People
Gideon in Judges 7
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This person shows up in Judges 7:1: “Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod. Midian’s camp…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Judges 7:1
“Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod. Midian’s camp was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.”
What kids can learn
When you hear gideon in Judges, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Judges 7:1 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Judges 7:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThenJerubbaal,whoisandallthepeoplewhowerewithhim,roseupandbesidethespringofHarod.Midian’scampwasonthenorthsideofthem,bythehillofMoreh,inthevalley.