Objects
yoke in Job 1
YOHK
This thing shows up in Job 1:3: “His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Job 1:3
“His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.”
What kids can learn
When you hear yoke in Job, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Job 1:3 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Job 1:3
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hispossessionsalsowereseventhousandsheep,thousandcamels,fivehundredyokeofoxen,fivehundreddonkeys,andaverygreatsothatthismanwasthegreatestofallthechildrenoftheeast.