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Judges 2 – Israel’s Disobedience
In chapter 2, the apostasy of the people is made explicit, and the angel of the Lord’s words to them brings fear, tears, and sacrificing. But unfortunately, not true repentance, as they return to...
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Who Were the Judges? \ April Week 1 Summary Posted
Mosaic of the 12 Tribes of Israel. From Givat Mordechai synagogue wall in Jerusalem. Top row, right to left: Reuben, Judah, Dan, Asher Middle: Simeon, Issachar, Naphtali, Joseph Bottom: Levi, Zebulun,...
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Judges 3 – The Lord Raises Up Judges
The cycle that is repeated throughout the book of Judges is in full swing. The cycle is: (1) The people do what is evil in the sight of God (verses 7, 12) (2) God allows them to be oppressed (verses...
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Judges 4 – Deborah and Barak
Mount Tabor Judges 4 is a riveting story of the wisdom and courage of two women who served God. When the people next “did what was evil in the sight of the Lord,” they came under the oppression of...
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Judges 6 – Midian Oppresses Israel
Chapter 6 is the story of Gideon, the reluctant and rather timid judge. This time, the Israelites are overpowered by the Midianites. Verses 3-4 tell us that whenever they planted crops, the...
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Judges 7 – Gideon’s Three Hundred Men
Spring of Harod, where Gideon’s men drank As Gideon prepares for his first battle, he has 32,000 camped at the spring of Harod, while the Midianites are north by the hill of Moreh in the valley. But...
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Judges 13 – The Birth of Samson
The wife of Manoah (woman in a veil and wimple) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Chapter 13 brings us to the most famous of the judges, Samson. Unfortunately, his story is one of the most misunderstood by...
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Judges 14 – Samson’s Marriage
Samson kills a lion with his bare hands In verses 1-3, Samson decides he must have a Philistine woman he saw for his wife. This was expressly forbidden in Deuteronomy 7:1-3. In verses 8-9. he...
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Judges 15 – Samson Defeats the Philistines
Samson and the Foxes, miniature (Judges 15:1-8: “Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned the foxes tail to tail, and put one torch in the middle between two tails. When...
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Book of Judges – The Ultimate “Vicious Cycle”
English: Historiated initial from the Stavelot Bible, Book of Judges, depicting Yael killing Sisera. Folio 84. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If we add up the times listed in the Book of Judges for the...
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