Places
Bethel in Joshua 16
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This place shows up in Joshua 16:1: “The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Joshua 16:1
“The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.”
What kids can learn
When you hear bethel in Joshua, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Joshua 16:1 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Joshua 16:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThelotcameoutforthechildrenofJosephfromtheJordanatJericho,atthewatersofJerichoontheeast,thegoingupfromJerichothehillcountrytoBethel.