Places
Gilead in Deuteronomy 4
GIL-ee-ad
This place shows up in Deuteronomy 4:43: “Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Deuteronomy 4:43
“Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.”
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 4:43 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 4:43
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Bezerinthewilderness,inthefortheReubenites;andinGilead,fortheGadites;andGolaninBashan,fortheManassites.