Animals
turtledove in Leviticus 14
TUR-tul-duv
This creature shows up in Leviticus 14:22: “and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Leviticus 14:22
“and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt 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 14:22 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Leviticus 14:22
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
andtwoturtledoves,ortwopigeons,suchasheistoafford;andtheoneshallbeasinandtheotheraburntoffering.