Everyday words
Required
Start with Genesis 31:39, where the Bible uses the word required in a real sentence: “That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 31:39
“That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.”
2. Genesis 42:22
“Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.””
3. 1 Samuel 21:8
“David said to Ahimelech, “Isn’t there here under your hand spear or sword? For I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.””
4. 1 Chronicles 16:37
“So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required;”
5. 2 Chronicles 24:6
“The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, “Why haven’t you required of the Levites to bring in the tax of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and of the assembly of Israel, out of Judah and out of Jerusalem, for the Tent of the Testimony?””
6. 2 Chronicles 31:16
“besides those who were listed by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even everyone who entered into Yahweh’s house, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their divisions;”
7. Ezra 3:4
“They kept the feast of tents, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;”
8. Nehemiah 11:23
“For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.”
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Practice Genesis 31:39
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
whichwastornofanimals,Ibringtoyou.Iboreitsloss.Ofmyyourequiredit,whetherstolenbydayorstolenbynight.