sheep in Exodus 20

This creature shows up in Exodus 20:24: “You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.

Exodus 20:24

“You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.”

What kids can learn

When you hear sheep in Exodus, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.

Read Exodus 20:24 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.