Everyday words
Thousand
Start with Genesis 20:16, where the Bible uses the word thousand in a real sentence: “To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 20:16
“To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated.””
2. Exodus 12:37
“The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.”
3. Exodus 32:28
“The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.”
4. Exodus 38:25
“The silver of those who were counted of the congregation was one hundred talents, and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:”
5. Exodus 38:26
“a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.”
6. Exodus 38:28
“Of the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.”
7. Exodus 38:29
“The brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels.”
8. Leviticus 26:8
“Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 20:16
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ToSarahhesaid,Ihavegivenyourbrotherathousandpiecesofsilver.Behold,itisforyouaoftheeyestoallthatarewithyou.Inofallyouarevindicated.”