Animals
scorpion in Deuteronomy 8
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This creature shows up in Deuteronomy 8:15: “who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water;…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Deuteronomy 8:15
“who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint;”
What kids can learn
When you hear scorpion in Deuteronomy, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Deuteronomy 8:15 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 8:15
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
wholedyouthroughthegreatandterriblewilderness,withvenomoussnakesandscorpions,andthirstygroundtherewasnowhopouredwaterforyououtoftheofflint;