Animals
lion in Numbers 17
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This creature shows up in Numbers 17:10: “Yahweh said to Moses, “Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that you…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Numbers 17:10
“Yahweh said to Moses, “Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they not die.””
What kids can learn
When you hear lion in Numbers, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Numbers 17:10 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Numbers 17:10
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
YahwehtoMoses,“PutbacktherodofAaronbeforethetestimony,tobekeptforatokenthechildrenofrebellion;thatyoumaymakeanendoftheirmurmuringsagainstme,theynotdie.”