Animals
viper in Deuteronomy 32
VY-per
This creature shows up in Deuteronomy 32:24: “They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, with…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Deuteronomy 32:24
“They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, with the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.”
What kids can learn
When you hear viper in Deuteronomy, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Deuteronomy 32:24 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 32:24
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theyshallbewastedwithhunger,anddevouredwithburningheatandbitterdestruction.Iwillsendtheteethofonthem,thevenomofvipersglideinthedust.