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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Judges 19:9-15 A bad example
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 19:9-15 Yesterday I made a mental error in some of the facts of the devotion—I apologize. The error was in assigning the coming atrocity to the city of Jebus (Jerusalem) rather than to Gibeah, where it actually took place. I will correct this error in the archived edition but I […]
God’s Word for You – Judges 19:1-8 Hospitality in Bethlehem
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 19:1-8 In chapters 19 and 20, we find out about another outrage in Israel. This time, an entire community in Benjamin becomes involved in a cruel gang rape which ends with the brutal death of a woman. The incident escalates into a war which nearly annihilates the tribe of Benjamin, […]
God’s Word for You – Judges 18:28b-31 Dan’s new home
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 18:28b-31 They rebuilt the city and lived in it. 29 They named it Dan, after the name of their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel. This was the city formerly called Laish. This location is fifteen miles from the north shore of the Sea of Galilee. There were at […]
God’s Word for You – Ruth 4:7-8 The sandal
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU RUTH 4:7-8 7 (Now in former times it was the custom in Israel concerning redeeming and the exchange of property, that to finalize everything a man took off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbor. This was the legalizing such things in Israel.) 8 So when the closer kinsman-redeemer said […]
God’s Word for You: Judges 18:22-28a Dan right and Dan wrong
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 18:22-28a 22 After they had gone some distance from Micah’s house, the men who were in the houses nearby were called together and caught up with the Danites. 23 They shouted to them, and so the Danites turned to face them, and said to Micah, “What’s the matter with you […]
God’s Word for You: Judges 18:14-21 The priest abandons his call
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 18:14-21 14 The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish told their brothers, “Did you know that in one of these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved image and a silver idol? Now consider what you should do.” 15 So they turned […]
God’s Word for You: Judges 18:8-13 The journey of the six hundred
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 18:8-13 8 When returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, “What did you find out? ” 9 They answered, “Come on, let’s attack them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Are you just going to do nothing? Don’t hesitate to go! Go in and […]
God’s Word for You: Judges 18:1-7 Spies from Dan
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 18:1-7 In this chapter, we find that the peculiar account of Micah’s idols and the renegade Levite was also part of a larger story, the migration of the tribe of Dan to the extreme north. This is in contrast to certain Danites like Manoah and his son Samson who remained […]
God’s Word for You: Judges 17:7-13 The Levite who fled Bethlehem
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 17:7-13 7 There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the division of Judah. He was a Levite, descended from Gershom. ———————— 17:7 Hebrew, following a slightly different division of the Hebrew words. Traditionally: “There was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been staying within […]
God’s Word for You: Ruth 4:3-6 Law and Gospel
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU RUTH 4:3-6 3 He said to the closer kinsman, “Naomi, the one who came back from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land which belonged to our brother Elimelech. 4 I thought I should let you know, and say ‘Buy it with those who sit here as witnesses, […]
God’s Word for You: Judges 17:5-6 The shrine of Micah
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 17:5-6 5 Now this man Micah had a shrine to God, and he made an ephod and some idols, and ordained one of his sons to be his priest. 6 In those days Israel had no king. Everyone did whatever seemed right in his own eyes. —————————— 1:5 “idols” Hebrew […]
God’s Word for You; Judges 17:3-4 When idolatry erupts
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 17:3-4 3 He returned the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and she said, “I completely dedicate this silver from my hand to the LORD for my son to make a carved image and a silver idol.” “I will give it back to you.” 4 So he […]
