Objects
altar in Exodus 20
ALL-ter
This thing shows up in Exodus 20:24: “You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Exodus 20:24
“You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.”
What kids can learn
When you hear altar in Exodus, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Exodus 20:24 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 20:24
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Youshallmakeanaltarofearthforme,andshallonityourburntofferingsandyourpeaceofferings,yoursheepandcattle.IneveryplacewhereIrecordmynameIwillcometoyouandIblessyou.