Laws for Society 11
Israel lesson 41 worksheet
Israel lesson 42 - Laws for Society 12
Israel lesson 42 worksheet
Israel lesson 43 - Agriculture and Health
Israel lesson 43 worksheet
Israel lesson 44 - Blessings and Curses
Israel lesson 44 worksheet
Israel lesson 45 - Curses for Disobedience
Israel lesson 45 worksheet
Israel lesson 46 - 12 Spies
Israel lesson 46 worksheet
Israel lesson 47 - The Wilderness
Israel lesson 47 worksheet
Israel lesson 48 - Battles in the Wilderness
Israel lesson 48 worksheet
Israel lesson 48 picture
Israel lesson 49 - Doctrine of Balaam
Israel lesson 49 worksheet
Israel lesson 50 - The Last Sermon of Moses
Israel lesson 50 worksheet
Israel lesson 51 - Joshua
Israel lesson 51 worksheet
Israel lesson 52 - Two Spies
Israel lesson 52 worksheet
Israel lesson 53 - Crossing Over Jordan
Israel lesson 53 worksheet
Israel lesson 54 - The Walls of Jericho
Israel lesson 54 worksheet
Israel lesson 55 - Achan's Deadly Sin
Israel lesson 55 worksheet
Israel lesson 56 - The Battle of Ai
Israel lesson 56 worksheet
Israel lesson 57 - The Peace Treaty
Israel lesson 57 worksheet
Israel lesson 58 - The Longest Day
Israel lesson 58 worksheet
Israel lesson 59 - Dividing the Land
Israel lesson 59 worksheet
Israel lesson 60 - Good Old Caleb
Israel lesson 60 worksheet
Israel lesson 61 - Another Altar
Israel lesson 61 worksheet
Israel lesson 62 - Joshua's Farewell
Israel lesson 62 worksheet
Israel lesson 63 - Judges
Israel lesson 63 worksheet
Israel lesson 64 - Othniel Ehud Shamgar
Israel lesson 64 worksheet
Israel lesson 65 - Deborah and Barak
Israel lesson 65 worksheet
Israel lesson 66 - Gideon
Israel lesson 66 worksheet
Israel lesson 67 - The Sons of Gideon
Israel lesson 67 worksheet
Israel lesson 68 - Jephthah
Israel lesson 68 worksheet
Israel lesson 69 - Samson
Israel lesson 69 worksheet
Israel lesson 70 - Samson's Rise and Fall
Israel lesson 70 worksheet
Israel lesson 71 - The Hired Priest
Israel lesson 71 worksheet
Israel lesson 72 - The Murderers in Benjamin
Israel lesson 72 worksheet
Israel lesson 73 - The War Against Benjamin
Israel lesson 73 worksheet
Israel lesson 74 - Naomi and Her Family
Israel lesson 74 worksheet
Israel lesson 75 - The Fields of Boaz
Israel lesson 75 worksheet
Israel lesson 76 - The Kinsman
Israel lesson 76 worksheet
Israel lesson 77 - Samuel's Praying Mother
Israel lesson 77 worksheet
Israel lesson 78 - God's Call
Israel lesson 78 worksheet
Israel lesson 79 - Ichabod
Israel lesson 79 worksheet
Israel lesson 80 - The Stolen Ark
Israel lesson 80 worksheet
Israel lesson 81 - Ebenezer
Israel lesson 81 worksheet
Israel lesson 82 - Give Us a King
Israel lesson 82 worksheet
Israel lesson 83 - Losing Donkeys and Finding a King
Israel lesson 83 worksheet
Israel lesson 84 - The King's First Battle
Israel lesson 84 worksheet
Israel lesson 85 - The Foolish King
Israel lesson 85 worksheet
Israel lesson 86 - The Disobedient King
Israel lesson 86 worksheet
Israel lesson 87 - The Next King
Israel lesson 87 worksheet
Israel lesson 88 - Giant Killer
Israel lesson 88 worksheet
Israel lesson 89 - The Jealous King
Israel lesson 89 worksheet
Israel lesson 90 - The Fugitive
Israel lesson 90 worksheet
Israel lesson 91 - Behind Enemy Lines
Israel lesson 91 worksheet
Israel lesson 92 - Don't Touch God's Anointed
Israel lesson 92 worksheet
Israel lesson 93 - David the Philistine
Israel lesson 93 worksheet
Israel lesson 94 - The King and the Witch
Israel lesson 94 worksheet
Israel lesson 95 - The New King Sings a Sad Song
Israel lesson 95 worksheet
Israel lesson 96 - Ishbosheth
Israel lesson 96 worksheet
Israel lesson 97 - King of All Israel
Israel lesson 97 worksheet
Israel lesson 98 - Bringing the Ark Home
Israel lesson 98 worksheet
Israel lesson 99 - A House for the Lord
Israel lesson 99 worksheet
Israel lesson 100 - David's Mighty Men
Israel lesson 100 worksheet
Israel lesson 101 - Mephibosheth
Israel lesson 101 worksheet