Places
Gilgal in Joshua 9
GIL-gal
This place shows up in Joshua 9:6: “They went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country. Now therefore make…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Joshua 9:6
“They went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country. Now therefore make a covenant with 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 9:6 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Joshua 9:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
TheytoJoshuaatthecampatGilgal,andtohimandtothemenofIsrael,“Wecomefromafarcountry.Nowthereforemakeacovenantwithus.”