Animals
sheep in Exodus 22
SHEEP
This creature shows up in Exodus 22:1: ““If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Exodus 22:1
““If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.”
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 22:1 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 22:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
“Ifamanstealsanoxorasheep,andit,orit;heshallpayoxenforanox,andfoursheepforasheep.