Everyday words
Priest
Start with Genesis 14:18, where the Bible uses the word priest in a real sentence: “Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 14:18
“Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.”
2. Genesis 41:45
“Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.”
3. Genesis 41:50
“To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.”
4. Genesis 46:20
“To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.”
5. Exodus 2:16
“Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.”
6. Exodus 3:1
“Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb.”
7. Exodus 18:1
“Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.”
8. Exodus 28:1
““Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 14:18
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
kingofSalemoutandwine:andhewaspriestofGodMostHigh.