Places
Gilead in Deuteronomy 34
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This place shows up in Deuteronomy 34:1: “Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. Yahweh showed him all the land of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Deuteronomy 34:1
“Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. Yahweh showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,”
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 34:1 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 34:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
MoseswentupfromtheplainsofMoabtoMountNebo,tothetopofisoveragainstYahwehshowedhimallthelandofGilead,toDan,