People and promise
Captives
Start with Genesis 31:26, where the Bible uses the word captives in a real sentence: “Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 31:26
“Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?”
2. Numbers 31:11
“They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal.”
3. Numbers 31:12
“They brought the captives, and the prey, and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.”
4. Numbers 31:19
““Encamp outside of the camp seven days. Whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.”
5. Deuteronomy 21:11
“and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire to her, and desire to take her as your wife;”
6. Deuteronomy 32:42
“I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the leaders of the enemy.””
7. Judges 5:12
“‘Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.’”
8. 2 Kings 24:14
“He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. No one remained, except the poorest people of the land.”
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Practice Genesis 31:26
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
saidtoJacob,“Whathaveyoudone,thatyoudeceivedme,andcarriedawaymydaughterslikeofthesword?