People
Ezra in Ezra 10
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This person shows up in Ezra 10:1: “Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Ezra 10:1
“Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.”
What kids can learn
When you hear ezra in Ezra, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Ezra 10:1 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Ezra 10:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
NowwhileEzraprayedandmadeconfession,weepingandcastingdownbeforeGod’stherewasgatheredtohimoutofIsraelaverygreatassemblyofmenandwomenandchildren;forthepeopleweptverybitterly.