Balaam and His Donkey Bible Lesson Game Board Activity | Numbers 22–24 | Grades 4-8
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Take your class through the story of Balaam and his talking donkey (Numbers 22–24) with this engaging, hands-on Bible lesson designed for upper elementary and middle school students. This unique resource breaks the narrative into five sections, each paired with a colorful game board worksheet to help students visualize and remember key events. As students work through the lessons, they place chronological picture cards on their boards to reinforce the sequence of events and build a solid understanding of this fascinating Old Testament Bible story.
✴️At the end of the unit, students tape the five sections together to create a five-foot-long game board. Then the fun continues! Students use their completed board to play a true/false review game, moving their donkey game pieces around the game boards, collecting stars and scepters as they go.
⭐️Why stars and scepters?
✴️In Numbers 24:17, Balaam’s final oracle to King Balak prophesied: “A star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel”—a clear foreshadowing of Jesus. This lesson is part of the Walking Alongside Jesus series, which helps students discover Jesus in the Old Testament. Every lesson ends with reflecting on this question: “What did I learn about Jesus today?” In this lesson, the answer is clear—Jesus is the Star and the Scepter, the promised Deliverer. As Revelation 2 reveals, He is the Bright Morning Star who will reign forever.
❇️The lesson is divided into five sections that cover:
King Balak Sends for Balaam (Numbers 22:1-21)
Balaam’s Donkey Encounters an Angel (Numbers 22:22-35)
Balaam’s First Message (Numbers 22:36-23:12)
Balaam’s Second and Third Message (Numbers 23:13-24:14)
Balaam’s Final Message (Numbers 24:15-25)
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Take your class through the story of Balaam and his talking donkey (Numbers 22–24) with this engaging, hands-on Bible lesson designed for upper elementary and middle school students. This unique resource breaks the narrative into five sections, each paired with a colorful game board worksheet to help students visualize and remember key events. As students work through the lessons, they place chronological picture cards on their boards to reinforce the sequence of events and build a solid understanding of this fascinating Old Testament Bible story.
✴️At the end of the unit, students tape the five sections together to create a five-foot-long game board. Then the fun continues! Students use their completed board to play a true/false review game, moving their donkey game pieces around the game boards, collecting stars and scepters as they go.
⭐️Why stars and scepters?
✴️In Numbers 24:17, Balaam’s final oracle to King Balak prophesied: “A star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel”—a clear foreshadowing of Jesus. This lesson is part of the Walking Alongside Jesus series, which helps students discover Jesus in the Old Testament. Every lesson ends with reflecting on this question: “What did I learn about Jesus today?” In this lesson, the answer is clear—Jesus is the Star and the Scepter, the promised Deliverer. As Revelation 2 reveals, He is the Bright Morning Star who will reign forever.
❇️The lesson is divided into five sections that cover:
King Balak Sends for Balaam (Numbers 22:1-21)
Balaam’s Donkey Encounters an Angel (Numbers 22:22-35)
Balaam’s First Message (Numbers 22:36-23:12)
Balaam’s Second and Third Message (Numbers 23:13-24:14)
Balaam’s Final Message (Numbers 24:15-25)
Save time and shop with confidence! Watch the lesson preview video here.
Take your class through the story of Balaam and his talking donkey (Numbers 22–24) with this engaging, hands-on Bible lesson designed for upper elementary and middle school students. This unique resource breaks the narrative into five sections, each paired with a colorful game board worksheet to help students visualize and remember key events. As students work through the lessons, they place chronological picture cards on their boards to reinforce the sequence of events and build a solid understanding of this fascinating Old Testament Bible story.
✴️At the end of the unit, students tape the five sections together to create a five-foot-long game board. Then the fun continues! Students use their completed board to play a true/false review game, moving their donkey game pieces around the game boards, collecting stars and scepters as they go.
⭐️Why stars and scepters?
✴️In Numbers 24:17, Balaam’s final oracle to King Balak prophesied: “A star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel”—a clear foreshadowing of Jesus. This lesson is part of the Walking Alongside Jesus series, which helps students discover Jesus in the Old Testament. Every lesson ends with reflecting on this question: “What did I learn about Jesus today?” In this lesson, the answer is clear—Jesus is the Star and the Scepter, the promised Deliverer. As Revelation 2 reveals, He is the Bright Morning Star who will reign forever.
❇️The lesson is divided into five sections that cover:
King Balak Sends for Balaam (Numbers 22:1-21)
Balaam’s Donkey Encounters an Angel (Numbers 22:22-35)
Balaam’s First Message (Numbers 22:36-23:12)
Balaam’s Second and Third Message (Numbers 23:13-24:14)
Balaam’s Final Message (Numbers 24:15-25)
Included in this lesson:
▪️21 page lesson plan (including preparation pages) with suggested wording that can be read or adapted to fit your voice.
▪️5 colorful game board worksheets
▪️Game board pieces (4 sheets, full color)
▪️Balaam’s First Message Reference Sheet
▪️Color Coding Balaam’s Second Message (and answer key)
▪️Color Coding Balaam’s Third Message (and answer key)
▪️Balaam’s Fourth Message in Pictures (and answer key)
▪️The Star and the Scepter Game Directions
▪️Game Questions, Set A and Set B
▪️Stepping Stone: The Star and the Scepter
⏰️Flexible Scheduling: This 5-hour lesson can be spread over multiple days with clearly labeled stopping points.
✝️ Perfect for Sunday school, homeschool or Christian school classrooms! This interactive Bible lesson is packed with fun, Scripture-based learning that points students straight to Christ. Each lesson unit in our Walking Alongside Jesus series is divided into five sections, each section takes 30 minutes to an hour. This allows homeschool and Christian school teachers to use it daily in the classroom (thereby completing an entire unit in a week) OR in a Sunday School classroom or youth group once a week (thereby completing an entire unit in a month).
✔️Our goal with each lesson is to combine scholarly study in a fun, interactive way so that students not only experience the rich Biblical narrative but also to whet their appetite for more by learning how to study the Scriptures for themselves.
❓️FAQS❓️
What Christian perspective is used for these Bible lessons?
I am an evangelical Christian who writes Bible curriculum for older students, and I take this tremendous responsibility seriously. Each lesson has a clear focus on what God says in His Word and the lessons are presented age appropriately, thoughtfully and biblically.
What translation of the Bible is used? 99% of the time I use the ESV although on rare occasion I might use another translation such as the NIV.
How can this Bible curriculum be used? These lessons are flexible enough to be used in the following settings:
Children's Sunday School class
Youth Group
Private Christian school Bible class
Chapel for Christian schools
Children's Church
Homeschool Bible class
Family Bible time
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