Everyday words
Olive
Start with Genesis 8:11, where the Bible uses the word olive in a real sentence: “The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 8:11
“The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.”
2. Exodus 23:11
“but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In the same way, you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.”
3. Exodus 27:20
““You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.”
4. Exodus 30:24
“and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil.”
5. Leviticus 24:2
““Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.”
6. Deuteronomy 6:11
“and houses full of all good things, which you didn’t fill, and cisterns dug out, which you didn’t dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you didn’t plant, and you shall eat and be full;”
7. Deuteronomy 8:8
“a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;”
8. Deuteronomy 24:20
“When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.”
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Practice Genesis 8:11
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Thedovebacktohimatand,behold,inhermouthwasafreshlypluckedoliveleaf.SoNoahthatthewaterswereabatedfromtheearth.