Everyday words
Westward
Start with Genesis 13:14, where the Bible uses the word westward in a real sentence: “Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 13:14
“Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,”
2. Exodus 26:22
“For the far part of the tabernacle westward you shall make six boards.”
3. Exodus 26:27
“and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the far part westward.”
4. Exodus 36:27
“For the far part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.”
5. Exodus 36:32
“and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward.”
6. Numbers 3:23
“The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.”
7. Deuteronomy 3:27
“Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and see with your eyes; for you shall not go over this Jordan.”
8. Joshua 15:10
“and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim (also called Chesalon) on the north, and went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 13:14
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
YahwehsaidtoAbram,afterLotwasseparatedfromhim,“Now,upyoureyes,andlookthewhereyouare,northwardandsouthwardandeastwardandwestward,