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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 […]
God’s Word for You: Judges 17:1-2 A thief is caught
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 17:1-2 Chapters 17-21 are the third part of the book. Beginning with this chapter, our author presents a series of accounts or anecdotes that were typical of life in Israel at the time of the judges but in places were there were no judges. These stories illustrate the lawlessness and […]
God’s Word for You: Judges 16:31 Samson’s faith and mine
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 16:31 31 Then his brothers and his father’s whole family came down and carried him back. They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel twenty years. After his death, Samson’s family came and took care of his burial, just as […]
God’s Word for You: Judges 16:25-30 The Death of Samson
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 16:25-30 25 When they were in high spirits, they said, “Bring Samson out to entertain us.” So they brought Samson from prison, and he made them laugh. They had him stand between the pillars. The two words translated “entertain” and “made them laugh” are similar. In fact, they only differ […]
God’s Word for You: Ruth 4:1-2 Prescriptive or descriptive
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU RUTH 4:1-2 In this final chapter of Ruth, our author begins and ends with ten men, a sign of completeness, wholeness, and what is right. Boaz visits ten elders of the city to proceed correctly with his marriage to Ruth. Then, in the final verses, there is a genealogy of ten […]
God’s Word for You: Judges 16:23-24 Blasphemy in Gaza
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 16:23-24 23 Now the Philistine rulers assembled to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They celebrated and said, “Our god has handed Samson our enemy into our hands.” Yesterday was May the 4th, sometimes called “Star Wars Day” (after the phrase “May the force (or 4th) be with […]
God’s Word for You: Judges 16:22 It began to grow back…
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 16:22 22 But after Samson’s hair had been shaved off, it began to grow back again. Shaved. Scraped. Shamed. But… When we look into the law of God and we are honest with ourselves, we see nothing but failure, guilt, and death. We are liars and thieves. Drug-dealers and prostitutes […]
God’s Word for You: Judges 16:18-21 Samson bound and blinded
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 16:18-21 18 When Delilah understood that he had told her everything, she sent word to the Philistine rulers: “Come once more, for he has told me everything.” The Philistine rulers came to her and brought the silver with them. Milt was a candy maker. He tried a small start-up venture […]
