Animals
gazelle in Song of Solomon 8
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This creature shows up in Song of Solomon 8:14: “Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Song of Solomon 8:14
“Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!”
What kids can learn
When you hear gazelle in Song of Solomon, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Song of Solomon 8:14 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Song of Solomon 8:14
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Comeaway,myBeagazelleorayoungstagonthemountainsof