Animals
swallow in Deuteronomy 11
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This creature shows up in Deuteronomy 11:6: “and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, with…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Deuteronomy 11:6
“and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, with their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the middle of all Israel;”
What kids can learn
When you hear swallow in Deuteronomy, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Deuteronomy 11:6 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 11:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
andwhathedidtoDathanandthesonsofEliab,thesonofReuben;howtheearthopeneditsmouth,andswallowedthemup,withtheirhouseholds,theirtents,andlivingthingthatthem,inthemiddleofallIsrael;