Places
Gilead in Deuteronomy 2
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This place shows up in Deuteronomy 2:36: “From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Deuteronomy 2:36
“From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. Yahweh our God delivered up all before us.”
What kids can learn
When you hear gilead in Deuteronomy, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Deuteronomy 2:36 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 2:36
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
FromAroer,whichisontheedgeofthevalleyoftheArnon,andthecitythatisinthevalley,totherewasnotacitytoohighforus.YahwehourGodupallbeforeus.