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

Micah: “What Doth the Lord Require of Thee?”

“Micah: ‘What Doth the Lord Require of Thee?,’” Old Testament Seminary Teacher Manual (2026)

“Micah: ‘What Doth the Lord Require of Thee?,’” Old Testament Seminary Teacher Manual

Micah; Nahum; Habakkuk; Zephaniah: Lesson 152

Micah

“What Doth the Lord Require of Thee?”

Jesus Christ hugging a child in the Americas.

Many of us wonder if our sincere efforts truly please Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. The prophet Micah wondered what he could do to please the Lord. Micah was taught to “do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly” with Him (Micah 6:8). This lesson can help students make a plan to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

Student preparation: Invite students to think of a few family members or friends, then to think of specific things they would do to please each of those people. They could note how they might do different things for each person.

Possible Learning Activities

Pleasing different people

Before class, you may want to write the following incomplete question on the board.

Consider beginning class by inviting students to respond to the question multiple times, filling in the blank with different people each time (mom, dad, teacher, bishop, friend). Students could share in pairs or small groups. Then you could invite a few volunteers to share with the class.

If needed as an example, you might share a few of your own answers using different people in your life.

If you wanted to please your______________, what would you do?
Why might we act differently depending on who we are trying to please?

After students share a few responses to the previous questions, write Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ in the blank space on the board.

Ponder what you feel pleases Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Think about things you currently do that might please Them and things you could do differently. At the end of the lesson, you will be invited to make a plan to follow through on impressions you receive.

What can we do to please the Lord?

Speaking to the people of Israel and Judah, Micah prophesied the judgments that would come upon them because of their wickedness. Micah pleaded with Israel to remember the great blessings they had received from the Lord and invited them to repent and be gathered to Him (see Micah 2–5).

Read Micah 6:4, looking for some of the ways the Lord had shown His love for Israel.

Then read Micah 7:7–8, 18–20, looking for what Micah said the Lord would do for His covenant people.

What did you discover?
How have Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ done these things for you?

Sometimes people have inaccurate ideas about what they can do to please the Lord. The prophet Micah helps us better understand the Lord’s love.

In Micah 6:6–7, the prophet uses extreme examples to demonstrate how no amount of worldly riches could please the Lord.

Read Micah 6:8, looking for what we can do to please the Lord.

How would you summarize what you learned about pleasing the Lord?

Students might use their own words to convey the truth that the Lord is pleased when we strive to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with Him.

What does the Lord require?

2026 Old Testament Seminary Teacher Materials

Showing gratitude to the Lord

After students have reviewed their classmates’ suggestions, display the following instructions and prompts.

Today the Holy Ghost might have inspired a thought to your mind or feeling to your heart about something that could help you do justly, love mercy, or walk humbly with the Lord. Make a plan to act on what you have learned and felt by completing the following prompts in your study journal.

To better please Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, I would like to focus on the phrase “” from Micah 6:8.
One or two specific things I would like to do are: .

You could reassure students that Heavenly Father loves our sincere efforts to please Him. These efforts help us become more like Jesus Christ every day. You might share your witness that as we continually try to do better and be better, the Savior will magnify our sincere efforts.

Additional Resources

What are ways we can express our love to God?

Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles explained:

You, too, can make the commitment now to love the Lord thy God. It is the first great commandment, and it has not changed through all dispensations. …

Consider with me these four ways you can express love for God. …

First, you walk in all His ways when you exercise humility, trust, faith, patience, and courage. …

Second, you show love for God by keeping His commandments. …

Third, cleave unto Him. Cleave is a biblical word. We do not use it much, but it has great meaning. To cleave is to stay very close to [“Cleave,” Merriam-Webster Dictionary]. So, when you cleave unto God you stay close to Him, you Hear Him, and you hear revelation just for you. Hearkening to His words, you are prepared to face whatever comes. …

The fourth and last point … is to “serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul” [Joshua 22:5]. (“What’s Not to Love” [Brigham Young University–Idaho devotional, Feb. 13, 2022] byui.edu)

Micah 5:2. Why was it significant that Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem?

President Russell M. Nelson taught:

In His divine role, the Lord could have selected any portion of this bounteous planet to accomplish His mission. He could have selected the beautiful islands of the sea with their lush vegetation and breathtaking beauty. He could have chosen the scenery of Switzerland or Scandinavia, or He could have preferred to walk upon the acres of Africa or Australia.

Instead, he selected a land with places stark and arid, a land where nomads dwell, living in tents and wandering as freely as the sheep and goats that they tend. He took advantage of the setting to teach with geographical visual aids, and to fulfill scripture.

He chose to be born in Bethlehem, adjoining Jerusalem. Why Bethlehem? Is there symbolic significance in the meaning of the name Bethlehem, which in Hebrew means “house of bread”? The Great Provider declared Himself to be the “bread of life.” (See John 6:48.) How appropriate it was that He, the “bread of life,” was to come from the “house of bread.” (“In This Holy Land,” Liahona, Feb. 1991, 11)

Supplemental Learning Activities

Micah 5:2. Bethlehem, fulfilling a prophesy of Micah

If students would benefit from discussing Micah’s prophesy of Bethlehem as the birthplace of the Messiah, consider displaying a picture of the Wise Men. Alternately, you could show the video “The Christ Child” from time code 11:30 to 17:15.

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Invite students to read Micah 5:2, looking for what the Wise Men, priests, and scribes could have known about the Savior’s birth because of this prophesy. You might point out that it was the duty of priests and scribes to be familiar with ancient prophecy. Invite students to cross-reference or link Micah 5:2 with Matthew 2:4–6.

You could help students make the story of the Wise Men relevant by discussing questions such as the following:

What are some “signs” that point us to the Savior today?
What could a teenager do to follow the Savior’s guiding light today?

It might help to share the statement from President Nelson in Additional Resources.

Jesus taught from the book of Micah

It might help students to look at some of the passages from Micah that Jesus quoted during His ministry and to the Nephites. You could display the following scripture pairs and invite students to select one to study. Students could discuss what we can learn from the Savior emphasizing these passages.

Micah 4:11–13 and 3 Nephi 20:18–20. The Lord compared the latter-day gathering to a wheat harvest (see also Alma 26:5–7; Doctrine and Covenants 11:3–4).

Micah 5:8–15 and 3 Nephi 21:12–21.

How could Micah’s message in these verses be important today?