Places
Edom in Leviticus 19
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This place shows up in Leviticus 19:20: ““‘If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom;…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Leviticus 19:20
““‘If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.”
What kids can learn
When you hear edom in Leviticus, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Leviticus 19:20 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Leviticus 19:20
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
“‘Ifamanliescarnallyawomanwhoisaslavegirl,tobemarriedtoanotherman,andnotorgivenherfreedom;theyshallbepunished.Theyshallnotbeputtodeath,becauseshewasnotfree.