Take-home slipsNehemiah 8:10

How to learn a verseLSV

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

Nehemiah 8:10 And he says to them, “Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today [is] holy to our Lord, and do not be grieved, for the joy of YHWH is your strength.”

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.And he says to them, “Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today [is] holy to our Lord, and do not be grieved, for the joy of YHWH is your strength.”
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.And he says ___ them, “Go, eat ___ things, and drink _____ things, and send ______ to him for ____ nothing is prepared, ___ today [is] holy ___ our Lord, and ___ not be grieved, ___ the joy of ____ is your strength.”
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.And ___ ____ to ____, “___, eat ___ ______, and _____ _____ things, ___ ____ portions ___ ___ for ____ ______ is ______, ___ today [___] ____ to ___ ____, and ___ ___ be ______, ___ the ___ ___ YHWH ___ ____ strength.”
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A h s t t, “G, e f t, a d s t, a s p t h f w n i p, f t [i] h t o L, a d n b g, f t j o Y i y s.”
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Nehemiah 8:10

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

How to learn a verseLSV

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

Nehemiah 8:10 And he says to them, “Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today [is] holy to our Lord, and do not be grieved, for the joy of YHWH is your strength.”

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.And he says to them, “Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today [is] holy to our Lord, and do not be grieved, for the joy of YHWH is your strength.”
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.And he says ___ them, “Go, eat ___ things, and drink _____ things, and send ______ to him for ____ nothing is prepared, ___ today [is] holy ___ our Lord, and ___ not be grieved, ___ the joy of ____ is your strength.”
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.And ___ ____ to ____, “___, eat ___ ______, and _____ _____ things, ___ ____ portions ___ ___ for ____ ______ is ______, ___ today [___] ____ to ___ ____, and ___ ___ be ______, ___ the ___ ___ YHWH ___ ____ strength.”
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A h s t t, “G, e f t, a d s t, a s p t h f w n i p, f t [i] h t o L, a d n b g, f t j o Y i y s.”
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Nehemiah 8:10

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