Places
Gilgal in Joshua 14
GIL-gal
This place shows up in Joshua 14:6: “Then the children of Judah came near to Joshua in Gilgal. Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the thing that…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Joshua 14:6
“Then the children of Judah came near to Joshua in Gilgal. Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh Barnea.”
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 14:6 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Joshua 14:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThenthechildrenofJudahcameneartoJoshuainthesonofJephunnehtheKenizzitesaidtohim,“YouknowthethingthatYahwehspoketoMosesthemanofGodmeandconcerningyouinKadeshBarnea.