People
Joshua in Exodus 33
JOSH-oo-uh
This person shows up in Exodus 33:11: “Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun,…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Exodus 33:11
“Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn’t depart from the Tent.”
What kids can learn
When you hear joshua in Exodus, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Exodus 33:11 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 33:11
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
YahwehspoketoMosesfacetoface,asamanspeakstohisHeturnedagainintothecamp,buthisservantJoshua,thesonofNun,aman,didn’tdeparttheTent.