Objects
staff in Judges 5
STAF
This thing shows up in Judges 5:14: “Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Judges 5:14
“Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun.”
What kids can learn
When you hear staff in Judges, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Judges 5:14 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Judges 5:14
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThosewhoserootisinAmalekcameoutofEphraim,afteryou,Benjamin,amongyourGovernorscomeoutofMachir.Thosewhohandlethemarshal’scameoutofZebulun.