Places
Jordan in Numbers 31
JOR-dun
This place shows up in Numbers 31:12: “They brought the captives, and the prey, and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Numbers 31:12
“They brought the captives, and the prey, and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.”
What kids can learn
When you hear jordan in Numbers, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Numbers 31:12 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Numbers 31:12
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
broughtthecaptives,andtheprey,andtheplunder,toMoses,andtoEleazarthepriest,andtothecongregationofthechildrenofIsrael,tothecampattheofMoab,whicharebytheJordanat