Animals
turtledove in Leviticus 12
TUR-tul-duv
This creature shows up in Leviticus 12:6: ““‘When the days of her purification are completed, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Leviticus 12:6
““‘When the days of her purification are completed, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering:”
What kids can learn
When you hear turtledove in Leviticus, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Leviticus 12:6 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Leviticus 12:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
thedaysofherpurificationarecompleted,forason,orforadaughter,sheshalltothepriestatthedooroftheTentofMeeting,ayearoldlambforaburntoffering,andayoungpigeon,oraturtledove,forasin