Animals
ox in Exodus 23
OX
This creature shows up in Exodus 23:4: ““If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Exodus 23:4
““If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.”
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 23:4 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 23:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
“Ifyoumeetenemy’soxorhisdonkeygoingyoushallsurelybringittohimagain.