Animals
ox in Numbers 24
OX
This creature shows up in Numbers 24:8: “God brings him out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, shall break their…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Numbers 24:8
“God brings him out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce them with his arrows.”
What kids can learn
When you hear ox in Numbers, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Numbers 24:8 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Numbers 24:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
GodhimoutofEgypt.Hehasasitweretheofthewildox.Heshalleatupthenationshisshallbreaktheirbonesinpieces,andpiercethemwithhisarrows.