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Start with Genesis 14:24, where the Bible uses the word except in a real sentence: “I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 14:24
“I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion.””
2. Genesis 39:6
“He left all that he had in Joseph’s hand. He didn’t concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.”
3. Exodus 12:16
“In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no kind of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.”
4. Exodus 22:20
““He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.”
5. Leviticus 21:2
“except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,”
6. Numbers 11:6
“but now we have lost our appetite. There is nothing at all except this manna to look at.””
7. Numbers 14:30
“surely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.”
8. Numbers 26:65
“For Yahweh had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” There was not a man left of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 14:24
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Iwillacceptnothingfromyouexceptthatwhichthemeneaten,andtheportionofthemenwhowentwithme:Aner,Eshcol,andMamre.Letthemtaketheir