Animals
leopard in Song of Solomon 4
LEP-erd
This creature shows up in Song of Solomon 4:8: “Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Song of Solomon 4:8
“Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.”
What kids can learn
When you hear leopard in Song of Solomon, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Song of Solomon 4:8 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Song of Solomon 4:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ComewithmefromLebanon,mywithmefromLebanon.LookfromthetopofAmana,fromthetopofSenirandHermon,fromthelions’dens,theoftheleopards.