Objects
sword in Exodus 5
SORD
This thing shows up in Exodus 5:3: “They said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Exodus 5:3
“They said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword.””
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 5:3 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 5:3
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theysaid,“TheGodoftheHebrewshasmetwithus.Pleaseletusgodays’journeyintothewilderness,andsacrificetoourGod,lesthefallonuswithpestilence,orwiththe