Animals
calf in Nehemiah 9
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This creature shows up in Nehemiah 9:18: “Yes, when they had made themselves a molten calf, and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed awful…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Nehemiah 9:18
“Yes, when they had made themselves a molten calf, and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed awful blasphemies;”
What kids can learn
When you hear calf in Nehemiah, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Nehemiah 9:18 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Nehemiah 9:18
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Yes,theyhadmadeamoltencalf,and‘ThisisyourGodwhobroughtyouupoutofEgypt,’andhadcommittedawfulblasphemies;