Animals
horse in Exodus 15
HORSS
This creature shows up in Exodus 15:1: “Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. The…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Exodus 15:1
“Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”
What kids can learn
When you hear horse in Exodus, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Exodus 15:1 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 15:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThenMosesandthechildrenofIsraelsangthissongtoYahweh,andsaid,“IwillsingtoYahweh,forhehastriumphedThehorseandhishehasthrownthesea.