Objects
gate in Exodus 38
GAYT
This thing shows up in Exodus 38:15: “and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Exodus 38:15
“and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.”
What kids can learn
When you hear gate in Exodus, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Exodus 38:15 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 38:15
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
andsofortheotherside:onthishandandthathandbythegateofthewerehangingsofcubits;pillarsthree,andtheirsocketsthree.