Objects
honey in Exodus 13
HUN-ee
This thing shows up in Exodus 13:5: “It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Exodus 13:5
“It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.”
What kids can learn
When you hear honey in Exodus, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Exodus 13:5 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 13:5
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Itshallbe,whenYahwehshallbringyouintothelandoftheCanaanite,andtheHittite,andtheandtheHivite,andtheJebusite,whichhesworetoyourfatherstogiveyou,alandflowingmilkandhoney,youshallkeepthisserviceinthismonth.