Places
Gilead in Numbers 36
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This place shows up in Numbers 36:1: “The heads of the fathers’ households of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Numbers 36:1
“The heads of the fathers’ households of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel.”
What kids can learn
When you hear gilead in Numbers, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Numbers 36:1 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Numbers 36:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theheadsofthefathers’householdsofthefamilyofthechildrenofGilead,thesonofMachir,thesonofManasseh,ofthefamiliesofthesonsofcamenear,andspokebeforeMoses,andbeforethetheheadsofthefathers’ofthechildrenofIsrael.