Old Testament Seminary Teacher Manual

Contents
Title Page
Introduction to the Teacher Manual
Lessons 1–2
Welcome to the Old Testament
- Lessons 1–2
  Welcome to the Old Testament
- Lessons 3–6
  Moses 1; Abraham 3
- Lessons 7–9
  Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5
- Lessons 10–12
  Genesis 3–4; Moses 4–5
- Lessons 13–15
  Genesis 5; Moses 6
- Lessons 16–18
  Moses 7
- Lessons 19–21
  Genesis 6–11; Moses 8
- Lessons 22–24
  Genesis 12–17; Abraham 1–2
- Lessons 25–28
  Genesis 18–23
- Lessons 29–32
  Genesis 24–33
- Lessons 33–34
  Genesis 37–41
- Lessons 35–37
  Genesis 42–50
- Lessons 38–40
  Exodus 1–6
- Easter
- Lessons 41–44
  Exodus 7–13
- Lessons 45–47
  Exodus 14–18
- Lessons 48–51
  Exodus 19–20; 24; 31–34
- Lessons 52–55
  Exodus 35–40; Leviticus 1; 4; 16; 19
- Lessons 56–57
  Numbers 11–14; 20–24; 27
- Lessons 58–60
  Deuteronomy 6–8; 15; 18; 29–30; 34
- Lessons 61–64
  Joshua 1–8; 23–24
- Lessons 65–67
  Judges 2–4; 6–8; 13–16
- Lessons 68–70
  Ruth; 1 Samuel 1–7
- Lessons 71–73
  1 Samuel 8–10; 13; 15–16
- Lessons 74–76
  1 Samuel 17–18; 24–26; 2 Samuel 5–7
- Lessons 77–80
  2 Samuel 11–12; 1 Kings 3; 6–9; 11
- Lessons 81–82
  1 Kings 12–13; 17–22
- Lessons 83–85
  2 Kings 2–7
- Lessons 86–89
  2 Kings 16–25
- Lessons 90–91
  2 Chronicles 14–20; 26; 30
- Lessons 92–93
  Ezra 1, 3–7; Nehemiah 2; 4–6; 8
- Lessons 94–96
  Esther
- Lessons 97–99
  Job 1–3; 12–14; 19; 21–24; 38–40; 42
- Lessons 100–103
  Psalms 1–2; 8; 19–33; 40; 46
- Lessons 104–106
  Psalms 49–51; 61–66; 69–72; 77–78; 85–86
- Lessons 107–108
  Psalms 102–103; 110; 116–119; 127–128; 135–139; 146–150
- Lessons 109–112
  Proverbs 1–4; 15–16; 22; 31; Ecclesiastes 1–3; 11–12
- Lessons 113–116
  Isaiah 1–12
- Lessons 117–118
  Isaiah 13–14; 22; 24–30; 35
- Lessons 119–122
  Isaiah 40–49
- Lessons 123–125
  Isaiah 50–57
- Lessons 126–129
  Isaiah 58–66
- Lessons 130–133
  Jeremiah 1–3; 7; 16–18; 20
- Lessons 134–137
  Jeremiah 31–33; 36–38; Lamentations 1; 3
- Lessons 138–141
  Ezekiel 1–3; 33–34; 36–37; 47
- Lessons 142–145
  Daniel 1–7
- Lessons 146–148
  Hosea; Joel
- Lessons 149–151
  Amos; Obadiah; Jonah
- Lessons 152–154
  Micah; Nahum; Habakkuk; Zephaniah
- Lessons 155–157
  Haggai 1–2; Zechariah 1–4; 7–14
- Lessons 158–160
  Malachi
Lessons 166–170
Life Preparation Lessons
- Doctrinal Mastery: Finding Answers to My Questions
- Lessons 166–170
  Scripture Study Skills
- Lessons 171–176
  For the Strength of Youth Guide
- Lessons 177–180
  Building Self–Reliance
- Lessons 181–187
  Physical and Emotional Health
- Lessons 188–191
  Preparing for Future Education and Employment
- Lessons 192–195
  Succeed in School
- Lessons 196–200
  Missionary Preparation
- Lessons 201–204
  Temple Preparation
- Lessons 205–208
  Teachings of Church Leaders
Appendix

Exodus 20: 12–17: The Ten Commandments Help Us Love God and Our Neighbor

“Exodus 20: 12–17: The Ten Commandments Help Us Love God and Our Neighbor,” Old Testament Seminary Teacher Manual (2026)

“Exodus 20: 12–17: The Ten Commandments Help Us Love God and Our Neighbor,” Old Testament Seminary Teacher Manual

Exodus 19–20; 24; 31–34: Lesson 50

Exodus 20:12–17

The Ten Commandments Help Us Love God and Our Neighbor

When the children of Israel were camped at Mount Sinai, the Lord revealed the Ten Commandments. By keeping the Ten Commandments, we show our love for God and others. As we strive to love others as Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ do, our love for Them also increases. This lesson can help students understand ways to keep commandments that will help them love God and their neighbor.

