Places
Gilgal in Deuteronomy 11
GIL-gal
This place shows up in Deuteronomy 11:30: “Aren’t they beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the Arabah, near…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Deuteronomy 11:30
“Aren’t they beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the Arabah, near Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?”
What kids can learn
When you hear gilgal in Deuteronomy, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Deuteronomy 11:30 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 11:30
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Aren’ttheybeyondtheJordan,thewayofthegoingdownofthesun,inthelandoftheCanaaniteswhodwellintheArabah,Gilgal,besidetheoaksof