Everyday words
Hired
Start with Genesis 30:16, where the Bible uses the word hired in a real sentence: “Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me;…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 30:16
“Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” He lay with her that night.”
2. Exodus 12:45
“A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat of it.”
3. Leviticus 19:13
““‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.”
4. Leviticus 22:10
““‘No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.”
5. Leviticus 25:6
“The Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for yourself, for your servant, for your maid, for your hired servant, and for your stranger, who lives as a foreigner with you.”
6. Leviticus 25:40
“As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee:”
7. Leviticus 25:50
“He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale shall be according to the number of years; he shall be with him according to the time of a hired servant.”
8. Leviticus 25:53
“As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him. He shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 30:16
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Jacobcamefromtheintheevening,andLeahouttomeethim,andsaid,“Youmustcomeintome;forIhavesurelyhiredyouwithmyson’smandrakes.”Helaywithhernight.