Places
Edom in Numbers 21
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This place shows up in Numbers 21:4: “They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom The soul of the people was very discouraged because…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Numbers 21:4
“They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom The soul of the people was very discouraged because of the journey.”
What kids can learn
When you hear edom in Numbers, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Numbers 21:4 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Numbers 21:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
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