Objects
cloak in Exodus 4
KLOHK
This thing shows up in Exodus 4:6: “Yahweh said furthermore to him, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold,…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Exodus 4:6
“Yahweh said furthermore to him, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.”
What kids can learn
When you hear cloak in Exodus, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Exodus 4:6 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 4:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Yahwehfurthermoretohim,“Nowputyourinsideyourcloak.”Heputhishandinsidehiscloak,andwhenhetookitout,behold,hishandwasleprous,asassnow.