Objects
milk in Deuteronomy 6
MILK
This thing shows up in Deuteronomy 6:3: “Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Deuteronomy 6:3
“Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.”
What kids can learn
When you hear milk in Deuteronomy, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Deuteronomy 6:3 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 6:3
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
therefore,Israel,andobservetodoit;thatitmaybewellyou,andthatyoumayincreasemightily,asYahweh,theGodofyourfathers,haspromisedtoyou,inaflowingwithmilkandhoney.