Objects
yoke in Deuteronomy 21
YOHK
This thing shows up in Deuteronomy 21:3: “It shall be that the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn’t been worked with,…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Deuteronomy 21:3
“It shall be that the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn’t been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke.”
What kids can learn
When you hear yoke in Deuteronomy, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Deuteronomy 21:3 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 21:3
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Itshallbethattheofthecitywhichisnearesttotheslainmanshalltakeaheiferoftheherd,whichbeenworkedandwhichhasnotdrawnintheyoke.