People
Moses in Exodus 3
MOH-ziz
This person shows up in Exodus 3:1: “Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness,…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Exodus 3:1
“Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb.”
What kids can learn
When you hear moses in Exodus, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Exodus 3:1 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Exodus 3:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
NowMoseswaskeepingtheflockofJethro,hisfather-in-law,thepriestofandheledthetothebackofthewilderness,andcametoGod’stoHoreb.