Objects
basket in Exodus 2
BAS-ket
This thing shows up in Exodus 2:3: “When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Exodus 2:3
“When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.”
What kids can learn
When you hear basket in Exodus, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Exodus 2:3 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 2:3
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Whenshecouldnolongerhidehim,sheapapyrusbasketforhim,anditwithtarandwithSheputthechildinit,andlaiditinthereedsbytheriver’sbank.