Animals
lamb in Exodus 34
LAM
This creature shows up in Exodus 34:20: “You shall redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb. If you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem all the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Exodus 34:20
“You shall redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb. If you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before me empty.”
What kids can learn
When you hear lamb in Exodus, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Exodus 34:20 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 34:20
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Youshallredeemthefirstbornofadonkeywithalamb.Ifyounotit,thenyoushallbreakitsneck.Youshallredeemallthefirstbornofyoursons.Nooneshallbeforemeempty.