Objects
iron in Deuteronomy 3
EYE-urn
This thing shows up in Deuteronomy 3:11: “(For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron. Isn’t it in Rabbah of the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Deuteronomy 3:11
“(For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron. Isn’t it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its width, after the cubit of a man.)”
What kids can learn
When you hear iron in Deuteronomy, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Deuteronomy 3:11 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 3:11
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
(ForonlyOgkingofBashanremainedoftheremnantoftheRephaim.Behold,hisbedsteadwasabedsteadofIsn’titinRabbahofthechildrenofAmmon?Ninecubitswasitsandcubitsitswidth,afterthecubitofaman.)