Law
What should a child notice in Deuteronomy 12?
Deuteronomy 12 opens with these words: “These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you…” The line to keep is Deuteronomy 12:2: “You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under…” Carry the word “surely” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Deuteronomy 12:2: “You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree.” What happens first in Deuteronomy 12?
Deuteronomy 12:2
“You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree.”
Deuteronomy 12:3
“You shall break down their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place.”
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Practice Deuteronomy 12:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Yousurelydestroyalltheplacesinwhichthenationsthatyoushalldispossessservedtheirgods,onthehighandonthehills,andundereverygreen