People
Miriam in Numbers 20
MEER-ee-um
This person shows up in Numbers 20:1: “The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh.…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Numbers 20:1
“The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there.”
What kids can learn
When you hear miriam in Numbers, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Numbers 20:1 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Numbers 20:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
TheofIsrael,eventhewholecongregation,cameintotheofZininthefirstmonth.ThepeoplestayedinKadesh.Miriamdiedthere,andwasthere.