People
Joshua in Deuteronomy 3
JOSH-oo-uh
This person shows up in Deuteronomy 3:21: “I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, “Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings. So shall Yahweh do to…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Deuteronomy 3:21
“I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, “Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings. So shall Yahweh do to all the kingdoms where you go over.”
What kids can learn
When you hear joshua in Deuteronomy, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Deuteronomy 3:21 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 3:21
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
IcommandedJoshuaatthattime,haveseenallthatYahwehyourGodhasdonetothesetwokings.SoshallYahwehdotoallthekingdomswhereyougoover.