Objects
sword in Exodus 32
SORD
This thing shows up in Exodus 32:27: “He said to them, “Yahweh says, the God of Israel, ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Exodus 32:27
“He said to them, “Yahweh says, the God of Israel, ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’””
What kids can learn
When you hear sword in Exodus, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Exodus 32:27 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 32:27
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hesaidtothem,“Yahwehsays,theGodofIsrael,‘Everymanputhisswordonhisthigh,andgobackandforthfromgatetothroughoutthecamp,andeverymankillhisandeverymanhisandeverymanhisneighbor.’”