Take-home slips1 Samuel 16:7

How to learn a verseJPS TaNaKH 1917

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel: 'Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth: for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.'

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.But the LORD said unto Samuel: 'Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth: for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.'
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.But the LORD ____ unto Samuel: 'Look ___ on his countenance, ___ on the height ___ his stature; because ___ have rejected him; ___ it is not ___ man seeth: for ___ looketh on the ______ appearance, but the ____ looketh on the _____.'
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.But ___ ____ said ____ ______: 'Look ___ ___ his ______, ___ on ___ ______ of ___ ______; because ___ ____ rejected ___; ___ it ___ ___ as ___ _____: for ___ ______ on ___ ______ appearance, ___ ___ LORD ______ ___ the _____.'
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.B t L s u S: 'L n o h c, o o t h o h s; b I h r h; f i i n a m s: f m l o t o a, b t L l o t h.'
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.1 Samuel 16:7

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.

How to learn a verseJPS TaNaKH 1917

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel: 'Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth: for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.'

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.But the LORD said unto Samuel: 'Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth: for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.'
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.But the LORD ____ unto Samuel: 'Look ___ on his countenance, ___ on the height ___ his stature; because ___ have rejected him; ___ it is not ___ man seeth: for ___ looketh on the ______ appearance, but the ____ looketh on the _____.'
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.But ___ ____ said ____ ______: 'Look ___ ___ his ______, ___ on ___ ______ of ___ ______; because ___ ____ rejected ___; ___ it ___ ___ as ___ _____: for ___ ______ on ___ ______ appearance, ___ ___ LORD ______ ___ the _____.'
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.B t L s u S: 'L n o h c, o o t h o h s; b I h r h; f i i n a m s: f m l o t o a, b t L l o t h.'
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.1 Samuel 16:7

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.