Places
Mizpah in Judges 10
MIZ-puh
This place shows up in Judges 10:17: “Then the children of Ammon were gathered together and encamped in Gilead. The children of Israel assembled themselves together and…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Judges 10:17
“Then the children of Ammon were gathered together and encamped in Gilead. The children of Israel assembled themselves together and encamped in Mizpah.”
What kids can learn
When you hear mizpah in Judges, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Judges 10:17 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Judges 10:17
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThenthechildrenofAmmonweregatheredtogetherandencampedinGilead.TheofIsraelassembledandencampedinMizpah.