Places
Persia in Ezra 3
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This place shows up in Ezra 3:7: “They also gave money to the masons, and to the carpenters. They also gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, to bring…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Ezra 3:7
“They also gave money to the masons, and to the carpenters. They also gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus King of Persia.”
What kids can learn
When you hear persia in Ezra, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Ezra 3:7 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Ezra 3:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theyalsogavetothemasons,andtothecarpenters.Theyalsogavefood,drink,andoiltotheofSidonandTyre,tobringcedartreesfromLebanontothesea,toaccordingtothegrantthattheyhadfromCyrusKingofPersia.