Places
Zion in Deuteronomy 2
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This place shows up in Deuteronomy 2:8: “So we passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Deuteronomy 2:8
“So we passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.”
What kids can learn
When you hear zion in Deuteronomy, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Deuteronomy 2:8 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 2:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
SowepassedbyfromourbrothersthechildrenofEsau,whodwellinSeir,thewayoftheArabahfromElathandfromGeber.WeandpassedbythewayofthewildernessofMoab.