Places
Shechem in Joshua 20
SHEE-kem
This place shows up in Joshua 20:7: “They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (also called…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Joshua 20:7
“They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.”
What kids can learn
When you hear shechem in Joshua, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Joshua 20:7 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Joshua 20:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
TheysetapartKedeshinGalileeinthehillcountryofNaphtali,inthehillcountryofEphraim,andKiriath(alsocalledHebron)inthehillcountryof