Everyday words
Married
Start with Genesis 11:29, where the Bible uses the word married in a real sentence: “Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah,…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 11:29
“Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.”
2. Exodus 21:3
“If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.”
3. Exodus 21:8
“If she doesn’t please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.”
4. Exodus 22:16
““If a man entices a virgin who isn’t pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.”
5. Leviticus 19:20
““‘If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.”
6. Leviticus 22:12
“If a priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.”
7. Numbers 12:1
“Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.”
8. Numbers 36:6
“This is the thing which Yahweh does command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them be married to whom they think best; only they shall marry into the family of the tribe of their father.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 11:29
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
AbramandNahorwives.TheofAbram’swifewasSarai,andthenameofNahor’swifewasMilcah,thedaughterofHaranwhowasthefatherofIscah.