Objects
ark in Exodus 10
ARK
This thing shows up in Exodus 10:15: “For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Exodus 10:15
“For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. There remained nothing green, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt.”
What kids can learn
When you hear ark in Exodus, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Exodus 10:15 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 10:15
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Fortheycoveredthesurfaceofthewholeearth,sothatthewasdarkened,andtheyateherboftheandallthefruitofthetreeswhichthehailhadleft.Thereremainednothinggreen,eithertreeorherbofthefield,throughallthelandofEgypt.