Everyday words
Pledged
Start with Genesis 19:14, where the Bible uses the word pledged in a real sentence: “Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up! Get…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 19:14
“Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.”
2. 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.”
3. 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.”
4. Deuteronomy 20:7
“What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.””
5. Deuteronomy 22:23
“If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies with her;”
6. Deuteronomy 22:25
“But if the man finds the lady who is pledged to be married in the field, and the man forces her, and lies with her; then only the man who lay with her shall die;”
7. Deuteronomy 22:27
“for he found her in the field, the pledged to be married lady cried, and there was no one to save her.”
8. Deuteronomy 22:28
“If a man finds a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, grabs her, and lies with her, and they are found;”
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Practice Genesis 19:14
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Lotwentout,andspoketohiswhowerepledgedtomarryhisdaughters,and“Getup!Getoutofthisplace,forYahwehwillthecity.”Butheseemedtohissons-in-lawtobejoking.