Objects
incense in Exodus 37
IN-senss
This thing shows up in Exodus 37:25: “He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Exodus 37:25
“He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.”
What kids can learn
When you hear incense in Exodus, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Exodus 37:25 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 37:25
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hemadethealtarofincenseofwood.Itwassquare:itslengthwasaanditswidthacubit.Itsheightwastwocubits.Itshornswereofonewithit.