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What should a child notice in Judges 7?
Judges 7 opens with these words: “Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod. Midian’s camp…” The line to keep is Judges 7:2: “Yahweh said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel brag against me, saying, ‘My own…” Carry the word “gideon” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Judges 7:2: “Yahweh said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel brag against me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’” What happens first in Judges 7?
Judges 7:2
“Yahweh said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel brag against me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’”
Judges 7:3
“Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of the people returned, and ten thousand remained.”
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Practice Judges 7:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
YahwehtoGideon,“ThewhoarewithyouaretoomanyformetogivetheMidianitesintotheirhand,lestIsraelbragagainstme,saying,‘Myownhassavedme.’