Animals
horse in Deuteronomy 20
HORSS
This creature shows up in Deuteronomy 20:1: “When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Deuteronomy 20:1
“When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
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 20:1 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 20:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Whenyougoouttobattleagainstyourenemies,andseehorses,chariots,andapeoplemorethanyou,youshallnotbeofthem;forGodiswithyou,whobroughtyouupoutofthelandofEgypt.