For your convenience, you can also purchase a ready-to-play Bible memory game here.
preparation
download, print and cut out 2 sets of the books of bible cards. There are 66 cards in each set, corresponding to the 66 books of the bible.
You are reading: Books of the bible memory game
You may also download and print the following optional resources for your reference during the game or for later discussion. table of books of the bible
Sections of the Bible Overview 
how to play
You may want to play this game on the ground, as a fairly large playing area is required. Alternatively, if space is limited, consider the variations below.
shuffle both sets of Bible card books and place them face down.
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The youngest player starts and turns over two cards. if the two cards match, he keeps the cards and turns over another two cards. if the cards don’t match, he flips them face down and the turn goes to the next player.
Keep playing until you’ve collected all the cards.
The player with the most matching pairs wins.
variation 1: play with fewer cards
playing the 2 full sets of 66 cards can be challenging and perhaps daunting for some players.
Consider playing Old Testament and New Testament cards separately: in one session, you can play only Old Testament cards (2 sets of 39 cards). In a separate session, play only the New Testament cards (2 sets of 27 cards).
variation 2: play with even fewer cards
for younger children, you may like to play with even fewer cards. For each game session, you can play cards from one or more of these sections of the Bible: 1. Old Testament: Law (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) 2. Old Testament: History (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther) 3. Old Testament: Poetry (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs) 4. Old Testament: Major Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel) 5. Old Testament: Minor Prophets (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Abbey, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi) 6. New Testament: Gospels ( matthew, mark, luke and john) 7. new testament: history (acts) 8. new testament: letters of paul (romans, 1 and 2 corinthians, galatians, ephesians, philippians, colossians, 1 and 2 thessalonians, 1 and 2 timothy , titus and philemon) 9. new testament: general letters (hebrews, santiago, 1 and 2 peter, 1, 2 and 3 juan and judas) 10. new testament: prophecy (revelation)
variation 3: combine cards belonging to the same section of the bible
Instead of matching two identical cards, it allows you to match two cards as long as they belong to the same section of the bible.
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for example, you can match “genesis” to any letter from the old testament law section, i.e. “genesis”, “exodus”, “leviticus”, “numbers” or “deuteronomy”.
You can play this variation with the full 2 sets of 66 cards, or with fewer cards as in variations 1 and 2 above.
bible lesson – books and sections of the bible
discuss 1. Did you like this game? 2. Was it easy to match the books on the Bible cards?
tell that the bible is not a single book, but a collection of 66 smaller books that tell a unified story. These 66 books of the Bible are organized into sections. Being familiar with the organization of the Bible helps us quickly find specific passages in the Bible.
discuss 3. the bible is divided into two main parts. what are the names of these parts? 4. what are some differences between the old testament and the new testament?
5. how are the 39 books of the old testament organized? 6. what are the 5 sections of the old testament called? 7. How would you describe each of these 5 sections?
8. how are the 27 books of the new testament organized? 9. What are these 5 sections called? 10. How would you describe each of these 5 sections?
11. How important is it for us to know the organization of the Bible in the various sections we have just discussed?
conclusion being familiar with the 66 books of the bible and how they are organized helps us more quickly locate specific passages in the bible. More importantly, knowing which section of the Bible a passage is taken from gives us an idea of its genre and helps us better understand the passage.
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