Animals
horse in Deuteronomy 17
HORSS
This creature shows up in Deuteronomy 17:16: “Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Deuteronomy 17:16
“Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, “You shall not go back that way again.””
What kids can learn
When you hear horse in Deuteronomy, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Deuteronomy 17:16 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 17:16
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Onlyheshallnotmultiplyhorsestohimself,northepeopletoreturntoEgypt,totheendhemaymultiplyhorses;becausehassaidtoyou,“Youshallnotgobackthatwayagain.”