Places
Gilgal in Joshua 10
GIL-gal
This place shows up in Joshua 10:6: “The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Don’t abandon your servants! Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us;…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Joshua 10:6
“The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Don’t abandon your servants! Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill country have gathered together against us.””
What kids can learn
When you hear gilgal in Joshua, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Joshua 10:6 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Joshua 10:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThemenofGibeonsenttoJoshuaatthecampatGilgal,“Don’tabandonyourservants!Comeuptousquicklyandsaveus!Helpus;foralltheoftheAmoritesthatdwellinthehillhavegatheredtogetheragainstus.”