Objects
iron in Deuteronomy 8
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This thing shows up in Deuteronomy 8:9: “a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Deuteronomy 8:9
“a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.”
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 8:9 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 8:9
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ainwhichyoushalleatbreadwithoutyoushallnotlackanythinginit;alandwhosestonesareandoutofwhosehillsyoumaydigcopper.