Everyday words
Dressed
Start with Genesis 18:8, where the Bible uses the word dressed in a real sentence: “He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 18:8
“He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.”
2. Leviticus 7:9
“Every meal offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is dressed in the pan, and on the griddle, shall be the priest’s who offers it.”
3. Ruth 3:3
“Therefore wash yourself, anoint yourself, get dressed, and go down to the threshing floor, but don’t make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.”
4. 1 Samuel 17:38
“Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of brass on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.”
5. 1 Samuel 25:18
“Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two bottles of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahs of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.”
6. 2 Samuel 13:18
“She had a garment of various colors on her; for the king’s daughters who were virgins dressed in such robes. Then his servant brought her out and bolted the door after her.”
7. 1 Kings 18:26
“They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, “Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice, and nobody answered. They leaped about the altar which was made.”
8. 1 Chronicles 22:2
“David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut dressed stones to build God’s house.”
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Practice Genesis 18:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hetookbutter,milk,andthehehadandsetitbeforethem.Hestoodbythemunderthetree,andtheyate.