Objects
manna in Deuteronomy 8
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This thing shows up in Deuteronomy 8:3: “He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know; that he might…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Deuteronomy 8:3
“He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know; that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.”
What kids can learn
When you hear manna in Deuteronomy, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Deuteronomy 8:3 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 8:3
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hehumbledyou,andallowedyoutobeandfedyouwithmanna,whichyoudidn’tneitherdidyourfathersknow;thathemightteachyoumandoesnotlivebybreadonly,butmanlivesbyeverywordthatproceedsoutofYahweh’smouth.