47-Showing Respect for Priesthood (Korah and Dathan)

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God, Amen

Lesson No. (47)

Showing Respect for Priesthood  (Korah and Dathan)

References:
Numbers 16:15-35.

Notes for Servants
-Pride and envy are dangerous and the cause of all divisions. The envy of a group resulted in their
rebellion and the spread of the spirit of division. Envy makes man blind to the truth.
-Moses was very patient with his people. They saw him as a proud ruler who deprived his people
of their rights. If you envy any of the servants of the Lord, pray to the Lord to reveal to you His
advantages and pray for him may God grant him his grace and blessings.

Objectives
General: We must show respect for our fathers the priests.
Specific:
The children will be able to ...
A. Understand why we kiss Abouna’s hand ( because he holds by his hands the flesh and
blood of the Lord.)
B. Show respect for the priests because he is God’s servant.
C. Obey him because he speaks to us God’s word.

Bible Verse

“Moses said, Hereby ye shall know
that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works.”
(Numbers 16:28)

Teaching Aids
None.

Instruction
(1) Review last week's lesson.
(2) Who remembers the verse?
(3) Remind the children about the church occasions for the coming week.
(4) Conversations betweenMoses, Dathan and Korah can be performed in a way that shows how
Moses defended the rights of priesthood and the service of the Lord to which Aaron and his sons
were dedicated.

(5) Teacher should prepare the appropriate questions to emphasize the objectives during the
lesson.

Story Time
Moses, Aaron and the sons of Levi did services in the tabernacle of the Lord. Korah, and Dathan
and their sons said to Moses, "You have gone too far. Why did you exalt yourselves above the assembly
of the Lord? Why do you distinguish yourselves and give yourselves the right to serve the altar of the Lord?
For all the congregation are holy. Aren't all the congregation priests?" They overlooked the verse, "And
no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron." (Hebrew 5:4) When
Moses heard this, he fell on his face.
Moses said to the sons of Korah and the sons of Dathan, "Do this tomorrow, take censers, put fire
in them (show the aids to the children) and put incense in them before the Lord. And the man whom the
Lord chooses shall be the holy one." There were about two hundred and fifty censers. The glory of the
Lord appeared to all the congregation. And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, "Separate yourselves
from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment..." And they fell on their faces. The
Lord did not forgive Korah and Dathan. Then, the ground under them split asunder, and the earth opened
its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men that belonged to Korah and all their
goods.
So, they and all that belonged to them went down alive into sheol and the earth closed over them,
and they perished from the midst of the assembly, and fire came forth from the Lord and consumed the two
hundred and fifty men offering the incense. The task is holy. "No man taketh this honour unto himself, but
he that is called of God."

Discussion
1 - Follow up the story by talking about it with the children.
2 - Continue the discussion while they do the activity.

Learning Activities
Activity Sheet.