Animals
goat in Exodus 23
GOHT
This creature shows up in Exodus 23:19: “The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of Yahweh your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Exodus 23:19
“The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of Yahweh your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
What kids can learn
When you hear goat in Exodus, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Exodus 23:19 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 23:19
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThefirstofthefirstfruitsofyouryoushallbringintothehouseofYahwehyourGod.“Youshallnotagoatinitsmother’smilk.