Student preparation: Invite students to test their knowledge of the Ten Commandments. They could work on listing them in order or reciting them from memory.

Possible Learning Activities

Survey about commandments

Invite students to find and read the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:3–17 or on page 39 in For the Strength of Youth: A Guide for Making Choices (2022). They can respond to the following questions, or they can rank the Ten Commandments from 1 (most obeyed) to 10 (most broken) based on what this survey might find.

Which of the Ten Commandments do you feel people obey most often? Why?
Which of the Ten Commandments do you feel people break most often? Why?
How do you think our feelings for God are reflected in how we treat His commandments?

The Ten Commandments help us love God and our neighbor

Students might have studied the Ten Commandments in Lesson 49: “Exodus 20:1–11”. You might want to have students read or review Matthew 22:36–40, looking for the two great commandments that Jesus taught. Students could review how the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:3–17 relate to these two great commandments. Help students notice how the last six commandments focus on loving our neighbor.

Read Exodus 20:12–17, the last six of the Ten Commandments. Look for how these verses teach that by living the Ten Commandments, we show our love for God and our neighbor.

As you study, be open to impressions from the Holy Ghost. Ponder what you can do to love God and your neighbor by keeping the Ten Commandments.

Commandments to love our neighbor

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Student sharing

Thank students for their hard work, and praise them for their efforts. Think of a way for them to share what they learned. For example, you could arrange the seats so students are sitting across from one another in rows. Provide a set amount of time for them to share what they studied with the person sitting across from them. After both students share, invite students in one of the rows to move one seat over. Students will now be with a different partner. Repeat as many times as desired.

Afterward, students could discuss the following questions as a class or with their current partner.

Pick a specific commandment you studied, and answer the following questions:

How can your love for God and your neighbor help you keep this commandment?
What blessings have you experienced from living this commandment?

Consider sharing your thoughts on how obedience to the Lord’s commandments can help us love God and others more. You might encourage students to continue striving to obey the Ten Commandments.

Additional Resources

How can loving God help me love others?

President Russell M. Nelson taught:

When we love God with all our hearts, He turns our hearts to the well-being of others in a beautiful, virtuous cycle. (“The Second Great Commandment,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2019, 97)

President Thomas S. Monson (1927–2018) taught the following about keeping the commandments:

We cannot truly love God if we do not love our fellow travelers on this mortal journey. Likewise, we cannot fully love our fellowmen if we do not love God, the Father of us all. The Apostle John tells us, “This commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also” [1 John 4:21]. We are all spirit children of our Heavenly Father and, as such, are brothers and sisters. As we keep this truth in mind, loving all of God’s children will become easier. (“Love—the Essence of the Gospel,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2014, 91)

Supplemental Learning Activities

Scenarios with the commandments

After students have studied the commandments, you could display the following scenarios. Students could recommend commandments the person in the scenario could strive to obey. They could discuss how that commandment might help the person.

1. A young woman feels upset with her parents. She has told friends that she would be able to attend an event, but now her parents will not let her go. She sneaks out to go anyway.

2. A young man has been busy playing sports for his school team. He has missed some school and needs to make up homework and tests before his next game. He decides to use his friends’ assignments and tests to get the answers quickly.

3. A young woman follows many different people on social media. She is unhappy with the way she looks and dresses. She spends a lot of time trying to look like people she sees online.

Exodus 20:17. Gratitude

One way to avoid coveting is to learn to be grateful and happy with what we have. To better understand the idea of gratitude, students can read the article “The Gratitude Flashlight” (For the Strength of Youth, Feb. 2021, 31).

Video

When students study the commandments to not steal and to not bear false witness, you could show or direct them to the video “Honesty: You Better Believe It!” (4:46). This video shares the story of a medical student who does not allow for cheating during a test.

4:47