Animals
fish in Nehemiah 12
FISH
This creature shows up in Nehemiah 12:39: “and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Nehemiah 12:39
“and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.”
What kids can learn
When you hear fish in Nehemiah, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Nehemiah 12:39 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Nehemiah 12:39
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
andabovethegateofEphraim,andbytheoldandbythefishgate,andthetowerofHananel,andthetowerofeventothesheepgate:andtheystillinthegateoftheguard.