Objects
book in Joshua 8
BOOK
This thing shows up in Joshua 8:31: “as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Joshua 8:31
“as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which no one had lifted up any iron. They offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh and sacrificed peace offerings.”
What kids can learn
When you hear book in Joshua, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Joshua 8:31 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Joshua 8:31
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
asMosestheservantofYahwehcommandedthechildrenofIsrael,asitiswritteninthebookofthelawofanaltarofuncutstones,onwhichnoonehadliftedupanyiron.TheyofferedofferingsonittoYahwehandpeaceofferings.