Animals
ox in Exodus 20
OX
This creature shows up in Exodus 20:17: ““You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Exodus 20:17
““You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.””
What kids can learn
When you hear ox in Exodus, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Exodus 20:17 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 20:17
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
“Youshallnotyourhouse.Youshallnotyourneighbor’swife,norhismaleservant,norhisfemaleservant,norhisox,norhisdonkey,noranythingthatisyourneighbor’s.”