It also is a rather large, unwieldy verse you're asking them to learn. And I'm like, "Seriously you chose that verse for them to recite?" Because how many kids would be able to easily pronounce words like Jephunneh and Kenizzite, without tripping over them. Those verses are from Numbers 32:10-12 for those of you wondering.
It pays to know the weird parts of the Bible.Īnyway, Cam-Cam decides to get the kids ready by having them recite the Bible verse they had learned:Ĭameron cued the kids, and from thousands of young voices came: “ ’ The Lord’s anger was aroused on that day, and He swore an oath, saying, “Surely none of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and above, shall see the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not wholly followed Me, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the Lord.”’ ” Would this book even be long enough to qualify as a novella after that? But you better believe I will turn my inner Smart-Aleck Sunday School Kid loose. Were it not for the fact that I'm lazy, I'd do an experiment, see how high the word count is for this book if you cut out all the copy-and-paste stuff from the Bible and the mothereffin' front matter. No, this week, we're getting Copy-and-Paste from Caleb and Joshua. I suppose I could try to read something into "The Lord's anger was aroused," but I don't think I will. I don't know if you guys were hoping and praying for it, but there will probably be no creepy sex stuff. If you're wondering about the post title, I couldn't think of anything, so I decided to go with an earworm.