Places
Jerusalem in Joshua 18
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This place shows up in Joshua 18:28: “Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Joshua 18:28
“Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.”
What kids can learn
When you hear jerusalem in Joshua, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Joshua 18:28 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Joshua 18:28
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Zelah,Eleph,theJebusite(alsocalledJerusalem),Gibeath,andKiriath;citieswiththeirThisistheinheritanceofthechildrenofaccordingtotheirfamilies.