Week 226 · Old Testament · about 3 minutes · 293 words
🍞 Deuteronomy 31
Deuteronomy 31 opens with these words: “Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.” The line to keep is Deuteronomy 31:13: “and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to…” Carry the word “children” from that verse into the rest of the day.
Deuteronomy 31 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.
Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. This people will rise up, and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.” Deuteronomy 31 opens with these words: “Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.” The line to keep is Deuteronomy 31:13: “and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to…” Carry the word “children” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Deuteronomy 31:13: “and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Deuteronomy 31? Then try this: Read “and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.
“and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it.””
Deuteronomy 31:13 · Deuteronomy 31
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 31:13
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
andthattheirchildren,whohavenotknown,mayhear,andtoYahwehyourGod,aslongasyouliveinthelandwhereyougooverthetopossessit.”
Talk about it
- What happens first in Deuteronomy 31?
- Read “and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you…” once more. What does it show you about God?
- Who can you tell one sentence from Deuteronomy 31 before bedtime?
Prayer
Father, thank you for Deuteronomy 31. Help us remember Deuteronomy 31:13 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.
Parent tip
If Deuteronomy 31 is long, read Deuteronomy 31:13 twice and ask one of the talk-about questions. The chapter page has every verse if you want more tomorrow.
Week 226 · the whole night
🍞 Deuteronomy 31
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