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8/20/2019 Old Testament Miracles for Children

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Escape Through the Red Sea

When word reached the king of Egypt that the Israelites had fled,

Pharaoh harnessed his chariot and called up his troops. The Egyptians then

chased after the Israelites and caught up with them as they were camped

beside the shores of the Red Sea.

As Pharaoh approached, the people of Israel looked up and panicked.But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch the

Lord rescue you today”

Then Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the Lord opened up a

path through the water. the people of Israel walked through the middle of

the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each side!

When all the Israelites had reached the other side, Moses raised his

hand over the sea, and the water rushed back into its usual place. TheEgyptians tried to escape, but the Lord swept them into the sea.


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A Donkey Speaks

Balak, who was king of Moab at that time, sent messengers to summon

Balaam. Balak said: “A people has come out of Egypt; they cover the face of

the land and have settled next to me. Now come and put a curse on these

people, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps then I will be able to

defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever youbless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.”

God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on

those people, because they are blessed.” But Balaam got up in the

morning, saddled his donkey and went with the Moabite officials.

God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in

the road to oppose him. The angel stood in a narrow place where there

was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left.


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When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it lay down under

Balaam, and he was angry and beat it with his staff. Then the Lord

opened the donkey’s mouth, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to

you to make you beat me these three times?”

Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the

Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell

facedown.


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The Oil is Multiplied

One day a widow came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband, a prophet

who served God, is dead, and now a creditor has come, threatening to take

my two sons as slaves.”

“What can I do to help you?” Elisha asked. “Tell me, what do you have in

the house?”

“Nothing at all, except a flask of olive oil,” she replied.

Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and

neighbors. Then pour olive oil from your flask into the jars, setting each one

aside when it is filled.”

So she did as she was told. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she filled

one after another. Soon every container was full to the brim!

When she told the man of God what had happened, he said to her, “Now

sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what

is left over.”


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The Floating Ax Head

One day the group of prophets came to Elisha and told him, “As you can

see, this place where we meet with you is too small. Let’s go down to the

Jordan River, where there are plenty of logs. There we can build a new

place for us to meet.”

“All right,” he told them, “go ahead.”

When they arrived at the Jordan, they began cutting down trees. But as

one of them was cutting a tree, his ax head fell into the river. “Oh, sir!” he

cried. “It was a borrowed ax!”

“Where did it fall?” Elisha asked. When he showed him the place, Elisha

cut a stick and threw it into the water at that spot. Then the ax head

floated to the surface. “Grab it,” Elisha said. And the man reached out and

grabbed it.


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Hezekiah’s Sickness and Recovery

King Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah gave the king this

message: “This is what the Lord says: Set your affairs in order, for you are

going to die. You will not recover from this illness.” When Hezekiah heard this,

he prayed.

Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, this message came to him fromthe Lord: “Go back to Hezekiah. Tell him, ‘I have heard your prayer and seen

your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed

and go to the Temple of the Lord.’”

Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What sign will the Lord give to prove that he will

heal me?”

Isaiah replied, “This is the sign from the Lord to prove that he will do as he

promised. Would you like the shadow on the sundial to go forward ten stepsor backward ten steps?”


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“The shadow always moves forward,” Hezekiah replied, “so that would be

easy. Make it go ten steps backward instead.” So Isaiah the prophet asked

the Lord to do this, and God caused the shadow to move ten steps

backward on the sundial.


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Daniel in the Lion’s Den

Because of Daniel’s great ability, the king made plans to place him over the

entire empire. The other leaders were jealous, so they went to the king and

said, “Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to

anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into

the den of lions.” King Darius liked this order and so signed the law. When Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and

knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward

Jerusalem. He prayed just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.

The officials went together to Daniel’s house and saw him praying. Then

they told the king, “That man Daniel, one of the captives from Judah, is

ignoring you and your law. He still prays to his God three times a day.”

The king gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of

lions. The king said to him, “May your God, whom you serve so faithfully,

rescue you.”


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Very early the next morning, the king got up and hurried out to the

lions’ den. When he got there, he called out, “Daniel, servant of the

living God! Was your God, whom you serve so faithfully, able to rescue

you from the lions?”

Daniel answered, “Long live the king! My God sent his angel to shut

the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me.” The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the

den. Not a scratch was found on him, for he had trusted in his God.

Art courtesy of Didier Martin. Used by permission.

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